What kind of floor is usually used under pool table?
Hardwood, carpet, laminate, or tile?
Hardwood, carpet, laminate, or tile?
Floor under for pool table
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Under does not matter, around, carpet is best. Carpet does settle if under the legs more so if you put a table on carpet you would have to level it a few times before it's stable. Hard floors are tough on feet and on any balls that may get jumped off the table.
I was actually looking into using the padding they use for industrial use for people that stand in front of machines all day to put around my table but have not gotten any yet, the anti fatigue mats http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail...gclid=CMawhb7vsscCFQczaQodK8IA3A&gclsrc=aw.ds
I was actually looking into using the padding they use for industrial use for people that stand in front of machines all day to put around my table but have not gotten any yet, the anti fatigue mats http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail...gclid=CMawhb7vsscCFQczaQodK8IA3A&gclsrc=aw.ds
wood
I screwed/glued a full 4x8 sheet of 3/4" plywood to the sub-floor, then stained and poly'd it before the table went in. It makes it a lot easier to slide things (pads/pillows) under the table, but more importantly, the table doesn't move when we re-carpet the game room. I like a thinner carpet around the table so we just buy cheap HD carpet that has to be replaced every few years - yes, it is a busy little game room.
I screwed/glued a full 4x8 sheet of 3/4" plywood to the sub-floor, then stained and poly'd it before the table went in. It makes it a lot easier to slide things (pads/pillows) under the table, but more importantly, the table doesn't move when we re-carpet the game room. I like a thinner carpet around the table so we just buy cheap HD carpet that has to be replaced every few years - yes, it is a busy little game room.
Are you talking about Mat on top of carpet or just use mat as floor material (under legs)?
I'm looking into building a game room. Is a cement floor okay or should it be something else? I was going to cover it with industrial carpet.
Fully carpeted room. Take 4 3/4" pieces of wood and screw 4 heavy screws all the way through them so the screw heads are flush. The screws should protrude an inch or so through the bottom. Use them under the table legs so that the screws rest through the carpet onto the foundation. They will keep the carpet from being crushed under the table. When you ever move the table, the carpet will be in perfect shape. Credit to Glen (realkingcobra) for this idea.
not tile, a pool ball will crack it.
I have hardwood floors, and there is just enough "give" in the wood, that neither are damaged when a ball leaves the table.
I live in a 100 year old home with excellent hard wood floors but it was still hard to keep it level because wood expands and contracts. 2 months a go I bought 4 12x12 tiles so I could put one under each leg and that solved the problem. Still rolling perfect.
Just on the floor, right now my table is on a concrete floor.
I'm designing a game room addition to be built this next spring and have been trying to figure out the best way to handle the flooring. I would like carpet because it is easier on the feet. However I know that the table would be best on a very firm surface. This picture looks like a perfect blend of the two but I question how well the carpet is going to stay down around the tile. Also if the carpet relaxed and ever needed to be restretched I think you would be hosed.
Does anyone have any experience with a setup like this? Any other suggestions for best flooring practices? I'm not sure I fully understand realkingcobra's suggestion that TX Poolnut offered up.
This is for putting a table on top of carpet and Not smashing down the carpet.
It's a piece of plywood with the points of nails or screws "holding up" the leg from the carpet.
I'll try to find a picture.
RKC has some great work arounds.
PS: I would use twice the number of nails.
***Be sure to dull the points!***
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My table is in my basement, so of course the floor is concrete. I have commercial style carpeting with no pad. Actually had better carpeting with a pad but a sump pump failed
and the carpet was ruined. The commercial stuff is ok .
and the carpet was ruined. The commercial stuff is ok .
My floor will also be concrete slab. I was thinking of going commercial high traffic carpet because it shouldn't compress much over time and it shouldn't wear out. I hadn't thought about padding beneath it. This won't be in a basement so there shouldn't be any potential for flooding but I wonder if just skipping the pad would give me the best of both worlds.
Yes. This is exactly what I was talking about. It works. The carpet doesn't get crushed and the table stays level because it's not resting on the carpet at all.
If it's not glue-down carpet, then it is meant to have a pad under it. To do otherwise will void the warranty and probably wear it out much faster. There are glue-down carpets with a foam backing that are softer to walk on than bare carpet or rug.
Or you could put pad under normal carpet and cut out holes in the pad where the table feet will be
Or you could go with carpet squares as mentioned prev.
I wouldn't do laminate
I'm going to use a rubber locking tile for gym use on the concrete floor in my basement.