How much space needed for large pin collection?

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For those of you who have large (20+) pinball collections - how much
space in approximate square footage does that take up in your home? Are
the pins in your garage, basement, or elsewhere?
 
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Well my walk out basement is 440 sq foot on one side. The laundry and
the stairs occupies a middle room, and then theres a single car large
garage on the other side. the single car garage is gonna get converted
to another 440 dq foot room. I have about 24 pins right now and have
room for several more. I hope that helps...
 
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Have a look at Steve Charland's home remodel. All this just to
accomodate his games and he will still only be able to set up half of
them, maybe 40 games. http://home.comcast.net/~ccharland6/index.htm

pokermon17@yahoo.com wrote:
> For those of you who have large (20+) pinball collections - how much
> space in approximate square footage does that take up in your home? Are
> the pins in your garage, basement, or elsewhere?
>

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a good rule of thumb is that 600 square feet will handle about 28-30
machines

give or take ....

gary
 
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>a good rule of thumb is that 600 square feet will handle about 28-30
>machines
>give or take ....

Way too small for that many games.

Kirb
 
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Yeah I want to see how you can arrange 30 machines in a 20 X 30 room.
OOps and still be able to walk.
 
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If you don't have any posts in the way or other obstructions, you can
get 6 per 100 sq ft. with just enough space to pull the glass out.
Parties would not be nice though as that's about 4 ft aisles back to
back playing and going up the middle could be difficult.

I have 797 sq ft to jam 34 or so in, I'll see how it goes and get some
pics up in a couple weeks. Damn stairs are messing me up big time!
Kills about 150 sq ft in the basement.
 
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I have 12 games in a 168 Sq.ft. Two are SC & RFM. Plan on tripling the
size to house 35. Works on paper but is tight. Don
 
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>Works on paper but is tight.

That's the problem you have to deal with. I decided to be able to have
enough games that I could keep running without constantly working on
them and still have enough of a selection. 20 games was the number I
designed my room to. Perfect for me.

I can also have a party with 30 people and not be too cramped. I even
hosted a buddy's company christmas party this January and it went off
without a hitch.

tv area, pool table, bar, seating area, darts, vids (4), pins (17),
puck bowler in 1200 square feet with tons of space for people. I could
slam the place out with 30+ games, but it wouldn't be any fun to move
around in.

Kirb
 
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How much space do you need for the pool table? I'd put some machines
in the garage instead to have a pool table - I have an area right by
the door about 15x 10 that I'd give over to this use.
(4x8 or 4.5x9 table.... probably 4x8)
 
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I think the rule of tumb for a pool table is to figure out the size of
the table you want and then give yourself a 5' parameter for the sticks
to swing. (so 4x8 would need approx 14' x 18' . I am currently
planning on that much space in my game room for the pool table,
hopefully that will be enough, otherwise I will need to shrink the
table a bit more.

pics are at:

http://webpages.charter.net/saw151/house/

Scott
 
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Well I am at 11 pins and my 11x19 room wont handle them. It will
handle 9 of them. Luckily I have a spare bedroom :>)
 
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I built my gameroom to hold 22 pins along with the home theater at one
end and a garage door at the other end. Without those things it would
hold roughly 26-28 with every pin along a wall. If you put them in the
middle of the room you can squeeze in more. The dimensions are 30' x
24'. Hope that helps. JR.
 
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I should add that I designed the room originally to hold a pool table
as well, but ditched the idea because I'd rather hold tournaments and I
have had up to 55 people so far without being too crowded. I do also
have another 30 set up in the basement and a bunch more in storage down
there along with the shop area. The basement is 50' x 28'. JR.
 
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Oh no! That's a giant leap backwards!

Pool tables get old REAL fast. Too much
room, too much maintenance.

More boring than EBD....

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<seymour-shabow@excite.com> wrote in message news:1121167047.418783.7620@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> How much space do you need for the pool table? I'd put some machines
> in the garage instead to have a pool table - I have an area right by
> the door about 15x 10 that I'd give over to this use.
> (4x8 or 4.5x9 table.... probably 4x8)
>
 
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> For those of you who have large (20+) pinball collections - how much
> space in approximate square footage does that take up in your home? Are
> the pins in your garage, basement, or elsewhere?

I have 900 square feet of gameroom and it will easily handle 30 pins. Just
make sure you have the necessary power to handle them all.

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Kalamazoo, MI

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W C S Owner's List: http://tinyurl.com/39cjo
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On 12 Jul 2005 04:17:27 -0700, seymour-shabow@excite.com wrote:
> How much space do you need for the pool table? I'd put some machines
> in the garage instead to have a pool table - I have an area right by
> the door about 15x 10 that I'd give over to this use.
> (4x8 or 4.5x9 table.... probably 4x8)

That'll work... If you're shooting with 2 ft cues. Need at least a
cue-length around the perimeter of the table.

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yeah based on the dimensions need I'm not gonna put a table in. At
least not in the basement..... I'll use that space instead for my
classic video console/computer collection. That will leave me room for
a couple more pins.
 
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