Pool table weight

OtterBoy

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I was just wondering about a pool table weight. If I were to upgrade to a larger, more substantial table should I be concerned about the weight on the floor. I have had larger aquariums before and was always told to make sure the floor can support a large aquarium due to its extreme weight. Just wanted to know if it is the same for pool tables weight.

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Are you upstairs or in a place u should be particularly worried? A large aquarium will have much more pressure on the floor than a pool table because it's in a more concentrated area. A table that's 1000lbs with four legs is 250lbs per leg spread out over several supports. You don't have to worry about weight unless it's a very old place.
 
My GC2 weighs about 1300lbs..its sitting on concrete though. Wooden floors will always settle under weight, so periodic releveling would be required....but as long as you don't have an extremely shoddily built house, it should be ok..... Hell, if a floor can hold the weight of a king size water bed, a pool table would not be an issue.
 
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How heavy is your bed + People + Activity? Can't be much worse than that.

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Mine felt like tank going out and new one felt like two tanks coming in lol :grin-square:
 
You say the house is a ranch style so your floor is either a slab on grade in which case there is no problem what so ever or a wood floor system with a crawl space. If the house is properly designed and built the floor system is designed to support a load of 40 pounds per square foot. A 9 foot pool table covers a minimum area of about 40 square feet. This means that area is designed to support 1600 pounds. An exception to this is a bedroom floor which by code is only required to support 30 pounds per square foot and would only be designed to support 1200 pounds in that area. If you notice any movement or vibration all you would need to do is go under in the crawl space and using some treated lumber put some stiff legs under the table leg locations. Generally speaking the most concentrated load you will find in a home os a fully loaded upright freezer and that's why they are usually backed up to a bearing wall
 
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You say the house is a ranch style so your floor is either a slab on grade in which case there is no problem what so ever or a wood floor system with a crawl space. If the house is properly designed and built the floor system is designed to support a load of 40 pounds per square foot. A 9 foot pool table covers a minimum area of about 40 square feet. This means that area is designed to support 1600 pounds. An exception to this is a bedroom floor which by code is only required to support 30 pounds per square foot and would only be designed to support 1200 pounds in that area. If you notice any movement or vibration all you would need to do is go under in the crawl space and using some treated lumber put some stiff legs under the table leg locations. Generally speaking the most concentrated load you will find in a home os a fully loaded upright freezer and that's why they are usually backed up to a bearing wall
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ok my guess is you are a structural engineer? :) or an aspiring one?

don't forget the table weight is dispersed on just the 4 legs, so the calculation has to take in consideration if you set the legs over a floor joist, or between the joist. But in any event....a gold crown is about the same as 4 300 pound buddies standing within arms reach of each other.....for your Rancher, it should not be an issue.


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Gerry said:
ok my guess is you are a structural engineer? :) or an aspiring one?

don't forget the table weight is dispersed on just the 4 legs, so the calculation has to take in consideration if you set the legs over a floor joist, or between the joist. But in any event....a gold crown is about the same as 4 300 pound buddies standing within arms reach of each other.....for your Rancher, it should not be an issue.


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Retired chief building inspector. And while the load is concentrated on the legs the floor system is designed to accept the load over a larger area as the adjacent joists react together. As I said he shouldn't have a problem if the floor system was built correctly but not all contractors are created equally and not all locations have inspectors.
 
Would adding support under the joists that the table sits on do any good for making sure there be no bounce in the floor and to make sure there is minimal settling.
 
OtterBoy said:
Would adding support under the joists that the table sits on do any good for making sure there be no bounce in the floor and to make sure there is minimal settling.
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Yes and yes.

As stated before, if your floor can hold a typical refrigerator, and almost every floor will fit that bill in a house that is fit to be occupied, then a pool table should be no problem. The weight is distributed over typically 4 well spaced legs.

I have installed pool tables in kitchens, sheds (yes, a shed), lofts, living rooms, bedrooms and my favorite the walk out basement. The only time I had a problem was in a house that had been hit by a fire. They wanted the table taken out and put in storage. Usually not a problem except they had no stairs as this is where the fire started.
 
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