How much room for a 9-foot table?
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The easiest rule of thumb that I've ever heard, is to allow 5' of open space for each side of any table.
9' x 4.5' would be a 19' x 14.5 space.
Barbox would be 17' x 13.5'
4' x 8' would be 14' x 18'
9' x 4.5' would be a 19' x 14.5 space.
Barbox would be 17' x 13.5'
4' x 8' would be 14' x 18'
That's the correct information. A room that's 14'10" wide by 19.0' long will give you 6" of stroking room all around the table when the cue ball is up against the rail, and you are using a standard 58" pool cue. Pool table manufacturers and dealers like to give smaller room dimensions, however, because they don't want to discourage customers from buying a table. Their answer to the ball-on-the-rail problem is to "use a shorter cue for that shot."
Roger
thanks all!
I figured they would make the room size charts a bit smaller to help sell tables. I'm actually going to be getting a new cue a bit longer than 58" soon (I'm 6'3")
I just setup a table with 5' on all sides of the playing area, and it's perfect for a 58" cue.
When you're all the way against a rail your stroke is only going to be 1"-2". I haven't had any problems banging against anything.
By the way, you're right. They do have a tendency to undercut room size on the manufacturer's sites to sell larger tables...
When you're all the way against a rail your stroke is only going to be 1"-2". I haven't had any problems banging against anything.
By the way, you're right. They do have a tendency to undercut room size on the manufacturer's sites to sell larger tables...
This isn't quite right. If you do out the calculation, you don't get the same space in the width direction if you just add 5' to each side like that. You'll be short by 2" per side. It's an annoyingly simple but crazy math error.
19 x 14' 10" is correct, if you want to use the 19' on the length.
Fred
The pool table is not really 9 feet by 4.5 feet.
Better to use the playing surface itself, which is 100 inches by 50 inches.
Add your cue length and backswing to those numbers.
That is exactly how we do our table set ups. 60 inches from the nose of the cushion to any obstruction.
50" + 60" +60" = 170" = 14' 2" width
100" + 60" + 60" = 220" = 18' 4" length
That is the absolute minimum. You must take into consideration any furniture you want in the room too. That was a mistake I made when I bought my 9 footer.
Give yourself plenty of room for chairs, tables, stereos, and etc.
I have a GC3 in a room 14'9" x 19'6" and it works no furniture justa tv high on the wall. I do play with a 60" cue you only hit the walls when the cue ball is close to a cusion and shooting straight across the table, plus if its frozen your generaly jacked up a little. Ideally you want 5' from the edge of the table to a the wall to still have a little stroke room if your shooting with a flat cue.
Craig
Craig
If the room is getting close to the minimum, be sure and check where the doors are, and make sure they can be locked if they open into the room. It sucks when you're shooting the nine and the door swings open and whacks the end of your cue.
TX Poolnut mentioned other furniture - don't overlook that. I've got a room with an eight-foot table, and I have to get rid of a sixty-inch TV before I can put in the nine-footer. This is in a room that measures 16.5x23.
(anybody want to buy a 60-inch TV?
)
TX Poolnut mentioned other furniture - don't overlook that. I've got a room with an eight-foot table, and I have to get rid of a sixty-inch TV before I can put in the nine-footer. This is in a room that measures 16.5x23.
(anybody want to buy a 60-inch TV?
)