Pool Table Moving Here’s Why You Should Hire Professional Help

I love billiard. It’s the type of mental sport that puts all your mental capabilities to action along with your ability to concentrate on being as precise as you can possibly be. That’s exactly why I bought a pool table and freed an entire room in my house just to install it and play with my friends. Call me a fanatic, or a very devoted pool player, your choice. Semantics aside, I recently decided to move into a new place and when it came to moving my precious pool table, I realized that my mental abilities have no power here.

You see, a pool table is everything but a table; it’s like this small court which is perfectly designed to be the playground for two large sticks and about 9 heavy ceramic (mainly) balls. And as such, this is one heavy table – on the surface it looks simple, but beneath the green (mainly) surface, there’s a small labyrinth of tunnels, one from each of the 6 holes. That system along with the table legs all made of heavy wood, is probably the heaviest object ever. So, instead of even trying to figure out how to move it on my own, I hired a pool table moving company. You’re probably still not convinced that you shouldn’t try to move a table of this kind on your own, so let me share some fun pool table facts with you.

Do you know that there are about 500 staples on the pool table that need to be individually and very carefully removed so that the felt of the table is taken off? Then you’d have to remove the slate, which is attached with slate screws and is in three pieces which are sealed with beeswax. After that’s all been taken care of, the legs should come out, which is a story on its own. And even after you dismantle the entire configuration, you still wouldn’t be able to move the large table. It’s just too heavy! That’s where a pool table moving company comes into place – these professionals know exactly how to do their job. Besides that obvious fact, there are a few other reasons why you should hire one.

The Pool Table Is Insanely Heavy

It’s actually the tabletop that’s the heaviest. Once you disassemble the pool table and get the legs and the other small pieces off, you’ll see that lifting the tabletop on your own is still impossible. Moreover, the chances for damaging the pool table in this case are quite big.

It’s Not Easy to Transport It

For the sake of argument, let’s assume you manage to move the tabletop to the doorway. How will you get it through it? It’s impossible to achieve that without at least another person to help you. Additionally, even if you do manage to get it out of the house, do you have the suitable vehicle to transport it? The cars most people own aren’t suitable for a table of these dimensions. Finally, if we measure the damage that can be done while you try to get that bulky object out of your home in the most amateur way possible, it doesn’t come even close to the disappointment you’ll live through of destroying your precious pool table. It will cost a lot to repair it, which means you’ll have to make peace with the thought of not being able to play on it anymore. And since you can’t and won’t allow that to happen, be smart and hire a pool table moving specialist when you decide to move yours.