Suggestions for layout of Game/Billiards Room?

Cornerman said:
Playing with other people money.... I'd cut the bar, too. There's plenty of bar leftover! ...
Freddie <~~~ willing to spend your money
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Since we're spending OPM, I'd replace the bar with something in wood. I don't like the square corners on the existing bar.

Sorry to hear about the carpet.
 
IMO - if u want a 9 ft table - you will HAVE to cut the bar. (and cut it quite close to the edge of the existing sink I think ?)

Do you have to convince anyone else in the household that cutting the bar is "absolutely necessary" ? :-P

Cheers.
 
It would be very easy for a qualified carpenter/handyman to remove the last base cabinet of your bar. It's a 30" cabinet which gives you plenty of room at the head/foot of the table (not as confident about the longrails clearance). You can probably re-use the existing end-panel of the cabinet so you've got a "finished" look. You'll probably need to buy a few new stone tiles for the counter edge because the existing ones can't be re-used. Your sink will be at the "end" of the counter; not ideal in a kitchen, but fine for a bar.

I'd see if the carpenter can re-use the base cabinet in place of the stove/oven...unless you plan on serving hot horderves to your pool playing buddies (not recommended because finger food ends up all over the balls and eventually the table too).

You might even be lucky and find out that the original contractor ran tile flooring under the cabinet. Again, no big deal if he didn't, but a bonus if he did.
 
I wouldn't cut anything till you get the 9'er in there and play a bit first...

I think you'll have enough room for 95% of your shots, and having a shorty cue for the potentially tight areas is less of a trade off than going down in table size, IMHO.

From the look of the bar pics, you'll have some room to stroke the cue under the bar top, anyway...

I say go 9' all the way... even if it's "borderline." If 9' table is important to you, you'll regret it if you get a smaller table.
 
I would suggest centering ur table - giving u approx 72.5" from each long rail nose to the wall backswing.

Cutting 25" off ur bar should give you approx 67" backswing to the wall on the right hand side of ur room (plenty for a 58" cue) and no backswing issues whatsoever on the left hand side (bar side) of ur room.

Cheers.
 

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Here's a drawing pushed 5ft from the top wall on long rail side
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Here's a drawing centered on long walls, not quite centered between bar and wall on the right. I can scoot it toward the bar and away from the wall some.
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Cut out a rectangle scaled to your drawing that measures 15' x 20'. Try to place it in your room. You won't need to consider playing space at all since it is already included in your cut out. Saves on lots of figuring.... just make it fit to the walls.
 
3andstop said:
Cut out a rectangle scaled to your drawing that measures 15' x 20'. Try to place it in your room. You won't need to consider playing space at all since it is already included in your cut out. Saves on lots of figuring.... just make it fit to the walls.
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Here's what that looks like if I put that size of area in the lower right corner and center the table, pretty close to the bar.

PoolTablePlacement03.png
 
And here's what it looks like if I just center the table under the existing pool table light on the ceiling.

What do you think? Should I do this or move it further from the bar and closer to either or both of the walls (to right and bottom of drawing)

PoolTablePlacement04_centerlight.png
 
Centre it top to bottom. (75.5" from each long rail to each wall)
64" from the right hand side wall should be ok.

Play on ur 8 footer for a while in this position and see how u like 64" from the short rail to wall & see how often / how much the bar gets in ur way. (you are planning on getting a 9 footer in the future anyways)

The best solution if playing pool is ur #1 priority is *modifying ur bar dude* !!!! :-D

Cheers.
 
Would I gain anything going perfectly in the middle? It appears if I move it just a few inches from center like the last drawing above (as the previous owner placed), I will miss the bar on straight on shots from that end of the table, including straight up the rail, only shots angled from the corner could hit the bar.

Also keep in mind, that front part of the bar is really high - 41" underneath and the top is 46" so it's likely only going to be the corner under the bar that I will hit.
 
If its gonna be a hassle to modify the light mounting to suit central table placement - then yeah leave it off centre.

When u get ur 9 footer you may need to modify the light mounting to give you more space on the short rail end.

Ur bar height may be ok for cue backswing on a level stroke - hopefully it's also gonna be ok for ur stance when shooting from that corner.

When is the 8 foot table coming ?
 
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