PocketPoint
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I live in a standard apartment complex.
Would the floors be able to hold a 9' table? What about a barbox?
Would the floors be able to hold a 9' table? What about a barbox?
Putting a table in an apartment?
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When I see this kind of question, I always reply with another question: would the floors be able to hold 4 big guys (5 actually, 4 + 1 player) standing 2 meters apart?
If the answer is positive then it is a go for you. And yes, I have a 9footer in a apartment (concrete/steel floors). :thumbup:PocketPoint
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Good. I really have no clue about the weight of a table.
Now my only other problem is padding the pockets to reduce the noise.
Now my only other problem is padding the pockets to reduce the noise.
I have a 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 in my living room in my upstairs apartment along with my finishing/repair lathe.
Concrete floors and walls
my neighbor under me is an old man with lung cancer and we have been neighbors for over a year and he has never complained once, I even asked him if he ever heard anything and he said not once.
not all apartments have concrete walls besides the firewall but most all that I know of do have concrete floors so long as its a decent place and not built in 1927 lol
I've hit balls till daylight comes up and not one neighbor has ever said anything at all in nearly two years.
The table was a three piece slate and me and two friends carried it in pieces up the stairs, i set up the frame where I wanted it and then placed the slates on top and let it settle for a couple weeks while I was doing all the work on the rails and such........then I leveled it and recovered it. I'm now starting to just barely have a little roll in one or two spots but its barely noticable and no one has noticed it but me yet.
so as far as my place goes the noise isn't an issue and the floor has plenty of strength so that my table isn't way out of wack after 2years basically which is a good long min b/t leveling.
I've been holding off reclothing it and leveling it b/c I think i may be moving out of my place sooner than later for a very nice upgrade.
Concrete floors and walls
my neighbor under me is an old man with lung cancer and we have been neighbors for over a year and he has never complained once, I even asked him if he ever heard anything and he said not once.
not all apartments have concrete walls besides the firewall but most all that I know of do have concrete floors so long as its a decent place and not built in 1927 lol
I've hit balls till daylight comes up and not one neighbor has ever said anything at all in nearly two years.
The table was a three piece slate and me and two friends carried it in pieces up the stairs, i set up the frame where I wanted it and then placed the slates on top and let it settle for a couple weeks while I was doing all the work on the rails and such........then I leveled it and recovered it. I'm now starting to just barely have a little roll in one or two spots but its barely noticable and no one has noticed it but me yet.
so as far as my place goes the noise isn't an issue and the floor has plenty of strength so that my table isn't way out of wack after 2years basically which is a good long min b/t leveling.
I've been holding off reclothing it and leveling it b/c I think i may be moving out of my place sooner than later for a very nice upgrade.
I've had one in apartment(wood floors) and played on other tables in apartments. I would ask thelandlord or manager if it is allowed first...sometimes they don't. If you get a bar box the ball returns are louder than the shooting. Johnnyt
PS: You need 13.5' x 16.5' room for 58" cues.
PS: You need 13.5' x 16.5' room for 58" cues.
I don't know about padding the pockets, however I would make sure that you have a carpet because most of the noise that you need to worry about comes through the legs and is transferred into the floor. My friend was on the 15th floor of an apartment building in NYC and I helped him carry the slates to the elevator and up to his apartment ,well he didn't have the table set up for even 2 weeks and was told to get the table out to much noise. Yes there were concrete floors in the building. Good luck all places are different.
Table in apartment
Not only should you check with the landlord, check with the fire department also.
I was told it is illegal in Columbus Ohio to have a pool table on any floor above the first. {If you were a fireman would you want a bunch of pool tables to fall on you ?}
Not only should you check with the landlord, check with the fire department also.
I was told it is illegal in Columbus Ohio to have a pool table on any floor above the first. {If you were a fireman would you want a bunch of pool tables to fall on you ?}
weight should not be a problem, but space may. It takes quite a bit of floor space to have an enjoyable pool experience. I can't count the number of times I've delivered a pool table to a home and found out they didn't have adequate space for it. Often people think they will put the table in a spare bedroom. lol Think again! You need a room with a minimum of 13' X 17' and that won't work for a 9' table!
If the building was built according to code, you should be fine as far as weight goes.
The biggest worry weight wise might be having to carry it up an outside wooden stair. Until recently, many outside stairs and porches didn't have the same structural requirements as interior ones when they were built.
Good luck!
The biggest worry weight wise might be having to carry it up an outside wooden stair. Until recently, many outside stairs and porches didn't have the same structural requirements as interior ones when they were built.
Good luck!
Wouldn't it be a good idea to check with the apt. management?
Sounds like we know where the next party will be in SoCal. We used to have a pool table setup on the 2nd floor, but then we also started to notice that the floor started to creak more often in the room. Piece of mind to just remove it. Luckily, that table wasn't that heavy. When we setup the GC, we put it on concrete floor. I guess that's the benefit of bring on the ground level if that's where your future apartment will be.