So after looking for a house for a few months we have finally found one, with a back room that's 14x34.
Should be good?
Should be good?
Getting a house
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I'm gonna get a seven foot, that's all i play on around here and that's what the bars use. My goal will be after i get the table in a year or so be able to walk into a bar and hold my own.
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I understand your pain Pepper. The woman was getting upset that i was only interested in a house that would fit a table. It's hard to find around were i live in a good school district.
I too thought about just having a house built but i can't afford that yet, maybe in ten years..
You'll find something Pepper keep looking!
I too thought about just having a house built but i can't afford that yet, maybe in ten years..
You'll find something Pepper keep looking!
The wife and I are getting a bit jaded with our house hunting. Our minimum space requirement is 17x22...in the basement...not under the master bedroom. I think we've all but given up on finding a house that works that we both agree on. We're now looking at having a house built, essentially building the house around the table.I hope you have better luck.
That's actually great. Build the basement with steel beams ... put a bar table, a 9' table and a snooker table all down there. :thumbup:
Wow ... think of it ... you don't even really need a main floor.
Seriously though if this helps, I put up steel gussets to support the wooden beam in an area of my basement and then removed the lally columns.
The ceiling was insulated with 8" faced fiberglass. I can tell you that it did little to nothing to muffle noise. I then installed something called "mass load vinyl" that comes in rolls. ( A serious pain in the ass to install). After installing that over the fiberglass, I closed it off with 5/8 sheet rock. After all that, I can say the improvement was in the 60% to 70% range. Certainly not completely soundproofed. The good news is sound transmitted through the air (like the sound of pool balls) gets controlled much better than sound directly transmitted through material, like banging on a wall or tapping the ceiling. I did remove the ball returns and installed drop pockets also. That helped as well.
Good luck ....
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14' is just enough width for a 7-footer with reasonable stroking room on the sides. If it's a 36x72 table you'll have 8" on each side and if it's a 40x80 you'll have 6".
As Shaft says, it'll also fit an 8-footer, but with 3-4" of stroking room on the sides.
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Wonder how many people have built a house around a pool table?
It is pretty nice to go out and be in dead stroke yet no one ever see you practice.
Buying new house next year and will only buy something that has room for 9ft already told the wife lol my house now only has room for 7ft can't wait till we start shoping. Congrads on ur house :thumbup:
The wife and I are getting a bit jaded with our house hunting. Our minimum space requirement is 17x22...in the basement...not under the master bedroom. I think we've all but given up on finding a house that works that we both agree on. We're now looking at having a house built, essentially building the house around the table.
That's why my wife and I looked at 55 houses before putting an offer on the one we bought. It was exhausting and I was starting to think I'd never find it. Worked out though.
Keep in mind that it may be possible to install an I-beam in order to remove a support pole or two. Could clear up some space if you use your imagination.
Might I suggest allowing your wives to choose the home, with the predetermined condition that there will be an insulated pole barn built on the property which will be the "man cave". Ideally it would even have a pisser/washroom, fridge for the beer, and an old sofa or two. Having such a space alleviates your wife from having to "give up" a room to a pool table, as well as keeps all your loud, drunk buddies away from her & the kids. It may be an added $10-$15K, but she gets the home SHE wants and you get the pool room YOU want.
Gonna need about 5 foot on every side of the table for cue and stroke if against the rail and having no obstuctions.
Whatever the size pool table you want, add 10 foot the the length and the width.
9 footer would need 19x14.5
Whatever the size pool table you want, add 10 foot the the length and the width.
9 footer would need 19x14.5
When my wife and I moved out of our perfectly fine, but rather smallish starter home, we made a list of "wants" and shopped until we found the house that fulfilled all on the list.
My priorities:
3-car garage
golf course frontage
room for 9-foot pool table
Her priorities:
4 bedrooms/3 bath minimum
gated community
good school district
hard wood floors
all on one level - no stairs
It took almost nine months of looking and we got a great deal on the perfect house in Tarpon Springs, FL. It passed VA loan inspection requirements and we bought the house, even though the inspector told us a new tile roof was in our near future... The new roof was installed last week for the cost of two nice Balabushkas.
To make the upgrade happen when we did, we had to keep the starter home and rent it out, as we were over $50k upside down in that house at the time ('bout even now). As we were shopping and closing in on our deal, we could literally see the housing market in our area starting to make uptick move from buyers market to seller's market. We really got super-lucky. It was a long road involving partial move of excess stuff from the old home, and staging for rental, etc... timing worked out such that the old house has never been empty since we moved out. Got really lucky with good renters so far... (knocked on wood, just in case!)
After a year of getting "settled" and getting back into pool after 15 years of almost none..., I started stalking craigslist and finally found a 9' tiger-striped maple table and it's been an awesome experience. I have two semi-tight areas due to the shape of the room, but I have full stroke for more than 95% of shots and a "stumpy" cue for the rare corner shot in the tight space. I'm glad I didn't settle for a smaller table. Got an insert and fitted Naugahyde cover and can sit 16 people around that table for Thanksgiving, too... (that was on my wife's "must" conditions list for getting the pool table).
Quite frankly, being the space hogs that they are, having a house built around a pool table doesn't sound out of line to me... Many builders in this area have the "bonus room" option...
For those of you who need to sell this to your significant other, don't forget that pool tables can also serve other family purposes, like occasional folding table, banquet table, or puzzle/crafts area, roof of a fort for the kids on a rainy day, etc...
My priorities:
3-car garage
golf course frontage
room for 9-foot pool table
Her priorities:
4 bedrooms/3 bath minimum
gated community
good school district
hard wood floors
all on one level - no stairs
It took almost nine months of looking and we got a great deal on the perfect house in Tarpon Springs, FL. It passed VA loan inspection requirements and we bought the house, even though the inspector told us a new tile roof was in our near future... The new roof was installed last week for the cost of two nice Balabushkas.
To make the upgrade happen when we did, we had to keep the starter home and rent it out, as we were over $50k upside down in that house at the time ('bout even now). As we were shopping and closing in on our deal, we could literally see the housing market in our area starting to make uptick move from buyers market to seller's market. We really got super-lucky. It was a long road involving partial move of excess stuff from the old home, and staging for rental, etc... timing worked out such that the old house has never been empty since we moved out. Got really lucky with good renters so far... (knocked on wood, just in case!)
After a year of getting "settled" and getting back into pool after 15 years of almost none..., I started stalking craigslist and finally found a 9' tiger-striped maple table and it's been an awesome experience. I have two semi-tight areas due to the shape of the room, but I have full stroke for more than 95% of shots and a "stumpy" cue for the rare corner shot in the tight space. I'm glad I didn't settle for a smaller table. Got an insert and fitted Naugahyde cover and can sit 16 people around that table for Thanksgiving, too... (that was on my wife's "must" conditions list for getting the pool table).
Quite frankly, being the space hogs that they are, having a house built around a pool table doesn't sound out of line to me... Many builders in this area have the "bonus room" option...
For those of you who need to sell this to your significant other, don't forget that pool tables can also serve other family purposes, like occasional folding table, banquet table, or puzzle/crafts area, roof of a fort for the kids on a rainy day, etc...
The wife and I are getting a bit jaded with our house hunting. Our minimum space requirement is 17x22...in the basement...not under the master bedroom. I think we've all but given up on finding a house that works that we both agree on. We're now looking at having a house built, essentially building the house around the table.
A lot can be done with a steel beam in the right location. You'll have to get an engineer to sign off on it and pay for the modifications, but in the long in may be a less expensive option than new construction, and you may not have to pass on a home that has everything else going for it.
I turned the mess on the left into the nice room on the right with a single W-8-15 steel beam that I paid a small sum to have an engineer spec out for me. Cost of building the whole room was well under $2K with me doing everything but the electrical work.
Nice job Mr. Sloppy!!!!
We have a 9' GC in the basement but I also want to add a Valley since most tournaments (all) are on BB. I think I actually have my wife talked into an addition on the house. We have about 2500 sq feet but its a 2 story so the basement will be pretty full with 2 tables, although they will both fit just fine. I would really like to get the tables on the main floor, or at worst case move the laundry room from basement to the main floor then I can commandeer the entire basement.:wink: