Flying balls and my windows

fd_colorado

fd_colorado

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I am getting close to having a table installed at my house. We are doing a little remodeling of the front room where the table will be located.

My question is...is there anything that I can do to protect my windows from flying balls? I will be breaking away from the windows in the photo. There is a sliding glass door to one side of the foot of the table. However, I will be shooting jump shots, etc. towards the windows (yikes). Is there any film I can put on the windows, or some other idea other than being the glass guy's new boyfriend?

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Nice pool room

Jude Rosenstock said:
Get shutters. Your pooltable shouldn't be so close to sunlight anyway.
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Great answer for what is obviously going to be a great pool room.

Another suggestion is to not shoot jump shots. I am a big fan of learning to kick at balls rather than jumping balls especially on a home table.

Kevin
 
Kevin Lindstrom said:
Great answer for what is obviously going to be a great pool room.

Another suggestion is to not shoot jump shots. I am a big fan of learning to kick at balls rather than jumping balls especially on a home table.

Kevin
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I agree completely! My pool table sits on a tile floor and I have jumped(accidently...no where good enough to jump on purpose) balls off the table and chipped balls but luckily no cracked tiles...yet! I try to keep the balls on the table or in the pockets! :)
 
Shutters or blinds are a necessity to control sunlight. The pretty natural light discolors cloth and balls, as well as getting in your eyes while playing. Sure looks like a beautiful room to enjoy your pool playing in...Good luck.
 
fd_colorado said:
I am getting close to having a table installed at my house. We are doing a little remodeling of the front room where the table will be located.

My question is...is there anything that I can do to protect my windows from flying balls? I will be breaking away from the windows in the photo. There is a sliding glass door to one side of the foot of the table. However, I will be shooting jump shots, etc. towards the windows (yikes). Is there any film I can put on the windows, or some other idea other than being the glass guy's new boyfriend?

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With that many windows in the near proximity of your table, you'd better learn to soft break, forget about shooting jump shots or any shot involving any semi high speed.
 
Looks Like A Great Pool Room..... I'd Say Heavy Curtains Would Be Enough To Protect The Windows.

Like The Other Guys Said, You're Gonna Need Them To Control Light Anyway.
 
Jude Rosenstock said:
Get shutters. Your pooltable shouldn't be so close to sunlight anyway.
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P.S. No offense intended, I have just been waiting for the right moment to use that.
 
I'm sure there will be days/nights that you want to play without drapes pulled shut or blinds closed. Your local window tint company can install safety film that will keep the glass in place if broken, but it will not keep the glass from breaking. You would need a thicker temperd glass installed into the windows to keep it from breaking. Even then, a hard hit could break 1/4" tempered glass.

Good luck!

Room looks great..... :thumbup:
 
poolhustler said:
:withstupid:

Oh wait, that's me.......:(
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Is that your R-1 LE? Somewhere I have a photo that I took at a motorcycle show of the #001 bike's limited edition plate.

This was from a special Ducati that I had...

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poolhustler said:
I'm sure there will be days/nights that you want to play without drapes pulled shut or blinds closed. Your local window tint company can install safety film that will keep the glass in place if broken, but it will not keep the glass from breaking. You would need a thicker temperd glass installed into the windows to keep it from breaking. Even then, a hard hit could break 1/4" tempered glass.

Good luck!

Room looks great..... :thumbup:
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I'd listen to him. That's how he makes his living! Oh yeah, and hustling pool :wink:
 
This may be a bit obvious, but be sure to put the headstring-end of the table on the same end of the room as the windows. This will eliminate any danger resulting from the break shot.

I have a table in an almost identical room setup (one end of my table is placed in a bay window). Since the table requires a good 5 feet of cueing distance in each direction, the windows tend to be out of range. Never once has a ball made it anywhere near one of those windows (this includes many drunken nights playing double-vision bang-ball).

If I were you, I really wouldn't worry about the windows at all.

On a sided note, the room looks great. :thumbup:
 
24 by 28 room

i built a 24 by 28 room and one end is all 4 ft by 5 ft glass windows, and has a sliding glass door. i bought wicker style - bamboo style window coverings from j.c. penny. they look great, are cost efficient, and strong enough to stop a wayward cue ball. chuck
 
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