There are alot of choices when it comes to purchasing a pool table, so McDonald's Billiards is offering the following to help consumers:
Step 1: Measure out your total available space to determine the size of your table. Pool tables range from 7 feet to 10 feet and are half as wide as they are long.
Step 2: Take into consideration the fact that you need more than just room for the table itself. Ideally, you'll have a 5 3/4-foot clearance all around the table's perimeter.
Step 3: Determine your budget - know that you'll get what you pay for.
Step 4: Do some research on pool tables. Generally, it's not that much more expensive to buy a new table than to buy a used one. Keep in mind that moving a table a few times can put a lot of wear and tear on it.
Step 5: Look on the Web at the construction features of the most expensive tables. The best tables have three-piece, 1-inch-thick Italian slate; solid hardwood frames rather than wood laminates; rails bolted through the slate with the nuts inside the rails; and K-66 contoured cushions.
Step 6: Decide which features you value and can afford.
Step 7: Opt for a frame pre-built in a factory, which is normally stronger than one assembled in the house. Some house situations, however, may require internal assembly (for example, if you have to bring it up a spiral staircase).
Step 8: Notice that many tables have slanted sides. Slanted sides are usually stronger.
Step 9: Focus your attention on the most essential element of the pool table - the playing surface, which consists of the cloth, the rails and the cushions.
Step 10: Buy a name-brand table if you can.
Step 11: Have your table professionally installed. It is definitely worth a little extra money to make sure the table is put together properly.
Step 12: Stop by and talk to an expert at McDonald's Billiards located at 1122 Highway 35 South, Ocean, NJ. Or call (732) 695-3930.
