The Pool Table King’s Blog
How to Plan the Perfect Game Room
Best Size Pool Table For Your Game Room… Here’s a brand new Connelly Billiards table we just delivered and installed for our Coto de Caza, CA clients. The whole family visited our Orange County pool table showroom and picked out this seven foot solid maple San Carlos with ball in claw legs stained in Millcreek. [...]
Antique BBC Stays in the Family
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiard Table Experts… This antique Brunswick pool table has been installed here in this Garden Grove, CA home for 40 years. As a child our client used to play on this old Brunswick whenever she’d visit Grandma and Grandpa’s house. So when she and her husband and their two sons recently moved from Orange, [...]
The Mixed Up Dutchess
Free Pool Table Delivery and Installation… Here’s a recent pool table delivery we made to our Orange, CA clients. The couple visited our pool table store to get an idea of what style pool table to buy. The Mr. liked the look of the Duthchess but the Mrs. didn’t like the traditional ball in claw [...]
What’s the Best Size Pool Cue?
What Size Pool Cue Is Best? So many of our clients are unaware of which size pool cue stick is best to use. Well the old rule of thumb states that you should have at least 57-58 inches of cue stick space between the walls and the nose of the pool table cushion. The nose [...]
How to Safely Move Your Pool Table
How to Handle a Three Piece Slate Pool Table… When our Fullerton, CA clients decided on changing out their existing flooring in the entire house, they knew that their eight foot slate pool table would need to be handled carefully. If you’re ever in a situation like this just remember to handle your slate pool [...]
The Sun’s Damaging Effects
Tips For Keeping Your Felt From Fading… We recently refelted this eight foot Olhausen pool table from camel to Dk. Green. It had only been about five years since the Lake Forest, CA residents had their pool table recovered last. Unfortunately the room that this standard size pool table is in gets tons of natural [...]
Out of Round Balls vs. Unlevel Pool Table
OC’s Pool Table Experts to the Rescue… Have you ever rolled a ball slowly from side to side on your pool table? Does the ball drift towards the center of the playfield? If the pool table in question is a slate pool table then one of two things are possible. The first possible reason is [...]
Billiard Table Anatomy 101
Best American Made Pool Table… When you analyze the construction deficiencies and attributes of an Olhausen pool table versus a Connelly pool table, you’ll have to start from the inside out. You’ve all probably heard the old saying about kicking the tires and checking under the hood before buying a car. We at DK Billiards [...]
San Clemente Custom San Carlos Install
Southern California Pool Table Experts… When most people are researching quality American made pool tables for sale, Connelly Billiards is probably not the first name to come to mind. Most consumers just assume Brunswick Billiards is the only and/or best pool table brand to buy. Pool table consumers are also led into believing that Brunswick [...]
When Your Home Ceases Being Your Castle
Billiard Table Service Orange County… Slate pool tables are delicate and need to be handled very carefully. Take this full size Brunswick pool table we recently disassembled for our Anaheim Hills, CA client. The client was in the midst of a major remodel and was ready to start reconstruction of his former gameroom. This nine [...]
It’s Christmas In Corona
So. Cal. Pool Table Experts… My muscles are still sore two days after delivering this tournament size pool table to my client’s upstairs bonus room. My Corona, CA client was as happy as a kid on Christmas when my crew and I arrived on Friday to deliver and install his brand new nine foot pool [...]
Was Your Pool Table Mechanic On The Level?
Pool Table Releveling Experts The pictures here are of an eight foot Presidential Billiards pool table that was previously installed in our client’s Coto de Caza, CA home. The Matriarch of the family had originally called Orange County pool table service center thinking her billiard balls needed replacing. We’ve actually seem some balls so out [...]
There is No Substitute for Experience
Brand New Custom Pool Tables in OC At DK Billiards we offer our clients the highest quality slate pool tables money can buy. What you get for your money is a high quality design that far exceeds our competitors’ cheap import pool tables. Our Importer/manufacturer is located in Marionville, MO and has been building slate [...]
Cross Country Connelly
North OC Pool Table Installations This family of five recently relocated from the East Coast to Fullerton, CA. They bring with them a seven foot Connelly Azteca pool table. This three piece slate pool table was crated up for it’s long journey to the West Coast. Our job today was to uncrate the slates and [...]
What’s the Right Size Pool Table for You?
What Size Pool Table Will Fit. We just delivered and installed this seven foot pool table to our Brea, CA clients. They chose one of our most affordable slate pool tables by The CL Bailey Co. This model, called The Duke, is made of solid wood throughout and comes in many popular stains/felt colors to [...]
How Good Pool Tables Turn Bad
How to Properly Move Slate Pool Tables. When our client called us to schedule this pool table moving job she mentioned that there was a lot of construction going on. When my crew and I arrived at this Coto de Caza, CA home to disassemble this eight foot Beach Mfg. pool table, construction was in [...]
Should I Buy a New or Used Pool Table?
Is Buying a Used Pool Table Smart? Buying a new or used pool table is a great way to fill an empty room with tons of fun. There are pros and cons to buying a used pool table. The biggest pro to buying used is the fact that you’ll save a ton of cash, but [...]
Ventana Rope Delivery
Best Value on American Pool Tables Here is a recent Connelly pool table we delivered to our client in Yucaipa, CA. Initially our client was set on purchasing a pool table from an on-line retailer. After seeing all the differences between an American made pool table and Import pool tables, our client decided to poke [...]
How Much Space is Enough Space?
What Size Pool Table to Buy? If you’re contemplating buying a new or used pool table the most important thing to consider is whether or not the pool tables for sale will fit into your room. Right off the bat you should know that a slate pool table can come in four different sizes ranging [...]
Show Your Colors
Pool Table Felt Colors. Most people who own a pool table don’t realize that changing the felt color will dramatically change the tables overall look. We recently refelted this seven foot Beach Mfg. pool table for Western Audio Visual’s employee lounge. This was the second pool table service job we’d performed for the client. About [...]
Tom Arnold’s Former Pool Table Gets Makeover
Pool Table Refelting Specialists You may not have a pool table that was owned by a celebrity but that shouldn’t stop you from making it look like a million bucks. This seven foot World of Leisure pool table was purchased from Tom Arnold about ten years ago. My client had disassembled the three piece slate [...]
Can You Install a Pool Table in a Garage?
Orange County Pool Table Installers. One of the most common questions we get asked is “Can I install my regulation size pool table in my garage?” The answer is usually yes, as long as your home owners association says it’s ok. As far as the practicalities of installing a slate pool table in your garage [...]
Free Pool Table Installations
Free Pool Table Installations Yes, that’s right we offer free installation on all of our pool tables for sale. If you’re located within 50 miles of our Orange County Billiard shop we’ll deliver your new investment to your home and install it free of charge! Choose from our custom American made pool tables by Connelly [...]
Looking for a Good Quality Pool Table?
Quality Slate Pool Tables for Sale Whether you’re looking to spend $1699 for a new slate pool table or over ten thousand dollars, knowing the difference between the two is important. Sure you can find a used pool table for less cash, but knowing what to look for may save you hundreds of dollars in [...]
When is it Time to Refelt Your Pool Table?
Pool Table Refelting Experts. Here is a recent eight foot slate pool table we serviced for our Fullerton, CA clients. The client called our Orange County pool table service center and described to us his problem. He said his felt was rippling when he ran his fingers across it. He mentioned that he had his [...]
How to Properly Move a 7′ Billiard Table
Billiard Table Movers in OC Do you know why billiard tables are so heavy? Because of what lies underneath the billiard cloth. Slate. Slate is nothing more than a slab of rock pulled out of quarry and sliced into sheets small enough for a billiard table. Did you know the average weight of a seven [...]
More Bang for Your Buck
Cheapest American Made Pool Tables. Here at DK Billiard we pride ourselves on our ability to supply our clients with cheap American made pool tables. We’ve partnered with Connelly Billiards, an American pool table manufacturer based Richland Hills, TX. for the simple fact that they produce the lowest priced, highest quality billiard tables. Unlike their [...]
When Does a Foot Not Equal 12 Inches?
What Size Pool Table Will Best Fit? When you hear someone say, “I’ve got an eight foot pool table,” a foot doesn’t ever equal 12 inches. What I mean by that is, a standard size pool table, typically 4×8 foot, measures 55×99 inches when measuring from the outside of the rails. But, that’s neither four [...]
Don’t Trash It, Refelt It
Pool Table Refelting Orange County If you’ve had your pool table for over a few years, you may want to take a look at the condition of the felt. With normal use your pool table felt should last anywhere from four to seven years. This time frame could be less if the pool table has [...]
Why is Slate so Important?
Slate Pool Table Benefits Thinking about buying a pool table? Let me tell you about the differences between a pool table and a slate pool table. What is slate anyways? Slate is a very heavy, fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock. Billiard table manufacturers use slate because of it’s flatness and it’s sheer weight. Slate adds [...]
