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Salon, spa & barbershop build-outs · Phoenix metro

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We draw permit-ready salon, spa, and barbershop sets, with every bowl, sink, and pedicure chair plumbed on paper, nail ventilation detailed, and the layout built to pass the Arizona State Board inspection. Then we submit to your city and answer every correction. Flat price, quoted within one business day.

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DMND KUTZ barbershop interior in the Phoenix metro, designed and permitted by SOKO Designs
DMND KUTZ · Barbershop TI · Phoenix metro
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Two steps. Then we take it from here.

Tell us where the space is and what services you'll offer. We'll show you exactly who reviews a salon in that city, email you the checklist of what to have ready, and call with a flat price.

  • Plumbing drawn right the first time. Bowls, pedicure chairs, hand sinks, floor drains, and a water heater sized for all of them. That's where most salon corrections come from.
  • Built to pass the State Board. The Arizona Board of Barbering & Cosmetology inspects after the city. Our layouts are drawn to its rules so you're not moving a sink in week twelve.
  • Nail and spa ventilation detailed. Source-capture exhaust and makeup air are on the mechanical sheet, not an afterthought.
  • We submit, track, and answer every comment. You get status updates without chasing a plan reviewer.
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Your permit path

Your salon

    We run all of this for you. This is just so you know what's coming.
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    Station planner

    Every chair you add is a drain the city wants to see.

    Salon corrections are plumbing corrections. Slide to your station count and see what the drawings have to account for before the reviewer, or the State Board inspector, asks for it.

    Typical ratios. We size the real thing to your services and the space's existing lines.

    Shampoo bowls to plan for3
    Square feet you'll likely want1,300
    Restrooms1 accessible
    Water heaterSized to bowls
    About one bowl per three cutting stations, roughly 120 sq ft per station plus back-of-house. A single accessible restroom usually works for small shops; larger ones need two.
    How a salon gets permitted

    City first, State Board second. We draw for both at once.

    A salon has two inspectors who can stop you from opening: the city, who checks the building, and the Arizona Board of Barbering & Cosmetology, who licenses the shop. A set drawn for one and not the other is how salons lose a month at the finish line.

    1

    Space check

    Where the water heater, panel, and sanitary line are, and what carries over from the last tenant.

    2

    Station layout

    Stations, bowls, treatment rooms, retail, and an accessible station, laid out around the drains.

    3

    Drawings

    Plumbing, electrical for hot tools and dryers, ventilation, finishes, accessibility.

    4

    City permit

    Submitted through your city's portal. We answer every correction.

    5

    Inspections

    Rough plumbing, electrical, final. Certificate of Occupancy issued.

    6

    State Board

    Salon license inspection against the layout we already drew to pass. Doors open.

    What the city and the Board will ask for

    The six things that generate salon corrections.

    Every one of these is drawn, sized, and detailed before the set goes in. That's the difference between a first-submittal approval and chairs sitting in boxes.

    Shampoo bowls & pedicure chairs

    Each one is a drain, a trap, and hot water. Piped pedicure chairs are a plumbing fixture; pipeless ones still need power and a drain nearby.

    Plumbing

    Water heater sizing

    Four bowls running at once empties a residential tank in minutes. We size the heater to the bowls, and the city checks the math.

    Plumbing

    Ventilation

    Nail stations need source-capture exhaust under the mechanical code. Dryers and steam rooms need makeup air. Both are on the mechanical sheet.

    Mechanical

    Electrical

    Hot tools, dryers, and sterilizers on dedicated 20-amp circuits, GFCI near water, and panel capacity checked before you order equipment.

    Electrical

    Accessibility

    Accessible route, restroom, and at least one accessible station and shampoo position. Reviewers look for it on every salon set.

    ADA

    State Board & suites

    The Arizona Board of Barbering & Cosmetology licenses the salon after the city. Independent suites each need their own license and demising, which changes the layout.

    AZ State Board
    Recent salon work

    Shops we got permitted and open.

    DMND KUTZ barbershop floor and stations
    DMND KUTZ · Phoenix metro

    DMND KUTZ, Phoenix metro

    A barbershop build-out taken from an empty retail suite to a licensed shop: stations laid out around the existing sanitary line, a water heater sized for the bowls, and a layout drawn to pass both the city and the State Board.

    • Stations around the drains. Limited saw-cutting by planning the floor plan from the plumbing out.
    • Two inspectors, one set. City permit and State Board license from the same drawings.
    • Corrections answered in days, not review cycles.

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    Questions

    What salon owners ask us.

    If you're moving or adding any plumbing, electrical, or walls, yes. A true like-for-like move-in with no changes may only need the State Board license, but most owners want at least a few stations moved, and the moment a drain moves, the city is involved. We'll tell you honestly which case you're in.
    The Board of Barbering & Cosmetology checks the shop before issuing the salon license: sinks and shampoo bowls, station spacing, a restroom, sanitation and storage, and separate licensing for any independent suites. Our layouts are drawn to those rules so the inspection is a formality, not a redesign.
    Drafting is typically two to three weeks. City review runs a few weeks to a couple of months depending on the jurisdiction, and the State Board visit happens after the city's final. A complete first submittal is what keeps the city side short.
    Yes, in two ways. Each suite is licensed separately by the State Board, and the city treats demised suites differently for exits and restrooms. Tell us on the form and we'll lay it out that way from the start.
    The mechanical code requires source-capture exhaust at manicure and pedicure stations, vented outside, on top of the general ventilation. It's a common correction because it's easy to leave off. It's on our mechanical sheet by default for any nail service.
    It depends on station count and how much plumbing moves, so we quote it after a site visit. It's a flat number you approve before we start. City permit fees and the State Board license fee are separate.
    Not on this side of the business. SOKO Designs does the plans and the permitting, so we're never competing with your contractor. If you don't have one, tick the box on the form and we'll introduce you to GCs from our network who build salons in the Valley.
    Stop paying rent on empty chairs

    Tell us about the space.

    Two steps, about a minute. Or skip the form and call. We answer, and we'll tell you straight what the permit path looks like.

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