Home room, carpet or hardwood?

Carpet....commercial grade...no pad....make sure it hangs out from around the table plenty far enough.
It sucks trying to line up a rail shot and not having both feet on the same material.
I had the edges sewn with a beading to prevent unraveling..very inexpensive.
If you can afford it or it is practical.....do the whole room and leave about 6-12 inches off the wall to help with the noise factor.
 
I've been in the carpet biz for almost 17 years. Short, very dense commercial. NO pad, or felt or viscose commercial pad. The best combination you can have. PM me for any questions or styles you might find somewhere, and I'll be glad to look up cost or any specs you might need. Take care, the Craw. By the way, hardwood is more expensive and will ding to shit with balls flying off the table.

Also... Nylon, solution dyed will clean up better than any fiber on the planet.
Olefin will pack down like cheap plastic.
Polypropylene is the same as olefin, and don't let them tell you it isn't.

Any carpet geek questions you need answered, feel free to contact me.
 
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crawfish said:
I've been in the carpet biz for almost 17 years. Short, very dense commercial. NO pad, or felt or viscose commercial pad. The best combination you can have. PM me for any questions or styles you might find somewhere, and I'll be glad to look up cost or any specs you might need. Take care, the Craw. By the way, hardwood is more expensive and will ding to shit with balls flying off the table.

Also... Nylon, solution dyed will clean up better than any fiber on the planet.
Olefin will pack down like cheap plastic.
Polypropylene is the same as olefin, and don't let them tell you it isn't.

Any carpet geek questions you need answered, feel free to contact me.
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what is best for long sessions? all i care about is being able to stand after a 12 hour session. What would be easy on the legs?
 
TXsouthpaw said:
what is best for long sessions? all i care about is being able to stand after a 12 hour session. What would be easy on the legs?
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3/8 viscose with a rubber base pad, with GCF solution dyed nylon with a small twist count is the perfect combination for ANY high traffic area so as to "spring" back for your feet. This combo will also stabilize the sound and the table. If you are on concrete, possibly use VCT (vinyl composition tile) just under the table and then start this carpet combo just after the legs back to the wall. This will help the table stay level over the years. Concrete will breathe. When that happens, the carpet and pad will show movement. Glueing it down actually wears the best. That's why you use a glue down method in an airport. Wears the best. But the very thin, rubber bottomed viscose pad will help you in long sessions. Make sense?
 
Ya know, when you're young (young=anything under45) you could play on driveway gravel and it wouldn't bother you.

When you get a tad older you will be happy you have a commercial carpet and commercial thin padding under it.

Your stick extends 55 or so inches beyond the table (60" is 5 feet) for shots where the cue ball is on the rail, and your rear most foot extends out to the same line as the end of your stick when you're down on a shot. IMO for a 9' table you need a 15x20 carpet, padded. If you don't pad a commercial carpet you might as well paint the floor.
 
crawfish said:
3/8 viscose with a rubber base pad, with GCF solution dyed nylon with a small twist count is the perfect combination for ANY high traffic area so as to "spring" back for your feet. This combo will also stabilize the sound and the table. If you are on concrete, possibly use VCT (vinyl composition tile) just under the table and then start this carpet combo just after the legs back to the wall. This will help the table stay level over the years. Concrete will breathe. When that happens, the carpet and pad will show movement. Glueing it down actually wears the best. That's why you use a glue down method in an airport. Wears the best. But the very thin, rubber bottomed viscose pad will help you in long sessions. Make sense?
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so a thin rubber base pad? that was alot to process.


oh and yeah its gonna be over conctrete. Im redoing the garage from scratch.
 
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I have hardwood laminate (rosewood ) under the exact space of the table& carpet in the rest of the room.GCl rosewod table
 
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