Game Room Size Calculator

Add a cue length to every side of the playing surface. With standard 58 in cues, Brunswick's chart gives about 13 x 16 ft for a 7 ft table, 13 x 17 ft for an 8 ft table, 13.5 x 17.5 ft for an oversize 8 ft and 14 x 18 ft for a 9 ft table. Measure the playing surface, not the outside of the rails.

A 7 ft table with 52 in cues, which needs about 12 x 15 ft. With standard 58 in cues a 7 ft table needs about 13 x 16 ft, so a 12 ft wide room is 10 to 12 in short. An 8 ft table only fits with 48 in cues for every shot.

Yes. 52 and 48 in cues are made for this. Each 6 in of cue length you give up takes a foot off both room dimensions. Many players keep standard cues and a short one for the few shots against a wall.

About 11 x 19 ft for casual play with a 9 x 5 ft table: 5 ft behind each end and 3 ft at each side. 14 x 20 ft lets players step back from the table. Tournaments use 7 x 14 m (23 x 46 ft). A compact table about 6 x 3.4 ft needs roughly 9.5 x 16 ft.

The table length plus 2 ft at each end to throw, 3 ft if you can, and about 5.5 to 7 ft of width so one side stays open to walk. A 9 ft table needs about 13 to 15 ft of length and a 12 ft table about 16 to 18 ft. Barrington lists 6 x 16 ft for its 12 ft table.

7 ft 9.25 in from the face of the board for steel tip darts and 8 ft for soft tip electronic boards, with the center of the bull 5 ft 8 in off the floor. Check both at once: the diagonal from the bull to the front of the steel tip line is 9 ft 7.375 in. Plan a lane about 3 ft wide and 11 ft long.

A 7 ft table about 84 x 42 in needs about 7.5 x 11 ft with 2 ft at each end, and 7.5 x 13 ft with 3 ft. Those are the room sizes Hall of Games and MD Sports list for their 7 ft tables.

About 7.5 x 9 ft for a 54 to 58 in table, the size Barrington lists for its 58 in table. The rods stick out both long sides, so players need room behind them; 10 x 10 ft is comfortable.

About 88 ft 6 in for a regulation 10-pin lane, 60 ft of it from the foul line to the head pin. Shorter systems exist: a pair of QubicaAMF Highway 66 mini lanes is 39 ft 9.5 in long, and a pair of Brunswick DuckPin Social lanes is 31 ft 1 in.

Installer and cost guide estimates run about $75,000 to $175,000 for one regulation lane with a pinsetter and scoring, and $110,000 to $200,000 for two. A pair of mini lanes is about $35,000 to $90,000 and a pair of duckpin lanes $60,000 to $150,000. Building work, floor reinforcement and electrical are extra; get written quotes.

With the bottom of the shades about 32 to 36 in above the playing surface. On a table about 31 in tall that is roughly 5 ft 3 in to 5 ft 7 in off the floor: low enough to light the table without glare, high enough to clear your head when you stand.

Only if they are never played at the same time. A dart lane can run through a pool table's cue zone if nobody shoots pool while someone throws. For parties, give each game its own space, which is what the same-time option in this tool does.