A pool table is not a table you carry in one piece. The slate alone can weigh hundreds of pounds. Our crew takes it apart properly, moves it, and sets it back up level, so it plays true in the new room instead of rolling to one rail.
Drag a pool table in one piece and you crack slate, tear felt, or throw the whole thing out of level. Since 2013 we have moved tables the right way for New York game rooms, bars, and basements. The pool table movers nyc players trust break it down, protect the slate and cloth, and put it back together so a rolled ball tracks straight.
The table comes apart in the order it was built: rails, felt, and slate, each handled on its own. Heavy slate sections are carried by enough crew that nobody is wedging a piece around a corner alone.
The setup at the far end is what makes or breaks it. We plan the disassembly and the releveling before we touch a rail, so the table plays right when we leave.
The videos make it look simple. Then a slate section corners a doorway, chips, and a level table becomes a very heavy paperweight. This is a job where the disassembly and the rebuild are the skill.
Slate does not bend, it breaks, and once it is chipped the table never sits flat again. Our crews take tables apart and rebuild them regularly, so the slate is carried in sections and the setup is releveled properly at the end. We have done this across brownstone basements and third-floor bars since 2013, where getting the slate down the stairs is half the battle.