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10ft Billiard Snooker table for sale Burroughs and watts £750 North London

We have a client who paid a considerable amount for this 10 foot by 5 foot table from sir William Bentley billiards a few years ago .
and now wishes to sell to make way for more room .
I have valued the table as come and get me price , this price does not include dismantle and relocating , but GCL billiards will quote to any buyer the cost for this .

I am informed the table is rose wood but from the photo’s I cannot make this out , it could be Mahogany , it used to be a full size table and was converted by sir William Bentley billiards to a 10ft size .
this means it will have the thicker slates of a full size .
Cues rests and balls and triangle are included , and they have some hard boards that can also go with it ….. BUT NO SCOREBOARD is included .
so you will need to source a scoreboard .

the table is priced to sell , and sold as viewed or seen from these photo’s
Cloth looks reasonable , but a re-cloth could be arranged at extra cost , again GCL billiards could quote you for this .
£750 is for the table as described above ,. all removal costs are down to the buyer .
any interested persons will be put in touch with the seller who is based near Barnet North London .
well out of the Chaos of central London Traffic and easy Ground floor collection .
Only Genuine buyers need apply , A 10ft is one of the rarest of sizes to find these days , hence why this cut down from full size came about .
a few firms did this to cater for people looking for a genuine 10ft .
so if you are in the market for a 10ft table , maybe you fancied a full size and found you did not have the space for a 12ft , but could fit a 10ft in ?
Then this is the one for you .
Or maybe you are looking at a 9ft table , but could go that extra foot long and extra 6 inches wide to fit a 10ft in
Ideal room size minimum is 20 foot by 15 foot .

please get in touch with Geoff  at

c.large@btinternet.com

or phone GCL billiards on 07753466064 for further details .

Posted in For sale • Items wanted • News

WANTED FOR LOCAL CLIENT 9ft SNOOKER TABLE looking for Private sale .

We have a local client here in Sandiacre Nottingham / Derby border looking to purchase a 9ft Snooker Table .
Riley / Karnehm and Hillman are just two that would suit him , but we are open to suggestions , woodwork must be in good order .
must be 3 to 5 section slate bed and 6 legs bolted cushions into slate , no low cost wood screwed cushions .
We will be ready to collect this table anytime in the next 6 weeks , so please get in touch if you have a 9ft table .
please measure slate bed length as people do get mixed up with 8fts and 9ft size when they sell them .
measure between nose of cushions it should measure 8ft 8 inch approx from end to end between nose of cushions ,
plus the overhang of cushion at each end being 2 inch each extra  4 inch of slate   = 9ft
Looking for Private sale !




Phone Geoff on 07753466064 or better still to save time  email with photo’s of table to

c.large@btinternet.com

 

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Back off holidays and back to work , July fully booked out bookings now coming in for August & September

Back to work after our two week holiday .
We are taking bookings for August and September as we speak .

Full size snooker tables to re-cloth , pool tables also to re-cloth .

Bring in pool tables and get ready for re -renting.

I have coming in stock  8 latest edition Green badged Winner 7ft coin operated  supreme pool tables for rental sites , try us for unbeatable rental rates which include two re-cloths a year .
These tables will be prepped and ready to rent out as from end of july

Just contact Geoff for more details of our rental contract agreements .





Superb Match play supreme winner 7ft coin op tables , fully maintained contract .
From £80 per month to £100 per month Contracts per table .
Price depends on cloth type and colour required .

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ON HOLIDAY , Phones and Email will not be answered during this period .

Closed for business until July the 9th 2019
please contact me after this date to book work in or for inquiries .

Sorry we do not have anyone taking inquiries and no emails or phones are manned during this period .
I always switch off from work when on Holiday .
It is called relaxing and being stress free .
So please respect my privacy while I am on holiday .

 

Hi We are on Holiday for the next two weeks , business will reopen on 9th of July
We are pretty booked out for July and are taking bookings for august as we speak , but please contact me after the 9th of july to book work in .
My Daughters are at Home with the dogs but we are not open for business .
I do not even answer Emails or my mobile while on holiday , so anyone wishing to speak to me will have to wait until after July the 9th .

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SNOOKER OR POOL TABLE BEEN IN A FLOOD RECENTLY ?

Has your precious table been affected by flooding in the last few  weeks of downpours ?
We have experience of dismantling and taking off site for store and refurb of snooker and pool tables that have been affected by water or smoke damage .

this clients rear Garden was flooding and we where sent for URGENTLY , to dismantle the Full size snooker table that would have been affected ,
But we were quick to remove it off the flooding site before serious damage could be done

As you can see it was almost there , right up to the base of the doorway to the Garden snooker room .
Pumps were brought in to get it to back down , and we dismantled the table and took it away , the water had just touched the first two legs and the carpet was sodden .
We were just in time .

The table before the flood

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steve-butler-playing-on-table-sports-shirts-on-wall

The table after the flood , set back up , cloth replaced due to damp conditions it shrunk being 100% wool it had to be replaced under Insurance claim .
We deal direct with Insurance company if required , giving quote to remove and deliver back to site and set back up , plus any re-cloth work
This room after drying out which took weeks , also had to have new Carpets , and new skirting and repainted .

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Require a snooker table moving or dismantle in the East Midlands , WE COVER Nottingham Derby Lincoln Area , and BEYOND !

Although I do say East midlands we also do other parts of the UK ,but we are dropping the far reach areas of the UK due to time scale and costs .
Unless the client covers those extra days costs of traveling and B&B .

I would say after retirement and closures of billiard businesses  in our area  there are now around only two ( MAYBE only ONE  fully qualified Billiard fitter  ) still operating and based within our area of Derby Nottingham and Lincoln area known as the EAST MIDLANDS .
these are proper time served Billiard table fitters with at least 30 year experience and in our case over 40 years personal experience of our main and only time served fitter  .
Be very wary of none skilled people doing this work , if they cannot put the table back up and have to call in a professional fitter as a sub contractor then why not deal direct with the experienced time served Billiards  fitter in the first place .
The none semi skilled person will not have the proper experience or Insurance cover that GCL billiards carry .
Call Geoff Large at GCL billiards for a quote , we have a full range of equipment to move tables and also a new van every 4 years .
so you can be pretty sure your table will arrive for installation .

This is typical of what we do , store on site in a garage does not take up much space
always stand slates upright leaning the back edge towards the wall , like an upright door , this will limit any chipping out of face end joint edges .
all bolts and screws to be boxed .

We also offer a bubble wrapping service .
Above our van properly loaded for even weight distribution .

A blanket wrapped table , loaded for safe transport .
We know what we are doing with over 40 years personal experience Geoff Large is a fully time served billiards fitter .
trained down from fitter to fitter since 1976  when  he first started in the billiards industry .

and you can be sure the table will be put back together professionally and ready for play .
We do not do much table moving nowadays , most of our time is spent maintaining and re-clothing , re-rubbering , new nets and leathers .
but when we get a table move , you can be sure we know how to go about it .
and we are fully equipped to do this , although we do prefer Ground floor only locations though due to our age now  .
But we will access any upstairs work before we commit to any upstair work  , but it may be that more local labour is required to get the heavy slates up or downstairs .
BELOW TYPICAL REBUILD AND HOW I GO ABOUT IT

FRAME UP AND ROUGH LEVEL

SLATES ABOUT TO GO ON

POSITION OF SLATES TAKEN FROM MIDDLE SLATE

FILLING IN SLATE JOINTS

SMOOTHING OUT SLATE JOINTS

AGAIN CHECK LEVEL

REFIT OR FIT NEW CLOTH BED CLOTH

ALWAYS TACK BED CLOTH ON

LEVELING TOE PIECES

TYPICAL AFTER CARE KIT OF IRON & PURE BRISTLE BRUSH

FINISHED SET UP , THIS ONE IN FRANCE .

NOT MY CUP OF TEA BUT THE CLIENTS CHOICE OF COLOUR

WE ALSO RELOCATE AMERICAN POOL TABLES

and Dining billiard tables

Call Geoff Large for further details of relocating snooker tables .
or any other work you may require .

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Wanted for client 4 maybe 5 Sam K steel american 9ft pool tables .

I have a client who is looking for around 4 to 5 Sam K steel 9ft american pool tables .
must be competitively priced as it costs a fair bit to dismantle and deliver and set up plus re-rubber and re-cloth.
I am not too fussed if we are offered ones and twos , it does not matter if you have only one or all 5 tables .
My client is willing to have them in dribs and drabs .
Cloth and rubber condition is not an issue as long as they are presentable cabinet wise and have no damage .


They are called K steel because of this steel sub frame , not an easy table to move as there are Hundreds of bolts and screws .
and a three section slate bed

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this is very common in Sam K steel tables , old cracking rubber which cannot be seen through the cloth , our client will require all tables to be fully renovated with new rubber and new cloth , that is why we are asking for reasonably priced tables .
if you have one or a few of these tables for disposal and are all complete with no parts missing or major cabinet or frame and slate damage , then we are interested in them for our client .
Ideally we would like them before end of September 2019

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Away for 4 days working at Butlins Skegness , no contact until Evening of Friday 14th June .

I will be away from phones due to working inside metal building no signal to mobile and Home phone is not manned for business replies .
Also no emails will be answered until Friday evening 14th of June .
Phone signal at Butlins is not very good on O2 .
Especially in metal clad buildings where we are working in .

We have  a large job in Re-covering a few Snooker tables and re-siting and setting back up an american pool table .

I am sorry  if you are trying to reach me , maybe a text message will get through later in the day if you require urgent assistance or inquiry  .