The Factors That Determine Pool Table Weight
                     THE FACTORS THAT 
DETERMINE POOL TABLE 
WEIGHT
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE POOL 
TABLE WEIGHT
• When you decide to purchase a pool table, one of the things that you may be 
interested in knowing is the pool table weight.  You need to know that  your  
floor can support the weight of the pool table that you want to purchase. It is 
important to know the weight of the pool table just in case you want to move it 
from one location to another occasionally.  If you purchase an extremely 
heavy table, moving it can be a problem.
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE POOL 
TABLE WEIGHT
• A slate pool table usually weighs between 700 to 1000 pounds.  Slate is rock, 
and rock is quite heavy. The slate makes up about 65 percent of the pool table 
weight.  The weight of the table that you will buy will depend on various 
factors,  including  whether or not it is made of  slate, how thick the slate is, 
the size of the table as well as the material that the rest of the table of.  
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE POOL 
TABLE WEIGHT
• A lot of non-slate pool tables probably do not weigh more than 200 to 300 
pounds. If someone tells you that two people moved their pool table  in one 
piece, you can be pretty sure that it is not a slate pool table.  A non-slate pool 
table can be moved without the need for disassembling it, but you may still 
have to remove the rails and legs and have a number of people to help carry it. 
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE POOL 
TABLE WEIGHT
• The industry standard for  slate is 1 inch thick. However, there are some 
companies that offer an upgrade to an inch and a quarter slate.   There also 
manufacturers that use three quarter inch slate on their tables, especially for 
the single piece slate tables. 
THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE POOL 
TABLE WEIGHT
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