What are tips for making a massage office quiet?

[Not Grey]

What are tips for making a massage office quiet on the inside from any external noises, both inside the building and outside?Once, when I had a commercial office right next to a plumbing shop, I put foam window cut-outs in the window to quiet noise from outside.I'd put them in the window when the massage was given and made sure to take them out to air out the office after.Then I moved up to SheetRock in the form of inside window coverings, covered by blankets and actual noise reducing shaped foam, rugs, that still let air in, as a barrier to outside noises.What are some other tips you can think of for reducing outside noise influences to have a less distracting office?

 

[Prodigal Son]

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I can totally relate to your question.  Before I was located where I am now, I only did outcalls to clients homes.  100% of the time, I was alone with the client, and you could hear a pin drop...Now I am in a salon, with 4 hair stylists, and a nail tech.  Busy place.  The first week I worked there, I almost lost my mind.  I heard every external noise to be made.  Wasn't sure if I made the right decision to work there. That was then, and this is now..I have learned...It is really almost impossible to make an existing room soundproof that was not built to be that way in the first place..So, realizing that, it is up to you.You could purchase, like rugs or some kind of carpeting to blanket the walls, but, to me, that is like pulling out the big guns first.  Look and see what simple things could maybe be done.  This is has been, hands down, after all that I have been through, that 100% of the time has worked for me.  Honest.It was near winter time, and Walmart started putting out an aisle of nothing but small heaters.  I have a small room where I practice, and a small heater was more than I needed to keep a client happy.  This is the feature that made it a clincher for me.  The heater I chose had an option to have a fan run only, without the heater.  I still play my music, and right now, I am running the fan without the heater (mild winter in Texas) . I totally check it out before a client comes in, to make sure I have it on the right setting, so it won't kick on the heat and we both pass out.I totally promise that this kind of noise "a fan running"  is the answer to noise you cannot control that goes on outside of your room.  The real pet peeve on mine, and I don't know any answer to this, is when people are walking, and they decide to stop and have a conversation right in front of your room!!!!!!  Makes me crazy..! People mean well, but I have realized that we are all human, and forgiveness has made me stonger!! Hope this helps, and good luck to you...

 

[toughcountryfucker]

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i used to work in a place where 1,500 people a day walked in front of the massage rooms. آ children screaming, moms yelling, guys shouting at eachother, employees acting like fools and basketball courts with open gym doors. آ it drove me nuts on a daily basis. آ here's what i did and still do now, in my very quiet office because i've grown accustomed to things in the rooma fan. آ always have a fan running on either low or med. آ a fountain...a good fountain. آ mine adjusts the water flow and it falls like rain and also has other sound makers which i set either on "lunes" or "thunder" or "atrium". آ i set it low enough that you can hear it but it doesn't stand out. آ and then your music of course. آ don't choose cd's that have a lot of ups and downs or that are consistently quiet. آ this should make a pretty significant difference. آ ps. my fountain is from bed, bath &b or linens and things....all of my clients love it. آ the whole water sound making you want to pee is a fallacy. آ if someone doesn't like it though, just turn it off.  here's the link if anyone's interested... http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=13069956

 

[My Business Plan]

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Cool fountain.  Thanks for the tip!  It is very reasonably priced also.  I hope they have some left at the "real" store.

 

[nodumgys]

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They should have some left.  They've been selling this fountain for at least 2-2 1/2 years.  Now that I think about it, I think I'll go get another one in case they discontinue.  That way I'll have a back up.  It actually looks even better in person that it does with that link.

 

[piink]

What are tips for making a massage office quie

I agree...I use a small fan set to low or med. It's on the floor just inside an unused door that leads to a very noisy salon. It may not seem like a lot, but on the days that I forget to use it I hear screaming kids, banging registers and laughing/talking people. :-XI also have created my own water fountain. I saw the fountain that terab posted and that's nice too. I have a similar one at home that I use now and again.For my home made fountain I got a fountain pump at a local craft store, a copper pot at a discount store and collected a lot of nice rocks from the beach down the street. I also have some bamboo sprigs set into the water. VERY easy to create and only cost about $10-$15. Very Feng-sui (ha ha ha how do you spell that?!)   The rocks and the plants hide the pump and the cord just hangs behind the pot. It really does make a huge difference.

 

[Marlon]

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White noise, fans and such ideas are good yet, they can add extra vibration to a room which may be unsettling to some, sometimes. Although, very effective for shorter periods of time.Very inexpensive.Still searching for more sound barier ideas. Effective, fire-proof sound absorbing materials.I know there is sheetrock, which is among the best but, I have not thought up a second wall idea yet that blends.Thank you all for sharing. Lots of good ideas.

 

[Pompal 09.]

we have a door between two office suites - it isn't an exit, just access btwn two former companies that no longer rent the space. anyway, since it isn't an exit (we can't open the door if we wanted to), we stapled carpet padding over the doorway and hung very heavy drapes. although it doesn't cut out all of the sound, it certainly helps. i also have music playing right outside of my tx room door that is different from what is inside the tx room so that in the 2 second lull btwn songs the client can still hear some music.

also, any fabric hanging on the walls will help to absorb sound. i have tapestries hanging in each room.

amanda