How hard is it to dismantle a snooker table???

[ItsTony]

Its a full size snooker table stuck in a pub that I need to dismantle it for transport. Is it tricky to take apart and then set it up again.

Also, anyone got any ideas how much such a table is worth.

Thanx

[Gizmo535]

What kind of pub has a full size snooker table?!?!?!

Anyway - they are constructed of a frame, 3-5 slabs of slate, the baize and legs. I would recommend using a professional and specialist snooker table transporter - Google / Yellow Pages is your friend.

[FourWheelDrift]

ItsTony said:

Its a full size snooker table stuck in a pub

Doesn't look like a full size table to me, should be 12x6 but that one looks more like an 8x4, the balls look too big on the table to be full size.

As for diss-assembling, it got in there in pieces, it should be taken apart the same way, that is you won't be breaking anything taking it apart.

[Glassman]

Couldn't tell you all the ins and outs, but my mate Tony and his mates managed it. Tony is a class 1 plum. So are his mates.

If he can do it, you have a good chance of managing with ease.

[ItsTony]

I'm kind of in two minds between flogging the thing and letting the buyer dismantle it or trying to take it apart myself and keeping it. I've basically got a week to get rid of it from the pub or it goes into the skip.

Is the value of the table high enough to justify paying someone to dismantle and move it somewhere else.

[miniman]

You can buy a brand new 8ft table for about £2k so I can't see how you could make much profit from selling an old pub table which would almost certainly need new cushions and cloth.

[Gizmo535]

ItsTony said:

Is the value of the table high enough to justify paying someone to dismantle and move it somewhere else.

Yes. A new slate bed table - even an 8 ft one - is way over £1000.

Is it "your" pub that it's in the corner of? If it's still in playable condition and you really want rid, stick it on Ebay and the local paper, carriage to be paid for by the buyer and get rid. Couple of hundred quid in your pocket probably at least - and it's snooker world champs on at the moment, perfect time of year to sell.

[Uncle Fester]

Tables don’t tend to fetch as much as you would think second hand. Loads of pubs closing down have flooded the market. Not many homes have the room for a full sized one, so people just tend to buy a pool table instead.

Taking it apart is not a big problem. To be any good it needs proper setting up and that includes a floor that will take the weight and stay level. That may mean new floor and carpet too. The setup will need a pro to be right.

I was offered one for nothing by a cousin last Christmas. He had got a pool table. I didn’t want it and it’s still sitting in his garden in bits.

You tend to get paranoid about people spilling drinks over it. Then, games end up taking hours when everyone has had a few. Unless you must have one, get a pool table.