Yesterday, I headed out for some pool table service and noticed something a bit funny about the day’s schedule. We had three jobs scheduled for the day and each of the customers’ were named Jeff. Three different Jeffs, three different cities, three different pool tables. Jeff #1 had a beautiful Warm Chestnut Dutchess (pictured above) […]
Service
Not a Good Pool Cue in the Bunch
A pool table owner notified us that her felt would need to be replaced when we moved her pool table to her new house. Her pool table felt had dozens of little crescent shaped cuts and a couple of “v” shaped tears on it. One look at her cue sticks and we immediately knew what had caused […]
How Not to Level Your Pool Table
These photos are a short lesson on how NOT to level your pool table. We came across these shims that a previous pool table installer had glued to the floor. We are flabbergasted that any pool table installer could do something that would potentially damage a customer’s floor. This customer lucked out in the biggest way. […]
Moving a Pool Table for New Floors
Moving pool tables for new flooring or construction is one of the most common billiard services we provide. The pool table is disassembled in its current location, moved to an adjacent space, then moved back to the original spot when the new floor is complete. But this week in Laguna Beach, CA we tackled some interesting […]
Antique Ball Return Pool Table
This is an old, really old antique Brunswick pool table with ball return that we were hired to disassemble. The longtime Cypress, CA residents were pulling up the stakes and moving on down south to Fallbrook, CA. The client didn’t trust his regular movers to handle the inch and a half thick slates. He convinced […]
Broken Pool Table Slate
This pool table slate was damaged due to disassembly inexperience. This 3/4″ piece of slate had slate screw holes that were covered with putty and the person who disassembled the pool table years ago tried to remove the slate from the table with out removing the (hidden) screws. The slate cracked. We were able […]