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Keep Calm and Carry On
This client of ours from Dana Point, CA scored a great deal on this used AMF playmaster pool table. He and his buddy moved the pieces over to his home and were contemplating installing the table themselves. But after a few drinks everything seems a little easier. A slate pool table setup incorrectly will never [...]
This Dining Table Walks Into a Bar…
You’ve all heard that joke, right? An ultra modern dining table casually strolls into a neighborhood bar, orders a drink and then bumps into a pool table. Well, what happens next will blow your mind. The creators of the world’s finest billiard balls have come up with a cutting edge design table fused with a [...]
The Fifty Foot Pool Table Move
This is a situation that could have turned ugly. Our Corona Del Mar, CA clients were remodeling their subterranean gameroom, and apparently their contractor thought it would be alright to have six of his men pickup and carry their eight foot slate pool table 50 feet outside to the adjacent underground garage. Luckily this pool [...]
Free Pool Table Deliveries
Yes folks, that’s right! All of our pool table models come complete with deluxe playing equipment and free local delivery. You’ll never have to lift a finger, except to point to where you want us to professionally install your new slate pool table. We stock new import slate pool tables with prices as low as [...]
Rooftop Pool Table Move
Ok, so this has got to be one of the most difficult pool table moving jobs that the pool table king has ever handled. It started out pretty routine. My team and I arrived on time at our client’s Huntington Beach, CA home to disassemble his eight foot Gandy pool table. Our clients are downsizing [...]
Decommissioning an Enkeboll Billiard Table
Here’s a nine foot Enkeboll pool table we moved for our Fullerton, CA clients. The clients were relocating to a smaller home and didn’t have enough room for this massive tournament size nine foot billiard table. We were hired to disassemble and move the pool table to a seventh floor office building in Santa Ana, [...]
Garage Billiards Room
This is a great spot for an eight foot billiards table. This Fullerton, CA garage is the latest man cave addition to our billiards tables portfolio. Our client was purchasing this 8′ pool table for her son and his friends to hang out at home and do something besides playing video games. Billiards is a [...]
The Ultimate Modern Pool Table
Here is a recent Fusion Pool Table we delivered and installed to our client’s home in Encino, CA. The Fusion Table’s ultra modern style lent itself to our client’s decor. They recently moved into this home and soon realized that they had a perfect spot for the Fusion. The couple decided on the powder coated [...]
Fullerton Man Cave
Our client just scored an awesome slate pool table from a friend who was moving and didn’t have room for it. The client decided to save himself a little cash by disassembling the slate pool table himself. In most cases you’d want to carefully remove the felt so it can be used again. But in [...]
Anatomy of a Connelly Pool Table
In my opinion, the pool table cabinet is the most important part to any slate pool table. We’ll start by discussing the benefits of owning a Connelly pool table and why I think their cabinets are the strongest in the Billiards Industry. Connelly pool tables have solid leg mounts that are permanently attached to the [...]
Olhausen Pool Table Refelting
We recently gave this this eight foot Olhausen pool table a facelift. The Fullerton, CA area clients just inherited this slate pool table when they moved into the Sunny Hills home. The old Camel billiard cloth was starting to show it’s age. Our clients found our Orange County service center helpful in picking out their [...]
The Wrong Way to Move a Slate Pool Table
This client of ours from Placentia, CA was doing some home remodeling. When it came time to move his slate pool table out of the way, he and four of his friends thought it would be an easy task that they could handle. Wrong! They managed to get his seven foot World of Leisure, three [...]
Beverly Hills 90210 Pool Table
Here’s a recent pool table move we did for our clients in Beverly Hills, CA. This eight foot Connelly “Durango” has been with our client for about eight years. The old Cadet Blue felt was starting to show its age. When our clients recently moved from Los Angeles to Beverly Hills they decided on Camel [...]
Connelly Pool Tables Have the Best Drawers!
Here is a recent Connelly pool table we delivered and setup for our clients in Santa Ana, CA. Both husband and wife visited our Orange County pool table store and fell in love with this eight foot Connelly “Prescott”. The room that was chosen for the pool table had just enough space to use a [...]
Leading Edge Aviation’s Ventana
This eight foot Connelly Ventana pool table we recently delivered and installed to the Leading Edge company in Costa Mesa, CA. With the help of Leslie Shannon Designs of Newport Beach, CA who recently completed the company’s corporate headquarters employee lounge remodel. The Ventana is part of Connelly Billiards‘ plateau collection and features 1.25 inch [...]
Does Pool Table Felt Color Affect My Game?
Many people have asked me, “what’s the best felt color to put on my pool table?” From the point of view of a serious pool or billiards player, green billiard cloth has been the best choice to play on. The reason being, the color green is supposedly the easiest on the players’ eyes. But in [...]
Antique Brunswick Stays in the Family
Here’s a recent antique pool table move we performed for our clients in Lemon Heights. My client and his wife were downsizing to a smaller home on Balboa Island. Unfortunately his fully restored Brunswick-Balke-Collender billiard table wouldn’t be following them to the beach house. My client invested a substantial amount of money on this model [...]
Rockin’ Rossmoor Ladies Lounge
You’ve heard of a man cave, right? Well, this client of ours from Rossmoor, CA is calling her newly transformed garage the “Ladies Lounge”. Complete with an eight foot slate pool table from our import partners at The C.L. Bailey Co. As with all of our import pool tables the Addison features a three piece, [...]
Don’t Be Shy, Check Out Our Drawers!
Here we have a recent pool table delivery and install we did for our clients in Pacific Palisades, CA. The couple found us online and drove down to our Orange County pool table showroom to check out all of our Connelly Billiards pool tables. The Mr. fell in love with the San Carlos just how [...]
What’s the Best Size Pool Table to Have?
Most people who are toying with idea of purchasing a pool table are unaware of the space requirements needed to comfortably play the game of billiards. Additionally, some folks don’t ever realize that a slate pool table can be purchased in many different sizes. For example, let’s say your would be gameroom is 11.5 feet [...]
Zebra Found in Tustin Area Condo
The new owners of this seven foot pool table decided on refelting it when they visited our Orange County pool table service center. One of our display pool tables is setup on the floor with Khaki cloth on the slate and Ocelot Beige on the rails. This seemed to spark some interest in the two [...]
Looking for a Quality Slate Pool Table?
Are you in the market for a new pool table? You may be surprised to know that not all pool tables are created equal. Understanding the key components of a pool table will help you make wiser decisions before you pull the trigger on just the first nameplate you see. Yes, almost everyone knows that [...]
How to Safely Decommission a Pool Table
Here’s a recent pool table service we provided for our client in Newport Coast, CA. About three months ago we disassembled this seven foot American Heritage pool table so that our client could use the space as an impromptu bedroom while he recovered from hip replacement surgery. Right before Superbowl weekend we received a call [...]
Pool Table Sizes
Here at DK Billiards, we pride ourselves on matching our clients with the perfect size pool table. What’s that you say? You didn’t know that slate pool tables came in many different sizes? Well folks, hopefully after reading my latest pool table blog, you’ll be a little more in the know about pool table sizes. [...]
Beware of Fusion Pool Table Imitations
We here at DK Billiards are proud to be an Authorized dealer of the Aramith FusionTable. It has come to our attention that CusZoom.com is selling their own knock-off version of the FusionTable using Aramith’s trademarked photographs. We have repeatedly called this to the attention of Aramith, but the photos have not been removed. It [...]
Important Facts About Import Pool Tables
Buying a good quality import pool table can be a great way to entertain at home. The problem is knowing the good qualities from the bad. There are several key aspects of a pool table’s construction and each one plays an important role in the playability of the table. The most important quality of a [...]
The Cost of a Free Pool Table
So you just scored yourself a free pool table, eh? You’re stoked but now you’ve come to the realization that it’s gotta get moved. This pool table is heavy. Heavier than you (and your buddies) thought. How are you going to get this beast to your house? Well, you hire us to move it, of [...]
Free Pool Table Delivery & Install
Here is a recent pool table delivery and install we did for our client in Huntington Beach, CA. Our client purchased this eight foot Fischer Sorbonne from our Orange County pool table showroom. As with all of our pool tables, the Sorbonne features one inch thick genuine slate. All Fischer and C.L. Bailey pool tables [...]
What size pool table?
Are you trying to figure out what size pool table you have? Or, are you looking to buy a pool table and aren’t sure what size will work for you? We are about to take the mystery out of pool table sizes and answer both of these questions. Different pool table manufacturers use different width [...]
How Not To Recushion Pool Table Rails
Here is a recent pool table service job we performed for our client in Orange, CA. These pool table cushions were replaced only six years ago. Due to lack of experience, the previous pool table installer used the incorrect type of adhesive. Our client will be having to replace the cushion rubber much, much sooner [...]
