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Richmond Pool Table New Colour - Arriving Soon - April 2024

Arriving soon to the Algarve - a very small batch of of the Richmond Pool Table in Italian Grey and your choice of cloth colour - 7ft UK spec - slate bed pool tables - free accessory pack - professional delivery and installation throughout the Algarve - next shipment is due second week of April 2024 - get in touch for more details - info@fjnorth.net..........

Algarve's Number One Games Room Supplier

FJ North Lda - Trusted By Over 10,000 Customers Since the 1980s - Pool Tables - Table Tennis Tables - Foosball Tables - Trampolines - Arcade Machines and Air Hockey Tables Too - Make Your Holiday Villa Just That Little Bit More Fun - info@fjnorth.net and 917 846 242..........

Games Room and Fitness Equipment Rental - Algarve - Portugal - 2024

It's a bit annoying when you find the perfect holiday villa in the Algarve but it is lacking one thing : something to keep you and the kids entertained during the holiday downtime. That's why we launched our Holiday Rentals Algarve Project in 2013.We can rent you a pool table, table tennis table, foosball table, air hockey table, freestanding basketball net set, garden trampoline, multi game full size arcade machine, a bouncy castle or any item of gym equipment for a single party night, your wee...

Christmas 2023 - Algarve Games Room Equipment

If you are to be in the Algarve this Christmas season, then consider speaking to us about outright purchase or weekly rental of a pool table, table tennis, foosball, arcade machines, air hockey tables and trampolines - we can help with it all...........

Slate Bed Pool Tables - Algarve

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F J North - The Algarve's Premium Pool Table Company

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Algarve Holiday Rentals 2023

Holidaying in the Algarve during 2023? If so, we'd like to remind you about our Games Room Equipment rental offers.Book your holiday with your chosen holiday company and then come to us for your "in villa" entertainment. We've got heaps of fun - Pool Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Foosball Tables. Arcade Machines, Basketball Hoops, Trampolines, Fitness Equipment - oh yes, and a PlayStation too. All available for weekly rental.So, if you are taking a holiday in the Algarve this year, then get in to...

Pool Table For Christmas

Looking to make the big day a little bit more special(er)? Get in touch with us to see our range of pool tables. We also have table tennis, foosball, arcade machines, air hockey tables, trampolines and much, much more..........

How Much Space Is Required For A Pool Table?

Pool and snooker tables come in a variety of sizes - from 5ft non-slate pool tables right up to 12ft slate championship snooker tables. With that said, 7ft tables generally are the most common in the home environment because the game is challenging enough to keep you interested but not too challenging that you cannot pot a ball.Our 7ft slate bed pool tables are made in the UK to a UK specification. This means that they are 2.1m (7ft) long by 1.2m (4ft). When deciding on a pool table, always...

Algarve Holiday Rentals - 2022

Holidaying in the Algarve during 2022? If so, we'd like to remind you about our Games Room Equipment rental offers.Book you holiday with your chosen holiday company and then come to us for your "in villa" entertainment. We've got heaps of fun - Pool Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Foosball Tables. Arcade Machines, Basketball Hoops, Trampolines - oh yes, and a PlayStation too. All available for weekly rental.All equipment is fully sanitized on delivery and we can even arrange delivery and collection...

New Product Alert - The Garlando Stratos Air Hockey Table

At last, a professional “fan forced’ air hockey table at a reasonable price. This quality and robust Garlando product, weighing in a 100kgs, features :16mm thick MDF cabinet, with black coating and chromium-plated profiles, each with anti-bump and anti-scratch coatingsAutomatic overhead score counter which not only keeps the score for you but also plays a sound on each goal scored and has a count down clock too so you know when the game will finishLeg levellers allow a perfectly flat playing...

Holidaying In The Algarve This Year?

Book your holiday with your chosen holiday company and then come to us for your "in villa" entertainment.We've got heaps of fun - Arcade Machines, Pool Tables, Table Tennis Tables, PS4, Foosball Tables,  Basketball Hoops, Air Hockey Tables, Trampolines - oh yes, and a fridge too. All available for weekly rental.All equipment is fully sanitized on delivery and we can even arrange delivery and collection before and after your stay.Get in touch to find out more.........

The Richmond Pool Table

The Richmond Pool Table - Available Immediately For Across Algarve Delivery - In Black or White With Your Choice Of Cloth Colour - Limited Stock.........

The City Pool Table

The City Pool Table is a slate bed robust pool table supplied with a full set of accessories including Pool Balls, Cues, Chalk, Triangle, Spare Tips and A Big Smile. We've got plenty of this table in the black or white finish with your choice of cloth colour too .....get in touch to find out more....

Holidaying In The Algarve This Year?

If you have booked a villa then you might be interested to know that we can rent you an item of games room equipment for the duration of your stay. So, book you holiday with your chosen holiday company and then come to us for your "in villa" entertainment.We've got heaps of fun - Pool Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Foosball Tables, Fitness Equipment, Garden Cornhole, Arcade Machines, Basketball Hoops, Trampolines - oh yes, and a fridge too. All available for weekly rental.All equipment is fully sa...

The Hyphen Outdoor Pool Table - New Product

The Hyphen Pool Table (With Optional Dining Tops) is pool without constraints, combining elegance and sociability. It is fully customisable – you can choose the table colour, cloth colour and pocket colour too.Relying on its expertise developed in the design of outdoor ping-pong tables renowned for their quality, Cornilleau has brought all its know-how to bear in the realisation of an innovative outdoor pool table.Extraordinarily robust and maxing out in playing quality, the Hyphen outdoor poo...

The Camden Pool Table

The Camden Pool Table is available in black, oak, white and dark walnut with your choice of cloth colour from green, blue, red, burgundy, grey, black, purple or taupe. It comes with a full set of accessories. Get yours before we sell out..........

20 Day Countdown.......

We preordered this year so that we could make sure that we had enough pool tables in stock ready for the Christmas rush. Get in touch soon though because our delivery and installation days are fast becoming fully booked. Merry Christmas.........

Pool Table For Christmas?

Looking to make the big day a little bit more special(er)? Get in touch with us to see our range of pool tables. We also have table tennis, foosball, arcade machines, air hockey tables, trampolines and much, much more..........

Choosing The Right Table Tennis Table - Algarve

We've been selling and renting table tennis tables in the Algarve for nearly 20 years now. We know quite a bit about which brands are best, which are worst and which models within our range are more suitable to each client's needs. We are the sole and exclusive distributors for Cornilleau table tennis tables and accessories because we think they offer the best price versus quality ratio. If you are thinking about buying a table then read our table tennis table buying guide to help you ...

Too Early To Be Thinking About Christmas?

We've all seen that Covid and other world problems have slowed down global production and freight. As you might be aware, all our slate bed pool tables are manufactured in the UK and this has caused a few issues which we seem to have resolved. Sure, Christmas looks to be 8 weeks away. That's plenty of time - right? Not really. We are already preselling our next batch due mid-December. So, if you are thinking that this might just be the year to treat yourself and the family, get in touch soo...

The Richmond Pool Table

The Richmond Pool Table might just be the number one selling slate bed pool table in Portugal. Until now, it's been available in just black or white but come March 2022 we will also have it in driftwood. We don't have any photos as of yet but if you are keen to see some, shout out to us and we'll put you on the let me know list. Thank you..........

Portugal - Pool Table Recloths, Refurbs and Relocations

When we first saw this pool table it was in a poor state and was rarely being used by its owners.  Now today, it has been refurbished back to it's former glory with newly manufactured cushion rubbers, a full slate and cushion recloth and reinstallation into a room where is can be played more often.If you have a pool table that needs some work, then let us price the work up for you. If you have a pool table that you don't want anymore, than perhaps we can buy it from you..........

Slate Versus Board Top - Pool Tables

We are asked lots of times about board top and mdf top pool tables and whether they are worth the money. Our answer is always the same - Buy cheap and you will buy twice.  Pool Tables are traditionally made using a slate bed for a reason. Slate is true and level and, provided the table itself supplies adequate support, will remain true for longer than you are alive.The same cannot be said about board top pool tables. Some board top tables are such poor quality that they are warped before th...

How Much Space Do I Need For A Pool Table?

....but, the answer is not always that simple. There are a number of variable factors that you need to consider.First, how big is the table? By this we mean the playing surface and not the outside parameters of the table itself. After all, when taking a shot, the tip of the cue will be placed somewhere within the playing surface, not the edge of the table.Second, what size cues would you like to be using? Whilst we can supply cues from 57 inches down to 36 inches, there comes a point where you m...