I have been over to a small village near Melton Mowbray today to re-cover an 8ft snooker table
The client bought this table in australia and had it shipped back with other furniture when they returned to the uk

I have come across this type of table manufacture before , and even full size snooker tables have been manufactured this way back in the 1980s
when every man and his dog had a go at making snooker tables , this is one of the worst ways of table manufacture
you can compare it to those wood bed Argos tables that are just throw away tables as the cost of re-cover is greater than replacing .
as you can see from the photo above you simply prise the cushion off the wood surround, and find they have been air gun nailed on !
a simple rebate and cloth slip is all that is required at the manufacture to make this cushion a more easy way to re-cover .
this procedure would have been one pass down a spindle moulder of each rubber block .

they even made them short , just look at this centre pocket , the ball would be hitting the wood ,
this is not the correct way to cover cushions and the block should reach the end of the woodwork.

I manged to realign the cushion block and recovered like this , the end of the cushion has cloth all the way down

the finished table re-covered in Strachan 6811 Tournament 30 oz all wool cloth
my client was delighted with the re-cover , and took note of the bad workmanship that I had showed her
the table is for a christmas get together , and the old cloth was looking really shoddy and worn out .
We prefer to work on proper made tables , but where not put off by this badly made table
it took a little longer to re-cover , and I think they will enjoy playing on it over christmas .

Last week we visited Butlins in Skegness for a 4 day stop over
During this time period we re-leveled and filled the slate joints of the american pool tables due to them being moved by the staff to one side of the room .
We then re-covered the tables in Strachan artscape speed cloth , the design this year was Budweiser logo with water droplet Blue background .
I would like to thank both Rob and Wayne for repeat business at Skegness Butlins , I never take it for granted that we automatically get the contract to do the work here in both hotshots and the Green baize plus the Team diner .
But we do make a thorough job and have a good relationship of trust between us to carry the work out to an acceptable standard , cutting no corners .
and leaving the tables looking good for the coming season and new year .

The far corner table and the one under the orange Blankets have had a new cloth fitted and we are stripping the 3rd set of cushions on the next table  to be in front of our time period for the next days work
this freed up extra hours to really have a go and re-level the tables and set the slate joints with filler .

a photo of the completed tables from the far corner showing Budweiser logo , Rob and Wayne went for the Blue cloth on all tables this time rather than two colours alternate spacings .

we also visited the green Baize to sew one ripped cloth up and replace a net and a strap

the team Diner pool tables where also treated to new Strachan superpro speed cloth re-covers in Bright red
this is for the Staff to play on , I must say the food at Butlins Team diner is very good

again another photo of the completed work in hotshots December 2015 design .

December 2014 Design Purple and Green

December 2013 Design Green Grass background Butlin logo .

We are working away from Home for the next week in butlins at Skegness , my Daughter will be manning the Home phone
but the best way to contact GCL billiards for next week is by Email   c.large@btinternet.com
I will answer you when I get back on Friday , I have around 4 days work at Butlins and one day in Newark on the way back on Friday .
Please be aware we cannot take anymore work on for our run up to Christmas we are fully booked out , so if your enquiry is for work to be done before christmas we cannot take anymore on , we are working 6 days a week to clear it and the odd evening .

We have 6 american pool tables to re-cover in special printed Art Scape cloth with the budweiser logo on
we also have two normal pub type pool tables to re-cover in the staff Canteen known as the team diner .

I take my time in making sure these tables get re-covered correct and are level when we finish
they take some abuse during the season and I have been informed they have been moved to one side and back again by the staff so I am expecting some slate joint damage and re-leveling of the tables due to this


we have re-covered then in different designs in the past , all made possible by Artscape printed Strachan super pro american speed cloth
Next week they will get the Budweiser logo again

from 13th NOVEMBER 2015 to 4th of January 2016 …………………….Fully booked out for work

Due to influx of  Booking for work we have no more days available before christmas for any more work
We have become very popular Local and even outside our  Midlands area .
We have worked booked in for Portsmouth Area / Cheshire / Lincolnshire / Wakefield / Derbyshire / Rugby / Manchester / Nottingham / Mansfield / Grantham / & Leicester

I am sorry if anyone is desperate to have work done on their cue sports table , but there are just no more days or hours to spare

everyone wants there table either setting up or re-covering for christmas and it always gets busy this time of year

We even have a week’s work at butlins re-covering their American 9ft   American pool tables in Artscape Budweiser logo printed cloth
it is jobs like these that take weeks up rather than a day

add on 4 days work in a large snooker club

also pool tables in another club taking more days out of the 6 remaining weeks to Christmas Day
add to these large job’s , around 20 private house tables to do and you can see why we are saying no more work before christmas !
we are very sorry to have to refuse work , and hope that you can use us in the new year
We are worth waiting for , we never rush work , and we try and improve a table if you are having problems
We also specialise in the transportation of snooker table and pool table supto a combined weight of 1600 kg Payload

our van with full size snooker table on board , this table with tools weighs around 1400 kg
if you require work doing we are available for bookings for work  from the 4th of January 2016 .