Pool Table room size?

[Kelemvor]

Are there any standards for how big of a pool table you should normally fit in a certain sized room? My parents-in-law have one they never used and I'd be willing to have it moved but am not sure how much room I need in my basement for it to work well without poking holes in the walls from it being too small.

 

[richardycc]

I think it's min 2.5-3ft from each side.

 

[digitalsm]

For a 8' pool table the bare minimum is 14x18. Id say 15x19 or 16x20.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I'd just use pool table size + cue length, do this for both length and width. You can do with less if you're willing to be creating on shots where the cueball is near the bands 😉

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Are there any standards for how big of a pool table you should normally fit in a certain sized room? My parents-in-law have one they never used and I'd be willing to have it moved but am not sure how much room I need in my basement for it to work well without poking holes in the walls from it being too small.

Standard cues are 51 or 52 inches long. As a result, in order to shoot without adjusting your shot, you will need at least 53 inches around the entire table.

A 4 X 8 foot table means:

48+(2*53) X 96+(2*53) = 154 X 202

 

[amoeba]

reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with "The Place to Be" and the conductors stick.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: digitalsm
For a 8' pool table the bare minimum is 14x18. Id say 15x19 or 16x20.

I agree completely. You want a minimum of 5' per side for comfortable shooting in all scenarios. Unless you can stand playing with midget cues in situations where the room size is an issue.

 

[ShowdOWN]

this should help.

ROOM SIZE

 

[fredtam]

4ft on each side is the minimum.I have installed them in rooms where there was about 3ft on two sides and the people use shorties.

 

[mobobuff]

Well, look at it like this. The average pool cue is about... what? 5 feet? So if you've got the cue ball sitting on the bunker, you're gonna need that 5 feet plus an additional ~8" for a decent backstroke. But you can also figure in the angle that you hold the cue relative to the ground, it doesn't have to parellel the ground, so... to shut up I'd say a minimum of 4 and a half feet. I have a 8' pool table in a room in my basement with about 4 feet to the wall on the longer sides and you have to use a 4' cue to shoot when the ball's closer to the bunker.