Storage volume scales with stations

Each station accumulates roughly the same accessories, so a ten-machine studio has ten boxes, ten poles and ten jumpboards to house. That is a lot of volume, and studios that do not plan for it end up storing equipment under the reformers.

Under-machine storage is the failure mode to avoid. It is a trip hazard in a room where clients move barefoot between stations, and it makes cleaning the rails harder.

  • Sitting boxes: stack no more than three high; they are awkward above shoulder height
  • Poles and jumpboards: vertical wall racks, near the stations that use them
  • Mats: rolled in a floor bin or on a horizontal wall rack
  • Springs and small parts: a labelled drawer unit in the back area

Put storage where the equipment is used

A single storage room at the back of a studio means every accessory change during a class involves a walk. Distributed storage — a wall rack near each bank of machines — costs a little more and saves teaching time every session.

This matters most for jumpboards, which get fitted and removed mid-class.

Spare parts deserve a system

Keep a labelled set of spare springs, ropes and wheels on site. A machine out of service during peak hours costs a class; the same repair takes fifteen minutes if the part is in a drawer.

A simple log of which machine had what replaced and when also tells you, over a couple of years, which stations get the heaviest use.