AD Movers takes your pool table down, pads each slate and moves it on a cart, then rebuilds and levels the table in the new room. Pool tables carry a specialty charge on top of the hourly rate, and it shows in your quote.
How a Table Comes Apart
A slate table is a wood frame, legs, rails, pockets, felt and, on most home tables, three slate pieces at roughly 200 pounds each. Carry it out in one piece and the frame racks, the slate can crack and the legs snap at the joint. It has to come apart.
The rails and pockets come off first. Then the felt is released from the slate, the slate screws come out, and each slate piece is lifted off the frame on its own. Legs come off the frame last.
Most home tables have three slates, which split the weight into pieces two or three people can carry. Some tables use a single slate. That needs four movers and a straight path, so tell us which you have before move day.
If you are keeping the felt, it is pulled back slowly so it can be stretched again. Old felt that is worn, glued hard or brittle may tear, and we tell you that before we start so you can decide whether to have it replaced.
At the new house the frame goes up and gets leveled, the slates go down, the seams are shimmed and filled with wax, and the level is checked again across all three pieces before the felt and rails go back on.
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Rail bolts, slate screws, leg bolts and pocket hardware go into separate bags marked with where they came from. Mixed-up hardware is the most common reason a rebuilt table sits wrong.
Each slate piece is wrapped in pads and moved on its own cart, then stands on edge in the truck, strapped to the wall. Slate that cracks has to be replaced, so the pieces never lie flat under other furniture.
Slate goes through doorways on edge, so a narrow shotgun door or a turn at a landing is usually fine once the table is apart. Tell us about stairs at either house, since steps change the crew size.
Pricing and Who Shows Up
AD Movers has been in business in New Orleans since 2013, with 1,000+ moves. A pool table can go alone or ride with the rest of your house on our truck.
How It Works
Book online or call 7am to 7pm, seven days a week. Have the table size and the stairs at both houses handy.
Put both addresses in the form for a ballpark price in about 60 seconds. Mention the pool table, its size (7, 8 or 9 foot) and whether it has one slate or three.
Pick a morning or afternoon start. Clear the game room around the table and take the cues, balls and rack off the table before the crew arrives.
Before the crew leaves, roll a ball across the table with them. If something does not look right, say so then, and if a problem shows up later, call the same day and the owner will call you.
Your Moving Crew
Carrying slate is hard work. Getting three slates to sit as one flat surface is skill. Old New Orleans houses rarely have a dead-level floor, so the frame is shimmed first, then the seams, and the level is checked lengthwise and across before the felt goes back down.
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Equipped for Every Move
Padded slate carts, socket and wrench sets for the rail and leg bolts, shims, beeswax for the seams, a machinist level, moving pads and floor runners for the carry out. You can check our state license on the LPSC site.
LA Moving License Info →Before the Crew Arrives
Areas We Serve
We move pool tables in New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Harahan, the Westbank and the Northshore. Leave room for a cue: plan about five feet of clear space on every side of the table in the new room.
Common Questions
Pool table moves are billed by the hour like any local move, plus a specialty charge for the table. The total depends on the table size, one or three slates, stairs at either house and the drive between them. The online tool gives a ballpark in about 60 seconds. The final price is confirmed before move day, and nothing is added without your OK.
Yes, both. The crew removes rails, pockets, felt, slate and legs at the old house, and rebuilds it at the new house: frame leveled, slates set, seams shimmed and waxed, level checked again, felt stretched back on if it can be reused, then rails and pockets. Hardware is bagged and labeled so everything goes back where it came from.
Usually, if the felt is in decent shape and was stapled rather than glued hard. It is pulled back slowly and stretched again at the new house. Worn, faded or brittle felt can tear when it comes off, so we look at it first and tell you. If it needs replacing, a billiard shop can re-felt the table after we set it up.
Yes. Once the table is apart, each slate piece travels on edge and the frame and legs go separately, so stairs and narrow doors are manageable. A single-piece slate is the exception and needs four movers and a straight path. Tell us the number of steps at each house and whether the stairs turn, so we send enough people.
Yes. We hold license #8127 from the Louisiana Public Service Commission and are fully insured. Every full move is insured. The movers are AD Movers employees who are background-checked and answer to the owner. You can verify the license on the LPSC website before you book, and the office answers 7am to 7pm.
Earlier is better for Saturdays and the end of the month, since that is when most people move. Same-day and last-minute table moves happen when a crew is free, so call (504) 237-0855 and ask. A table moving with the rest of your house goes on the same truck and the same day, so book it with your full move.
Yes, as part of a long-distance household move. We run routes to Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta and Chicago and handle other interstate moves. The table is taken apart in New Orleans and the slates travel padded on edge. Tell us if you would rather have a local billiard tech rebuild it at the far end.
All of New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Harahan and the Westbank, plus Slidell, Mandeville and the rest of the Northshore. Game rooms in Lakeview, garages in Kenner and upstairs bonus rooms in Mandeville all work the same way: the table comes apart, the slate moves padded, and the table is leveled in place.
We take the table apart in order, carry the slate one piece at a time, and level it before we leave. You check it with us before the crew goes. If something about the job is not right, tell us that day and the owner will call you.
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