Pool table

[usn90]

Finally been “permitted” to bring a pool table to the house, it has to be a pool dining table which isn’t an issue as looking on a few websites there no different gameplay wise, will be a slate bed

However, I can’t decide on size, 7x4 or 6x3. The room size is 13.5 x 12.4ft

My preference is a 7ft, one reason being I intend on getting snooker ball aswell so the extra size would be better

Looking at the size guide it looks doable, may struggle with the white ball on the cushions but other positions should be fine with a normal sized cue, what do you think?

what size are uk pub tables?

[FourWheelDrift]

Standard pub tables are 6ft. You sometimes get some bigger but the normal coin in and play ones are 6ft.

[usn90]

For some reason I thought they were 7

Still, I think playing occasional game of snooker would be better on the larger table (normal sized balls)

The table comes to just shy of 2k so don’t want to make a mistake on the table size

[48k]

You're going to struggle with a full sized cue on a 6 foot table never mind 7 foot. 6 foot is the standard pub sized table. I used to have a 6 foot table and had a couple of short cues for shots in the corners. Also have a think about what other furniture is in the room, how high it is, where the door opens and where the light is.

[FourWheelDrift]

Hold on, are they giving total table size or playing size? Playing size is 6x3.

[usn90]

Yeah I figured I’d need a couple of shorter cues, surely though it’s only really cushion shots on the length side of the table I’d struggle with a full size cue?

Nothing else will be in the room, the stools sit under the table

Edited by usn90 on Monday 1st July 19:42

[48k]

Get some cardboard boxes or something and use them to mark where the corners of the table would go and see if it feels comfortable. Personally I would rather play on a smaller table with full sized cues than play on a larger table but have to use non standard sized cues. YMMV

Also I know you say there will be nothing else in the room but its nice to have somewhere to sit when its not your go / when you have friends round, somewhere to put drinks + nibbles, scoreboard (if you are going to play snooker on it), somewhere to store cues/rests, balls, chalks etc.

[usn90]

Yes good call on the boxes, will try it out

The table will be going in the dining room, hence it having to be a dining pool table, the benches can sit under the table when not in use, or I can put them up against the wall as they don’t take much space up,

The kitchen is right next to the room so there’s the booze sorted

Also have a closet next to the room for storage

so just to be clear on pub tables, are they usually 6x3 in total size or playing size (so 7x4 in total?)

[anonymous-user]

I had a 7ft one in my last place and much prefer it to a 6ft. If it will fit then go for it.

[anonymous-user]

FourWheelDrift said:

Standard pub tables are 6ft. You sometimes get some bigger but the normal coin in and play ones are 6ft.

7x4 is the usual pub size, 6ft is for somewhere lacking elbow room.

Get a used authentic Superleague or Hazelgrove off EBay rather than a cheap Chinese knock off.

Better still, get a 9ft American table and play real pool

[LotusMartin]

A standard (league) pub table is 7x4 , 6ft ones are pokey.

I doubt you'll be comfortable is the space you have with a full size unless you get some shorter cues.

My experience of the table/pool tables is not good. One of our local League locations has a very expensive one (£2k+) and it's terrible - wobbly as F.

My choice would be Supreme - I have a 7ft Winner practice table in 18ft X 16ft space. It's just enough space with snooker cues.

[LotusMartin]

Arrrgggg flippn image upload beta lol

[usn90]

Note taken on the table wobble.

The one the Mrs has seen which “matches” the rest of the house is just under 2k

The website in question has a showroom so i will take the trip down to have a look beforehand

In my head, other than cushion shots from the length side of the table, I should be ok with full size cues, will definitely have to get some decent short cues regardless of I go for 6/7ft. Will be doing the cardboard box test to determine

Failing all this the living rooms 25ft x 16ft so could just get the installers to bang it in there, and play innocent when she gets home

[BaldOldMan]

Deffo 7ft if it will fit.

Had one in my last house - I bought a second hand one in oak & had it re-covered for not that much money.

SWMBO loved having a pink pool table

[Promised Land]

usn90 said:

Note taken on the table wobble.

The one the Mrs has seen which “matches” the rest of the house is just under 2k

The website in question has a showroom so i will take the trip down to have a look beforehand

In my head, other than cushion shots from the length side of the table, I should be ok with full size cues, will definitely have to get some decent short cues regardless of I go for 6/7ft. Will be doing the cardboard box test to determine

Failing all this the living rooms 25ft x 16ft so could just get the installers to bang it in there, and play innocent when she gets home

Add 8 foot on both sizes to see if your room is big enough but do remember a 7x4 table is Not a foot longer and wider than a 6x3, its something like 100 mm wider than a 6x3 table. About 160mm longer as well I think, it's very misleading.

As for a pool diner being wobbling, not if you buy a decent one but what you have to watch for is the slate bowing, unlike a pool table the supports aren't the same on a diner, also modern pool diners do not change height, you're sitting eating at 830mm from the finished floor level, as you'll be playing pool at 810mm. Measure a standard dining table, they're all in the high 700mm for height.

You could always do what I did, buy a slate Riley snooker,diner and fully restore it with new napped Strachan cloth, cushion rubbers, pocket leathers, nets, and strip back all the solid oak to bare timber and apply 10 coats of stain. These table drop to dine at and you raise to play on.

Edited by Promised Land on Monday 1st July 22:16

[timmymagic73]

Promised Land said:

Add 8 foot on both sizes to see if your room is big enough but do remember a 7x4 table is Not a foot longer and wider than a 6x3, its something like 100 mm wider than a 6x3 table. About 160mm longer as well I think, it's very misleading.

As for a pool diner being wobbling, not if you buy a decent one but what you have to watch for is the slate bowing, unlike a pool table the supports aren't the same on a diner, also modern pool diners do not change height, you're sitting eating at 830mm from the finished floor level, as you'll be playing pool at 810mm. Measure a standard dining table, they're all in the high 700mm for height.

You could always do what I did, buy a slate Riley snooker,diner and fully restore it with new napped Strachan cloth, cushion rubbers, pocket leathers, nets, and strip back all the solid oak to bare timber and apply 10 coats of stain. These table drop to dine at and you raise to play on.

Edited by Promised Land on Monday 1st July 22:16

Lovely work. We have a very similar slate Riley too with a solid wood sectional dining top.

Totally agree about the height difference for dining vs play, the rise and fall mechanism is excellent.

Thread hijack - although somewhere along the way it's lost one half of a rise and fall mechanism... I don't suppose you know where I can buy one?! We're missing the upper adjustable portion.


My late grandfather allowed it to be used in the rec room of his warden controlled accommodation and it basically got destroyed! We were lucky to be able to retrieve it though I guess.

[anonymous-user]

LotusMartin said:

A standard (league) pub table is 7x4 , 6ft ones are pokey.

I doubt you'll be comfortable is the space you have with a full size unless you get some shorter cues.

My experience of the table/pool tables is not good. One of our local League locations has a very expensive one (£2k+) and it's terrible - wobbly as F.

My choice would be Supreme - I have a 7ft Winner practice table in 18ft X 16ft space. It's just enough space with snooker cues.

Snap! We even let the ladies use it occasionally

[usn90]

Interesting on the dimensions, like you say I assumed 1 foot longer and wider.

regarding the height, I did wonder where the compromise was, I was slightly concerned the table would slightly lower than your conventional pub table so that’s reassuring.
We’re having benches rarther than chairs so can just raise them slightly which should offset the difference

Love the tables posted, as I said though I’m at the mercy of the wife’s approval as the tables in the house, my car takes the garage up, so as such it has to “flow” with the rest of the house, so polished white it is

[wolfracesonic]

usn90 said:

Note taken on the table wobble.

The one the Mrs has seen which “matches” the rest of the house is just under 2k

The website in question has a showroom so i will take the trip down to have a look beforehand

In my head, other than cushion shots from the length side of the table, I should be ok with full size cues, will definitely have to get some decent short cues regardless of I go for 6/7ft. Will be doing the cardboard box test to determine

Failing all this the living rooms 25ft x 16ft so could just get the installers to bang it in there, and play innocent when she gets home

'Matches the rest of the house'? Do you have green baize for carpets?

[The jiffle king]

We have an 8x4 Legacy slate bed pool table. The slate is in 3 pieces..... and very heavy

I’d say 7x 4ft but also think about the height of the table as a pool surface is slightly different to a dining surface.

Think about putting spotlights over it and short cues if needed.

The cloth is the important thing and only ever brush it 1 way

This is mine