couple of table questions

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I have a couple of questions regarding tables in houses.
My parents are passing their table on to me when I graduate college soon and I want to make sure I select a house that will be appropriate. The table is a brunsick circa 1870-1880 4.5x9" table. I want to make sure that I take good care of the table since it has been in the family a long time.

Is there any reason to not put a table in a room with a fireplace? Anything I need to wach for when looking for a house? Are there any problems with putting a table of this size (and weight) in a second floor room?

Last question, any idea what color the cloth on a tble of this age would have been originally?

Thanks in advance.
Rick
 
rocketman said:
I have a couple of questions regarding tables in houses.
My parents are passing their table on to me when I graduate college soon and I want to make sure I select a house that will be appropriate. The table is a brunsick circa 1870-1880 4.5x9" table. I want to make sure that I take good care of the table since it has been in the family a long time.

Is there any reason to not put a table in a room with a fireplace? Anything I need to wach for when looking for a house? Are there any problems with putting a table of this size (and weight) in a second floor room?

Last question, any idea what color the cloth on a tble of this age would have been originally?

Thanks in advance.
Rick
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The fireplace will dry-out the room which should create an optimal condition for playing pool. So long as the environment in the room is confortable, the table should play fine. Humidity is the enemy but bear in mind, some of the best players in the world came from rooms with extremely humid conditions.

You can put a table on the second floor but you'll need to allow the table to settle into the floor. This takes about two weeks. If it's in the basement, on concrete, you can level it almost immediately. If it's an older house, you might want to have the floors inspected prior to putting something as heavy as an old pool table on it.

Remember, a cue is approximately 5 feet in length so you'll need that much clearance on all sides. If you have a 4 1/2' x 9' table, that would require a room that is 14 1/2' x 19' and that's not including furniture. Anything less will compromise the play.
 
actually i think you need a room a little wider than 14 1/2.......cuz the slate is 4 1/4, then you got the rails and youre average cue is almost 5 foot.....and if the cue is dead on the rail, youll need a little more room to swing your cue back. Im in the middle of building a pool room in my basement, its 16 by 26 and the 16 is perfect. Do a search on here, someone had the exact minimum requirements for room size posted.
 
Well the Brunswick site says 13' 10" x 18' for that size table. I have been shooting for something in the 15x20' size to be on the safe side. It seems that from the houses I have been looking at I either get a great room in that size with a fireplace in it or an upstairs extra room in an unfinished attic type situation like the other thread posted recently hence my questions.
 
for optimal playing with no obstructions, you should have 14.5 x 19 area.
As for the fireplace, it will be good to keep humidity down. In my experience, I have seen tables that were put to close the the fireplace end have problems with the wood drying out and splitting. Especially if there is any veneer in the table. We had a brunswick Sorrento in our showroom about 8 feet from a fireplace that was on daily, After about 6 months, the wood on the frame and aprons was spilit in many places.
 
Rocketman,

Picking your house around your table...rep points for that!:D
 
With a fireplace if you can you want the fireplace to be on the side of the table. That way you are less likely to jump a ball into it.

But there isn't a problem with having a fireplace in the room.
 
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