Pool Table Moves
Taking the table apart, carrying it out, and rebuilding it level at the other address.
San Jose, CA
Pool table moving, setup and new cloth across San Jose and the South Bay.
Why a pool table is not ordinary furniture
A slate table is not moved in one piece. The cloth comes off, the rails come away from the frame, and the bed is lifted out in sections, each heavy enough that two people handle it and nobody carries one down a staircase alone. Rebuilding is the slow half of the job: the frame is set, the sections are brought back together, the seams are filled so a ball crossing them feels nothing, and the whole bed is shimmed until it reads true in both directions.
That last part is where South Bay houses make their mark. Plenty of homes here sit on raised floors over a crawl space, and a floor that felt solid underfoot can still carry a slope across the width of a room. Newer townhomes bring a different problem: the stairs turn twice between the garage and the loft, and the turn, not the flight, is what decides whether a one piece slate table can go up at all.
None of that is a reason to worry about your table. It is the reason we ask for the room, the route and the table before quoting, rather than after.
Three jobs, and which one you need
Most requests are one of these. If the table is going somewhere else, it is a move; if it is already in the room, it is a setup.
Pool Table Installation
Assembly and levelling for a table that is already in the room, or one arriving from a store.
Pool Table Recovering and Refelting
Stripping the old cloth off the slate and rails and fitting new, with the bed checked while it is bare.
Other work we are asked for
- Taking a table apart and leaving it in sections, when a long distance carrier is doing the driving.
- Moving a table out of a room for flooring work, then coming back to set it up once the floor is finished.
- Collecting a table from a store or a private sale and installing it at your address.
- Moving a table from one room to another, including the garage conversions common around here.
- Putting a table into storage, or bringing one out of storage and setting it up.
- Fitting new cushion rubber when the rails are already off for recovering.
How we work in the South Bay
Every request is quoted on three things: the table, the route and the room. The table means the size and whether the slate is in one piece or three, because a one piece bed changes what is possible on stairs. The route means the door widths, the stair turns, the lift if there is one, and how far the truck can get from the door. The room means where the table is going and what the floor is doing under it.
Send those details and you get a price that holds. Leave them out and any number quoted is a guess that gets corrected on the day, which helps nobody.
We would rather turn down a job that cannot be done safely than break a rail getting it through a doorway. If the answer is that the table has to come apart in the room and go out in pieces, we will say so before the appointment, not during it.
Where we work
San Jose and the towns around it, up the Peninsula and south towards Gilroy. Put the service address on the request and we will confirm coverage with the quote.
- San Jose, CA
- Santa Clara, CA
- Sunnyvale, CA
- Campbell, CA
- Cupertino, CA
- Los Gatos, CA
- Saratoga, CA
- Milpitas, CA
- Mountain View, CA
- Morgan Hill, CA
- Gilroy, CA
- Fremont, CA
Questions we get from South Bay table owners
My floor feels solid, so why would the table need shimming?
Solid and level are different things. A floor can be perfectly sound and still fall away by a fraction across the width of a room, which is common in houses built over a crawl space. Slate reports that fall as a ball drifting toward one rail. Shims under the legs take it out, and the bed is read again after each adjustment.
Will the table fit up the stairs in my townhome?
The flight is rarely the problem; the turn at the landing usually is. Measure the narrowest point of the turn and tell us whether the slate is a single piece or three. A three piece bed goes up in sections a person can handle. A one piece bed often cannot go up at all, and it is better to know that before the day.
Can a table live in a converted garage?
Plenty do. Watch two things: a garage slab often falls toward the door for drainage, which shows up as a slope the moment the table is set up, and an uninsulated garage swings further in temperature than a living room. Neither rules the room out, and both are worth mentioning when you ask for a quote.
Do I have to replace the cloth when the table is moved?
Not automatically. Cloth that is sound and stapled rather than glued can usually be lifted and refitted. If it is already thin at the break spot or the pocket mouths, doing it during the move saves a second visit later, because the table is apart either way.
How much room do I need around the table?
Enough to make a shot from every rail with a full cue, plus space for people to stand. Measure the room and send the dimensions with the table size, and the fit can be checked before anything is carried through the door.
What makes a quote firm rather than approximate?
Three things: the table size and slate type, the route at both addresses, and where a vehicle can stop. Photographs of the table and of the tightest corner on the route settle most questions faster than a written description does.