<p>I am planning a new house and want to set aside a room big enough for a pool table and a table tennis table. I can google how big a space is normally needed for each separately, for example 18 x 14 ft for a pool table room, and 28 x 13.5 ft for recreational table tennis.</p>
<p>But how would these go together, any space saving? Is a fold-up-and-move table tennis table any good? What else would you want in the same room. What size would you aim for to make it comfortable?</p>
<p>You can buy a table tennis top that fits over the pool table. Would that interest you?</p>
<p>We have one of those and it works well.</p>
<p>We have that too, and it’s great. You just remove the top in two pieces when you want to play pool, and stack the top against the wall. I figure the table tennis top is also a very good protector for the pool table - in case you have a huge gathering where you just don’t want to allow people to mess around with the felt surface.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to do the ping pong table on top of the pool table trick you can overlap space if the two tables won’t be used at once. A ping pong table should have 3 feet at the sides and 7-10 feet at the ends. A regulation table is 5 ft by 9 ft, though you can get smaller ones. Billiard or pool tables also come in many sizes. But figure on an average size of 5’-6" by 10’-0". Five foot is the minimum distance at the sides. If you don’t have enough space they do make short cues that you can use when necessary.</p>
<p>I purchased table tennis tables for the office many years ago. We started with a Butterfly fixed with a rollaway insert. It was solid wood with wood posts but the wooden legs could fold up and there were retractable wheels in the middle so the table could be rolled away in halves but it was a of work as the halves were very heavy.</p>
<p>We replaced these with Butterfly Rollaways. These fold up into a cage with a latch which holds the halves up in the air. These tables were all in the $800 - $1,000 range back in the 1990s.</p>
<p>If you’re going to be playing table tennis seriously, the more space, the better. You may have a retriever that plays far behind the table or you may have someone that hits soft angles or angled smashes and it’s nice to have space to cover those shots.</p>
<p>If you have a very large room, there are barriers that you can buy to prevent the ball from rolling all over the place. These are usually a thin, metal frame with a sheet of plastic hanging down from the top.</p>
<p>we had a PPT in the LR when kid was small. We had to play no more than a step from the table. Luckily we did not break a picture window. </p>
<p>Now we WII, WII :)</p>
<p>Thanks, great information so far, all comments appreciated even #7 which I don’t understand!</p>
<p>{Nintendo Wii, Sports / Resorts, has Table Tennis and Pool.}</p>
<p>We have the convertible table too. Our table flips from air hockey to pool table and to play table tennis, you slide on the top. It’s a real space saver. In addition, by having the 3 different games, it cuts down on the boredom factor. There’s always a game to appeal to someone.</p>