subject: Things To Consider Before Buying A Pool Table [print this page] Buying a pool table can be a fun way to add excitement, energy, and entertainment into your home, let along create a place for people to gather and spend time together. If you are careful with your pool table, it can even last for decades-that is why it is important to put research and consideration into your investment before you run out and buy the first one you see.
Here are questions to ponder before making a table purchase. First, what size of a table is going to be best for your home and your gaming?
Consider an 8-foot table (refers to a length twice its width of four feet) as presenting a medium challenge. Smaller sizes create many clustered balls, and larger tables can cause frustration by forcing longer, more difficult shot-making.
If you have adequate room space, though, you might opt for a 9-foot table. As skills grow, you'll be a champ when visiting "puny" 8-footers.
Allow for space on all sides of the table to stroke cue sticks and for convenient cue storage. If your room is too small, you will have marks littering your walls from cues smashing into the walls during your shots.
A good rule of thumb is six feet of space per side, plus a few inches for backswings. Another thing you want to consider is the warrantee, and availability of technicians.
Always get references from satisfied customers before placing an order. What guarantees and service after the sale will seller provide you by written contract?
If your new table breaks or becomes not level after time, will the seller be there to make it right? The seller may warrant a table for ten years but be closed for business in five years.
Who is a trustworthy table restorer you may rely on located near your home? What will they charge for house calls for various repairs or routine maintenance (a semi-annual change of table felt and a tightening of the rails)?
Another thing to consider is price vs. quality-if you can help it, don't skimp. Paying five hundred dollars more for a bigger or better table may not seem a good investment until you consider the possibility of owning the table for forty years or longer.
When it comes to colors, blues and greens are simplest to sight upon. Red is a frequent choice for felt, too, but other colors can be distracting and show chalk and liquid or grease stains more easily.Leveling or re-leveling a new or used table becomes a simple matter with the correct caliper and some plastic playing cards (cards make easy shims, hundredths of an inch thick to go under a table leg as needed). What you want is to have your new or used table installed at home, followed by a second and possibly third leveling visit months later after giving the table time to settle in place.
Do not purchase a table without service after the sale to keep it perfectly level. When it comes to your playing surface, cheap, mass-produced tables use a wooden bed beneath the cloth.
The best playability and durability is with heavyweight slate underlay instead. A less costly surface is also easier to transport than a one-piece slate but they ought to be laid in place by a highly competent installer, so the table is level throughout and the fine seams between sections do not affect play as bumps under the felt.
Consider where you will anchor your table. Pick a spot for your poolroom with the most level flooring possible.
Bare floors or carpeting is no matter; a table may weigh over one ton and will settle into place on its own. Be prepared to leave the new furniture in place for years to come!
Humidity and temperature play a role also and affect the balls and cloth both. The best location for your table is inside in a cool, dry room of your home.When it comes to accessories, a few cues with a floor rack for storage or even a simple clip holder, a set of decent balls with a wooden rack to gather them in place on the table, a specially made table brush for cloth maintenance (available for a few dollars from most poolrooms) and you are ready.
As you can see, there are definitely things to consider when it comes to making a purchase this large, and this long-term. Do your research, and you will end up with a addition to your home that you will enjoy for years to come.
by: Jack Landry
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