I'm trying to find someplace local that will move and re-level a pool table, any ideas?

Five guys and a truck is my backup plan, but if I can get it done professionaly for a decent price it'd be worth it to have it done right. Its a damned nice table and I'd rather not take the chance of screwing it up.

4/26/2006 1:06:02 PM

actually, i'd like to know suggestions too... we might be getting on on saturday and were just going to move it ourselves

4/26/2006 1:52:22 PM

Nobody knows?

Its got to go up a flight of stairs, that's why I'm worried. Ah well.

4/26/2006 7:16:17 PM

call up places that sell them and see if they can direct you to people that move them

they could contract all that out

4/26/2006 7:21:15 PM

I had a pool table back in the day when I was at State. Bought it new from a place off Capital just north of the beltway. I sold it in the paper and the people picked it up themselves, but I remember calling the place back and finding out that they would tear it down and move it if necessary. After watching them put it together, there's no way in hell I was qualified to do it myself.

4/26/2006 7:25:58 PM

Any certified Brunswick dealer will teardown and locally move a pool table.

4/26/2006 8:07:54 PM

^^ My place on Capital was one. We had a 7' Brunswick.

4/26/2006 8:48:49 PM

^^ They also want $400 to do it, which is nuts. That's half what I paid for the table.

4/26/2006 9:25:08 PM

Is it a real pool table? IE slate top etc? or is it a cheaper version using partical board or something. If it's slate pay the man $400... otherwise hire basicl muscle.

4/26/2006 9:29:36 PM

$400 does seem a bit steep. Mine was 3 pieces of slate (3/4" I think) and I think they wanted $250.

4/26/2006 10:09:46 PM

^^i would be inclined to think its real if he payed 800 for it

4/27/2006 7:33:09 AM

$800 isn't shit for a table, unless he got it used.

$400 is a bit steep to move a slate table, should be more around $200.

4/27/2006 7:44:00 AM

Yeah, its three peice 1" slate. An Olhausen, so I think what I paid was well worth it.

Blue Jay: I don't suppose you know who would do it for $200, do you?

4/27/2006 1:09:29 PM

The eiffel tower at sunset

4/27/2006 1:39:28 PM

well, if we get this one on saturday that we're looking at, i'll let you know when we're done moving it. if all goes well, maybe we could help you out its a 9' though, so i'm kinda worried...

edit: either that or i'll let you know who we got to do it for us

[Edited on April 27, 2006 at 1:44 PM. Reason : ]

4/27/2006 1:43:57 PM

I just got an 8' with 1" slate, brunswick. Two guys should be able to move it. The three pieces of slat weighed about 200 lbs a piece, but they are pretty easy to carry.

4/27/2006 2:36:39 PM

I'm more worried about the base of the table. Have to get it up a flight of stairs to the "game room"

4/27/2006 4:43:23 PM

Sure, I know who would do it for ~$200, but unfortunatly, they are in Greenville, SC, and probably wouldn't go up to Raleigh just for your table.

Go on Brunswick.com and look up the certified dealers, then call all the ones around you. Should be able to find someone.

4/27/2006 5:02:32 PM

Me and every other guy I know moved a hot tub last week. The guys worked for a case of beer.

4/27/2006 5:13:24 PM

^because that guy is the shit

4/27/2006 8:05:16 PM

I'm going to try it with three guys and a pickup truck tommorrow. We'll see how it goes!

4/28/2006 1:23:21 AM

Pool tables come appart. They're not that hard to move if you take it appart. And all you need is some playing cards and a level to level a pool table.

We did ours ourself, it was quite easy.

4/28/2006 1:53:16 AM

i would assume met-tech could do it for you. my family bought a table from them a few years back.

4/28/2006 3:21:40 AM

It is more fun to show up with like ten people to help you move it and then hang out on the guys porch you are buying it from and drink beer and eat potato chips until its time to move it. I know this from experience.


Guy to my roomate: (in amazement to our system for moving 600lb hot tub) "You must be an engineering student."

Roomate: "No, actually I work in construction"

(dies laughing)

[Edited on April 28, 2006 at 8:46 AM. Reason : ]

4/28/2006 8:46:41 AM

you're lucky as hell we didnt kill that shit going down those stairs...

Quote :

"They're not that hard to move if you take it appart"

yep, less its one of the old school solid slate ones like i have, then it still fuckin sucks to move

4/28/2006 4:46:16 PM

Just tried to move it, and had to give up. It looks like the slate is actually fricking bolted to the table, with wax caps melted into the bolt holes that we had no way of getting out. $350 down the drain to have the damned thing moved is gonna suck hard.

4/28/2006 6:43:28 PM

^thats gay as hell. must be some smartass thing the installers do...

4/28/2006 7:13:39 PM

lag bolts holding it down or is it bolted into inserts in the rails of the table, or can you get to the other end of the bolt? And is it wax or is it epoxy?

4/28/2006 8:42:38 PM

We'd completely removed the rails, and the slate was still bolted down to the base of the table in four places for each peice of slate. From the look of it the bolts went in from the top and then the holes were filled in with wax and sanded down level (since they were under the playing surface). No way to take it apart without tools to extract the wax plugs, not to mention putting it back together.

4/28/2006 9:40:58 PM

i saw someone refelt a table once and he used melted wax in between the pieces of slate to make it completely flat, so if its that same stuff, you could just remelt it and scoop it out

i could be compeltely wrong, but that seems logical to me

[Edited on April 28, 2006 at 10:38 PM. Reason : he used a blowtorch though... dunno if you have one of those laying around...]

4/28/2006 10:38:19 PM

met-tech will take it apart, move it, and put it back together for $300

5/1/2006 4:31:15 PM

heat screw driver with blow torch, insert into wax filled screw head, profit...

5/1/2006 4:45:54 PM

Met-tech charged me $345 to do it (they wanted $400 but came down because the table was already partially disassembled).

5/4/2006 7:17:33 PM

would have been cheaper to just get some tools.
i disassembled, moved, and reassembled a table. it's really not hard. lot of labor to put in all those staples when you restretch the felt though.

for plugs, wether epoxy or wax, just use a flat head screwdriver and hammer to chip it out till you get to the screw. then use a drill to take out the screws and anything left on top of the screw head will pop out. don't worry about chipping a little around the hole as you will just fill it again with wax later on.

one tip i found is you should invest in a blowtorch. a heat gun works (what i used) but it blows the wax around whereas a blowtorch would just melt it and allow it to drip where you want it.

5/4/2006 10:13:03 PM

here's what to do: go to a store that sells pool table and ask who installs their pool table. then offer the guy who does it $100 and see what he says.

5/4/2006 11:28:58 PM