Cork flooring for Your Billiards Room?

Sev

Sev

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I am building a 1000 sqft billiards room as a second floor on my garage. Its going to be outfitted with a full bar, bath, theater and a circa 1912 Frank Rassolo 9 foot table that I am currently having restored.

The perimeter of the room is going to have Wainscoting with chair rail. I am considering doing the 10 foot cathedral ceiling in knotty pine.

I am also going to be looking for an elk antler billiards table light.

It was suggested to me by Jackson that I should consider a cork flooring system for its acoustical properties, soft feel on the feet and not being damaged by the occasional stray cue ball.

Cork flooring is one type of flooring I am unfamiliar with. Has anybody had any experience with the product? What are its pros and cons?
 
I have some experience as I have installed a cork floor. I like it alot and being that it's softer it better on my knees. Most of all it looks great. One thing I have heard negative about it is that if you leave a spill on it for too long, it could ruin that section from the bottom up (if that makes sense).

I'm not so sure how much or how long a pool table will settle when it's first placed on it thought.
 
NewStroke said:
I have some experience as I have installed a cork floor. I like it alot and being that it's softer it better on my knees. Most of all it looks great. One thing I have heard negative about it is that if you leave a spill on it for too long, it could ruin that section from the bottom up (if that makes sense).

I'm not so sure how much or how long a pool table will settle when it's first placed on it thought.
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That would be odd behavior. However the cork could rot due to microbes that come to life when it gets wet.

I going to be putting the table feet on granite or quartz pavers to spread out weight and lessen the settling.
 
Sev said:
That would be odd behavior. However the cork could rot due to microbes that come to life when it gets wet.

I going to be putting the table feet on granite or quartz pavers to spread out weight and lessen the settling.
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I know it would be odd, that is just what the salesperson told me. I think he wanted me to buy more expensive wood instead. My last house had it and I really would like in my current house. I just need to get motivated to do it.

From my experience, I have nothing bad to say about it.
 
What happens when it gets all scuffed?

Skip the cork- Install a rubber floor with the replacable mats.
 
Tuffer than u think!

Cork flooring is tougher than you would expect. It is used in commercial settings as well as residential. It may be better to inlay oak directly under the table and then run the cork right up to the edge of the oak. Do some homework it is pretty nice stuff!
BTW Wow on the room it sounds like it will be sweet when completed!!!
Dan:thumbup:
 
Quesports said:
Cork flooring is tougher than you would expect. It is used in commercial settings as well as residential. It may be better to inlay oak directly under the table and then run the cork right up to the edge of the oak. Do some homework it is pretty nice stuff!
BTW Wow on the room it sounds like it will be sweet when completed!!!
Dan:thumbup:
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I thought about doing that as well. I am going to have to be very sure about the layout if I do that.

Indeed I will. This thread is part of it.:thumbup:
 
Bamboo is tremendous. My wife and I installed it in our media room. We absolutely love it.
 
DoubleD said:
Cork is beautiful.

I wouldn't worry about the settling, being on the second floor will likely give you more problems than the flooring. As long as you have a well engineered floor, it'll be great.

I'm relatively sure that cork can be refinished like wood.

As an alternative to knotty pine for the ceiling, could I suggest #2 cedar? Knotty pine tends to twist and bend pretty badly as it dries. I really like the look of wood ceilings. I installed 1600sf of bamboo prefinished flooring on my fathers ceiling--never fails to get compliments and cost about the same as sheetrock, tape, paint.

dld
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Cedar is a good idea. I like the look of Hickory as well but that could get a bit expensive.

As far as the second floor being a prob I am canterlevering 3 feet out past the first floor walls so all the weight of the roof and second floor walls will be on the outside of the first floor walls. So I do not expect any floor sag. Also I will be spanning with LVL's. They will be together with cats.
All exterior walls will be of 2x8 construction.
 
Very nice.
I am figuring I will be done with the project next fall.
 
I did a table 2 months ago with 1" thick cork floor it is 3yrs old and looks great. I worked on the table for 3 days and my back never hurt while I was there. thought I had a few pictures but looks like 1 only I'll look and post more if I find more.

Craig

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Sev said:
I going to be putting the table feet on granite or quartz pavers to spread out weight and lessen the settling.
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I agree with you, putting a stable foundation for the legs to rest on. I watch a lot of DIY television shows and they are putting the cork flooring in kitchen and bath rooms, so it must stand up to moisture and spills.

Good luck on you project!
 
Sev said:
I going to be putting the table feet on granite or quartz pavers to spread out weight and lessen the settling.
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You could do a rectangular granite inset within the cork flooring where the table will sit. This would not only look good but the feet of the table would sit on the granite flooring doing no damage to the floor while the cork would still be what you are walking on.

http://image51.webshots.com/151/6/35/8/404863508WPiBwg_ph.jpg

That image is somewhat the idea, only the carpet would be where the granite is while the cork would be the surrounding flooring. The effect of an inset floor like that is amazing, the look is awesome. You just make the granite inset exactly the size of the table or close to it (depending on the look you want).
 
Celtic said:
You could do a rectangular granite inset within the cork flooring where the table will sit. This would not only look good but the feet of the table would sit on the granite flooring doing no damage to the floor while the cork would still be what you are walking on.

http://image51.webshots.com/151/6/35/8/404863508WPiBwg_ph.jpg

That image is somewhat the idea, only the carpet would be where the granite is while the cork would be the surrounding flooring. The effect of an inset floor like that is amazing, the look is awesome. You just make the granite inset exactly the size of the table or close to it (depending on the look you want).
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I get forbidden when I click the link. Have you another?

Hmmmm. 3/4 inch granite slab would be nice. I could do some under table lighting for an interesting effect.
3/4 of an inch would not effect the table height that much as there are no adjustments for the legs.
 
n10spool said:
I did a table 2 months ago with 1" thick cork floor it is 3yrs old and looks great. I worked on the table for 3 days and my back never hurt while I was there. thought I had a few pictures but looks like 1 only I'll look and post more if I find more.

Craig

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That looks really nice.
How did you find the acoustics of the room were effected?
 
Hardwood

If I was building a pool room with your budget, I would for sure put in a hardwood floor. Why? It looks great and if your opponent makes a good shot and you go tap tap.....you can actually HEAR THE TAP TAP.
 
The Cork flooring was nice sound wise it seemed nice its actually an addition to an old kitchen is were the table is half concrete wall othjer old wood structure. Since its not a hard surface it obsorbs the harsh sounds yet it's thick and strong enough to support the table. The customer actually had his engineer double check and he came back with it being a certain thickness so he opted for the thicker 1"or maybe a little thicker. He as 2 small dogs and a cat so you dont see much wear the photo is the walkway from the kitchen to the pool table were you would walk the most next to the bar. The rest of the house was done in hardwood flooring and was much louder when talking.

Craig
 
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