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You may want to ask yourself these questions first before going out and getting one.
1. Do you have enough room for a pool table. Pool tables range in size from 3 X6, 3 ½ X 7, 4 X 8 home, 4 X 8 Commercial, 4 1/2X 9, 5 X 10 and 6 X 12. Pool table manufactures make pool tables in different sizes to accommodate various size rooms. The most popular size pool table today is the 4 X 8 with a play field of 44 X 88. The 7’ pool table is the bar room size and the 9’ is considered the tournament size.
2. In the East most pool tables go into basements. In the West most pool tables are found in either the den or a converted garage. In the past 10 years we have installed a large number of pool tables in living rooms. Several pool tables turn into dining tables and are found in dinning rooms. These convertible tables can also be used in offices as conference tables. Which ever room you choose make sure you have enough room around the table. It’s better to have a smaller table and be able to use regulation cues than to have a larger table and use shorter cues. 5’ around a pool table is ideal.
3. If stairs are involved make sure the pool table you are about to buy comes apart. Some pool tables do NOT disassemble and you will not be able to get your table in either the basement or up stairs.
4. Who will be using the pool table? Will the pool table receive normal ware and tear or will it receive hard play? Kids or adults? These are questions to ask yourself before you purchase a
5. pool table. Make sure the pool table you buy does not move when you lean up against it. The cloth you put on the pool table will make a different in how long your billiard fabric will last.
6. Solid wood, plywood, or pressboard – what are you interested in? Solid wood is preferred and will last the longest. Plywood is better than pressboard. Solid wood tables will be the antiques of the future. Solid wood tables can to refinished to there original color and finish where pressboard and plywood tables cannot. Rubberwood from China is NOT a hardwood. Oak, Maple, Alder, Mahogany, and Cherry are great woods that are used in the production of quality pool tables manufactured in the United States today.
7. Playability is one of the most important items in purchasing a quality pool table. Slate tables play the best. Imitation slate tables leave a lot to be desired. Tables with Slatetron, Slateine, or Slateite should be avoided. These are tables that have a phony pressboard bed in the pool table that is sprayed gray to make it look like slate.

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