What would you do with this basement layout problem? (the dreaded pole)

tonmo · 2008-09-27T21:40:35+00:00

I've been mulling over my basement situation for a long time now. I'd appreciate your input. Here's the situation: Soon, I will be changing out the cloth on my table -- it's getting worn and I'm eager to switch to blue cloth. Inherent with this, I'm thinking about moving my table a bit while the guys are here to re-cloth it. The reason I want to move it: there is a pole which obstructs about 4% or so of my shots, plus on the opposite wall (where all the Pink Floyd albums are) I've got some obstruction when the cue ball is on the rail (or close to it). The Pink Floyd wall doesn't cover the length of the table, but it is more than half. There's a bathroom behind it, which I considered demolishing, but I learned there is foundational concrete within that wall. (The basement was finished by the previous owners of my home.) On the pole side, the wall behind it is also an obstruction. It doesn't run as long as the Pink Floyd wall -- it is less than half the length of the table. The distance between the two walls within that nook is about 12'9", if I remember correctly. It's an 8-foot table. Right now, I have a pair or 42" cues to deal with the pole, and a pair of 52" cues to deal with the Pink Floyd wall. I?m thinking of moving the pool table about 6" or so closer to the pole. This will make shots in that corner tighter, but it should also give unobstructed shot making along the Pink Floyd wall with my normal 58" cues. Since I pretty much need to use the 42" cue when I?m jammed up in that corner of the room anyhow, I think I may be best off moving the table a bit. What do you think? Here are some pics of the room for context: Here's one angle: Here?s the pole and wall behind it: Here's how you can get jammed up against the Pink Floyd wall: Here's how you can get jammed up on the side with the pole: Here's how you can get jammed up on the pole itself: Here's the approximate length on the problem on the Pink Floyd wall: And here's the approximate distance I am thinking about moving the table to the left: Another shot of the same: Here's a pic of my nemesis: And finally, here's the length of the Pink Floyd wall: Thanks in advance for your input!

Thread starter tonmo
Start date Sep 27, 2008

How would you handle this?

I think you should move the table.
Votes: 5 7.6%
I think you should talk to a contractor about moving the pole.
Votes: 34 51.5%
I think you should do both.
Votes: 19 28.8%
I think you should do neither ? just deal with it as-is.
Votes: 8 12.1%

Total voters

66

Jimt

AzB Silver Member

Silver Member

Jul 12, 2009

One of the first things I did when I moved into the house I'm in was to have a pole removed and 2 steel beams installed.

If I didn't have that done the pole would be about in the middle of the table which would have required drilling a very large hole in the slate.