What Size Room Do You Need For A Pool Table

Overview

Pool tables come in a variety of sizes, which ways you should be able to find the perfect i to fit your home. We explicate exactly how to work out how much space you need for all the primary table sizes, and provide suggested measurements to cater for a diversity of cue sizes.

Cue Sizes

The length of the pool cues y'all want to use volition dictate the infinite you have bachelor for a table. Many British pool tables are supplied with medium length cues, measuring 48 inches in length. These are long enough for adult players to use, just taller players might want to opt for a full-size 57-inch cue. Shorter people and children will be fine with the 48-inch cues. Your pinnacle does touch the size of the cue yous should use, equally taller people tend to take a longer achieve.

Cueing Space

Pool tables need to take enough space effectually them to allow for players to cue shots from any bending, ideally with a full-size 57-inch cue. This guide will aid you lot to decide what tabular array and cue size is practical for your room.

Ideally, we'd recommend that yous accept five feet of cueing room all effectually the playing surface of your table. This will let you to play with a 57-inch cue without bumping the walls.

Typical Pool Table Dimensions

British 6ft: Popular in habitation games rooms every bit well as in pubs and clubs.
British 7ft: Full size 8 ball tables every bit used in leagues and tournaments.
American 7ft: The smallest American table. Notwithstanding larger than the British 7ft.
American 8ft: The mid-size American tabular array. Very pop in the UK.
American 9ft: The full-size American table, large and impressive.

When a puddle table is described as a 6ft past 3ft table, as in the 6ft British table shown beneath, those dimensions refer approximately to the total length and width.

Calculating the Space You Need

Follow the steps beneath to accurately summate the minimum room size you demand for your table and cue.

Measure the length of the pool cue you volition use and double it. A standard 57-inch cue is 145cm in length, so when doubled, this measures 290cm.
Measure the playfield width from the inside edges of each absorber. In the case of our table below, the playfield width is 82cm.
Add the total playfield width (82cm) to the double cue length measurement (290cm) to create a final effigy (372cm). This is the total minimum room width you demand.
Repeat the exercise with the playfield length (once again, measuring from cushion to absorber). In our case the playfield length is 160cm, then when added to the 290cm combined cue measurement, this gives you a length of 450cm.
Your final results are the minimum room dimensions you'll need to play your called tabular array with your chosen cue.

You can see how to measure the table and cue below, and how to summate the minimum room size you need. This shows how to measure the room width needed to install a typical British 6ft table.

All dimensions here are guess, taken from diverse models within our range, and are not universal. You should carefully bank check the precise dimensions of the table you want and recalculate before buying.

Gear up to look at some tables?

We stock a huge range of pool tables, from 4ft kids' tables correct through to American-spec giants of 9ft in length. And so nosotros're sure to have exactly the right one to suit the space you have bachelor.

Article of furniture & Other Considerations

Article of furniture in your games room may or may not interfere with cueing. Equally a rule of thumb, annihilation taller than players' hips is going to interfere with the butt of your cue. But lower pieces of article of furniture, such as sofas or coffee tables, may not.

You should likewise ensure that whatever doors in the room have the space to swing fully open and closed.

Make any other considerations at this stage likewise. Perhaps yous intend to hang a pool table light over the puddle table, in which case you might want to locate the table under a light fitting. You may besides want to position the table close to a window to maximise natural lite.

Quick-Glance Dimensions Table

Use our dimensions tabular array to calculate the best size of pool table for your room.

Remember that this is only a guide, and that you lot demand to check your table's dimensions and use those for precise calculations. You tin can observe the dimensions for each table at the lesser of our listings (under Production Particular).

Each column on the right shows the estimate minimum room size for the given table when using a cue of given length. We don't include 54-inch American cues here because they're almost never used.

Puddle Table Room Size Guide (Imperial)

Table Spec	Tabular array Size	Playfield	48" Cue	54" Cue	57" Cue
British vi'	75" x 44"	63" x 32"	159" x 128"	171" x 140"	177" ten 147"
British vii'	84" x 48"	72" 10 36"	169" ten 144"	180" x 143"	187" 10 150"
American vii'	93" x 54"	79" 10 39"	175" x 135"	n/a	193" ten 154"
American 8'	102" x 59"	88" x 44"	184" ten 140"	n/a	202" 10 158"
American 9'	114" x 64"	100" x l"	193" x 146"	n/a	214" x 164"

Puddle Tabular array Room Size Guide (Metric)

Table Spec	Tabular array Size	Playfield	48" Cue	54" Cue	57" Cue
British half dozen'	190cm x 112cm	160cm x 82cm	404cm x 326cm	434cm x 356cm	450cm ten 372cm
British vii'	213cm ten 121cm	183cm x 91cm	427cm x 335cm	457cm x 365cm	473cm x 381cm
American seven'	235cm 10 136cm	200cm x 100cm	444cm x 344cm	due north/a	490cm x 390cm
American 8'	259cm 10 150cm	224cm x 112cm	468cm ten 356cm	n/a	514cm 10 402cm
American 9'	290cm 10 163cm	254cm x 127cm	489cm x 371cm	north/a	544 x 417cm

Commitment

You lot should at present have a proficient idea of which table will all-time fit your infinite, and which cues yous can easily use with it. There'southward merely one more thing to consider - delivery.

Fifty-fifty earlier associates, pool tables are big objects. In about cases there's no problem whatever, but if the table has to go round a tight corner, up stairs or by obstacles, it's worth checking with u.s.a. that it'll fit.

Contact our sales squad for more communication on this or whatsoever other questions you have.