Re: lets see you garage gameroom conversion pictures

On Jun 20, 11:37 pm, deafdumb&blindboy <ilduc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you are going to put pins and pool together, put the pins along the
sides of the table so that no hard shots (i.e., breaks) will send a
ball into a pin. There are a couple pics of my garage layout on my
photo hosting athttp://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/Johns-garage
, but it's not likely that you will have 2400 sq ft of garage to play
with like I do. I have industrial berber under my pool table but the
pins all sit on concrete, which makes them easier to move, easier to
clean under, etc. But put the carpet large enough around the pool
table so that you can stand on carpet but have the pins on concrete
when you play them, that's how one side of my garage is. Make sure you
don't have windows or sunlight sources that can shine on your pins - I
have certain areas I can't put them because of skylights and I had to
cover one window up to prevent it from getting to my pins. Also
consider if the area where they are has any possibility of water
leakage from above or any possible issues. Also consider how you are
going to light them. I have flourescents and they aren't great but so
long as the pins are laid out right there aren't any weird reflections
and the light is diffused and still bright enough to see everything.
There are a lot of considerations to make. If you are only talking
about 400 sq ft of space you may just want to use space heaters and a
window box A/C, or you may want to insulate and drop ceiling the area.
Like I said, lots to consider. My garage was built as a workshop, with
heavy insulation, tons of power (even 220V) gable fans, vent hooded
area for soldering smoke from stained glass work, bathroom, industrial
sink, etc. When I got it it was less garage and more storage - I added
the two openers to the rollups, I added a concrete pad extension so I
wouldn't have to drive through the dirt to access my second door, but
then I added the bar, work station, couch, pool table, darts, slots,
register, pins, now a foosball table, etc, etc. Since I'm in Temecula
it's pretty temperate, I get by with fans in the summer and space
heaters in winter, but like I said my garage is well insulated. Make
sure you do the important stuff first that will be impossible to do
once you have it all in there, like power, lighting, HVAC, insulation,
access, facilities, and when that's done, consider layout options,
move it in and enjoy. I don't ever go in my house anymore except to
bathe, cook, and sleep, and since I've been eschewing those things
lately I don't go in the house much. ;^) J.

You can see my garameroom on John's page as well under Eric's NIB BK.

Eric

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