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Spa Moving in Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Treatment tables, towel warmers, retail shelving and back-bar stock moved room by room; pedicure chairs, saunas and tubs go to the trades.

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Spa moving in the Sacramento Valley: Murdock's crew at work
  • Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
  • Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
  • Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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Planning a Spa Move

A spa sells calm, so the move is planned to be invisible to clients. The last treatments happen at the old suite, the booking system opens at the new one, and in between the treatment rooms, the retail wall and the back bar change buildings without a client ever seeing a box.

The room split is simple once it is on paper. Our crew moves what stands on its own: massage and facial tables, rolling stools and trolleys, hot-towel cabinets, facial steamers and wax warmers once they are cool and empty, the reception desk, lounge chairs, retail shelving and the stock room. Anything plumbed or built in belongs to a trade. That means pedicure chairs with whirlpool basins, hydrotherapy tubs, steam showers and Vichy showers go to the plumber, and a sauna goes to its installer and an electrician. At a med spa, aesthetic lasers and similar devices are moved and recalibrated by the manufacturer's technician.

Day spas in downtown Chico, treatment suites in Yuba City strip centers, and spas in Sacramento, Roseville and Granite Bay all run this way. The only real variable is the building.

Who usually signs off
Spa owner or operations manager, coordinating practitioners, product stock and the wet-area contractor
Timing that works
After the last booked treatments, often a Sunday evening or the spa's closed day, with the plumber and sauna installer booked before the first appointments at the new suite.

What typically moves

  • Massage and facial tables, including lift tablesFace cradles and bolsters bagged with each table; electric lift tables move once the vendor confirms they can travel.
  • Hot-towel cabinets, steamers and wax warmersCooled, emptied and dried by your staff; cords taped, units carried upright.
  • Treatment trolleys, rolling stools and magnifier lampsLamps pack with their arms folded and taped; trolleys ride with drawers taped shut.
  • Retail shelving and product displaysShelves photographed and numbered first, so the retail wall goes back up to your planogram.
  • Back-bar and stock-room productBoxed by line and shelf; oils, waxes and creams ride with your staff in summer, not on a hot truck.
  • Front desk, relaxation-room recliners and lounge chairsUpholstery wrapped; the reception desk loads last so the front of the new suite is set first.
  • Linen shelving and robe storageClean linens bagged by type and marked by treatment room.

Access and scheduling

Spas often sit in shopping centers or medical-office buildings, and both have rules. Shopping centers usually want tenant moves after hours with the truck at the rear service door. Medical and professional buildings may require the elevator to be reserved and proof of insurance before the move date; ask the property manager for the move rules and we work to them.

The trades set the calendar. Book the plumber to cap the pedicure chairs and hydrotherapy fixtures after the last appointment and to hook them up at the new suite, and book the sauna installer for both ends. Our crew moves in the gap, and the treatment rooms that open first get their furniture first. In July and August we start early and keep the product load as short as possible.

Protection and handling

Spa furniture is soft and pale. Table upholstery, lounge fabric and wood reception counters all show marks, so every piece is wrapped individually and nothing rides against the truck wall bare. Hot-towel cabinets and steamers travel upright and strapped, because a tipped steamer may leak even after it has been drained.

Product is packed by line and room, heaviest on the bottom, labeled with its shelf. Open products, client-specific blends and anything your practitioners want to check stay with your team. Client intake forms and the booking system are yours to move; we carry sealed cartons as they are handed over. At the new suite, each treatment room is set to your layout, with tables square to the wall and lamps and trolleys on the working side.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Pedicure chairs, hydrotherapy tubs, steam and Vichy showers
A licensed plumber disconnects, caps and reconnects water and drains; the chair or tub installer removes and resets the units.
Saunas and any hardwired heat equipment
The sauna installer takes the room apart and rebuilds it, and the heater's wiring is undone and redone by a licensed electrician.
Aesthetic lasers and med-spa devices
The manufacturer's technician packs, moves and recalibrates them; our crew does not handle these devices.

Not part of our work

  • Water, drain or electrical work on any spa fixture.
  • Saunas, pedicure thrones, hydrotherapy tubs and showers.
  • Lasers and powered aesthetic devices, and open or client-specific product.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Spas in this region sit in very different buildings: older storefronts in downtown Chico, strip centers on Colusa Avenue in Yuba City, medical-office buildings in Sacramento and near Sutter Roseville, and newer retail centers in Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay. The service door and the distance to the treatment rooms vary more than the inventory does.

The crew that shows up

Two Murdock’s movers carrying a pad-wrapped table up the truck rampTwo Murdock’s box trucks staged outside a single-story building in the Sacramento ValleyMurdock’s crew carrying a pad-wrapped piece through a tiled entryway

Spa Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

Can our pedicure chairs come with us?

They can move, but not by our crew alone. A licensed plumber takes the chair off its plumbing, and the chair installer or dealer removes the unit. Once it is free, we can carry a released chair if the installer approves, and they set and reconnect it at the new suite.

What happens to the sauna?

Most commercial saunas are panel or modular rooms with a hardwired heater. The sauna installer takes the room apart and rebuilds it, and a licensed electrician handles the heater. Our crew can move the packed panels and benches between sites once the installer has broken them down and labeled them.

How do we keep treatment-room product from getting mixed between rooms?

Label by room and by line before packing, or let us pack with your practitioners pointing. Each carton gets the room name on two sides, and the back-bar stock for each room rides together. Anything open or client-specific stays with the practitioner who uses it.

Can the retail wall stay open while the treatment rooms move?

Often, yes. Retail is usually the last area to close and the first to reopen, since it earns while treatments are paused. We pack the treatment rooms and stock room first, leave the retail shelving and a working checkout until closing, then move the wall last so it comes off the truck first and can be restocked before the first client walks in.

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