Pool Table Directly on Concrete Floor

indoor/outdoor carpet is the best, playing on concrete an make you tired for sure, BUT playing on thick padded carpet is ALOT WORSE, you will get real tired real fast. thin to regular indoor/outdoor carpet is the solution, you can do it like Glen said by using 3' wide strips around the table. Infact my carpet around my table is showing alot of wear after a year of play(it gets ALOT of use) so I'm going to replace just the "ring around the table"
 
blueridge said:
Question for pool room aficionados.

Will a concrete floor damage good quality pool balls if they fly off the table onto the floor? I'm having a game room built with a concrete floor, and I don't know if this will be a problem.

Thanks in advance for any answers.
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I haven't read the other responses but I would recommend a cork like material. You can instal it yourself. It will not only protect the balls but quiet down the room. I hate carpet in a pool room.
 
Jack Madden said:
My table has always sat on a concrete floor. More balls have come off that table than I can count when I practice my break --- its the drywall that gets it :grin-square: If you are worried about it put some carpet down. One of the rooms in Phoenix years ago (all ground level floors there are concrete slabs) just carpeted AROUND the table (big square of concrete under the table) so it could be replaced easier.
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Winner (imo). Best answer in the thread. Carpet with padding. Your feet/legs will be happy and a pool player with happy feet/legs is a pool player who'l play more and play longer... maybe even play better. :groucho:
 
JimS said:
Winner (imo). Best answer in the thread. Carpet with padding. Your feet/legs will be happy and a pool player with happy feet/legs is a pool player who'l play more and play longer... maybe even play better. :groucho:
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True, but I would put at least 3/4" wood under each leg. This saves your back from leaning over too far. A comfortable back is way more important.
 
whitewolf said:
True, but I would put at least 3/4" wood under each leg. This saves your back from leaning over too far. A comfortable back is way more important.
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That's assuming the table playing surface is low in the first place, which at this point is an unknown, the bare concrete is a stated fact;)

Glen
 
I don't understand...

It sounds like you are having a building built just for your pool table on your home property. Why would you go through all that trouble and then leave the floor as bare concrete?
 
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far worse than the balls is the sound w/ a concrete floor....do people a favor and have some kind of coating (even that vinly like garage floor paint will help)....the echos when people break are hard to bear.
 
Black-Balled said:
Awww...I am SO sorry to hear that. I know that leaning things against walls can be very difficult

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I get very confused sometimes ... which way IS up ??

Dave
 
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