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It depends on the project, and it is confirmed in your quote rather than assumed. Fit Supply can consult on a design, produce the design itself, or do both — and where the equipment is purchased through us, design is frequently included. Ask when you request the quote and we will tell you exactly what applies to your project before you commit to anything.

Our sales representatives are specialists in fitness facility design, not order takers, and a layout accounts for the things that make a room work or fail: safety and circulation, ADA access and clearances, electrical requirements and outlet placement, spacing between machines, and connectivity for networked equipment. A drawing that ignores power and ADA is a picture, not a plan.

Three things: the room dimensions, a budget range, and an idea of what you want the space to do. Dimensions are needed for any 2D or 3D CAD design — the same as any designer would ask for. The budget and the intent are what let us put the right equipment mix in front of you rather than a generic package.

Usually one to two weeks, delivered together with an equipment quote. You are not given a single take-it-or-leave-it option: we work through the space with you and typically present two to three quotes at different price tiers, with equipment choices at each, so you can see the trade-offs rather than just a total.

Anywhere from in stock to roughly six months, depending entirely on what is ordered. Most cardio and most stock strength runs about two weeks. Accessories and HIIT products are typically one to two weeks. Custom strength is the long pole: custom colors, a different paint process or bespoke upholstery generally runs six to twelve weeks, and fully custom lines such as Atlantis, Gym80 or Panetta can reach six months. Lead time is the thing most likely to move your opening date, so it is worth settling early.

No. Fit Supply will sell a single set of dumbbells, one treadmill, or an entire facility. There is no minimum order value and no requirement to buy a package.

It starts with a site survey — we collect the measurements, access details and photographs before anything is quoted, so the install is priced against your actual building. Fit Supply installs essentially anywhere, including situations needing a crane or the temporary removal of railings, and that work is priced into the install rather than surfacing as a surprise. We also handle relocations, extractions, assembly and upholstery, and can provide storage for a fee.

Yes. Fit Supply will take equipment in trade and pay you for it where it has value. Where it has none, we can still extract and remove it for a fee, so a room can be cleared and re-equipped in one project rather than leaving disposal as your problem.

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No, and it matters that you know where the line is. Our space plans, layouts and 3D renderings are visualization and planning tools. They are not architectural or engineering services and must not be relied on for structural, electrical, code, accessibility or life-safety compliance. Where this site cites ADA clearances, IBC live loads or ASTM standards, that is to help you ask the right questions of the people who do carry that responsibility — your architect, engineer and, on a Texas project over the registration threshold, a Registered Accessibility Specialist.

Fit Supply carries a broad range of commercial equipment brands rather than any one house line. The mix on a project is matched to what that facility actually needs — budget, feature set and space — with particularly wide options in specialty categories like recovery. No manufacturer is favored over another; the room decides.

Because a single manufacturer can only sell you what it makes. Fit Supply carries more brands than most dealers, including some of the strongest lines in the industry, and that breadth extends into recovery and flooring where the specialist options genuinely differ. That means the equipment mix is chosen around your facility rather than around one catalog — and it comes with the design, installation and service around it.

Allow 25 to 50 square feet per station, the range ACSM publishes in its Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. A treadmill or bike bank works near the lower end; selectorized strength sits around the middle; free-weight and functional zones need the upper end once bar path, bench pull-out and spotter access are counted. We size each zone against your actual equipment list rather than applying one average to the whole room.

Under the 2010 ADA Standards, at least one of each type of exercise machine needs a 30-by-48-inch clear floor space connected to an accessible route — 36 by 48 inches where the space is enclosed on three sides. Accessible routes run 36 inches wide minimum, and a circular turning space is 60 inches. The clear floor space is allowed to overlap the accessible route and sit in the aisle behind a machine, which is often what makes a tight room work without losing stations.

A commercial construction or renovation project in Texas with an estimated cost of $50,000 or more must be registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and reviewed by a Registered Accessibility Specialist, with registration due within 30 days of submitting for permit. Projects under that threshold still have to meet the Texas Accessibility Standards; they just skip the formal state review. Confirm the current requirements with TDLR or your architect for your specific project.

Yes — that is the normal case, particularly in a converted amenity space or a retrofit. Columns, soffits, sprinkler heads, door swings and ceiling height all constrain what can go where, and low headroom in particular rules out certain machines outright. We work from the room dimensions you supply, place the constraints first, and then match the equipment mix to what is left.

Power. Commercial treadmill manufacturers specify a dedicated 120-volt, 20-amp branch circuit per unit, with a non-looped neutral and ground, and networked consoles need a data path on top of that. That requirement drives outlet placement, which drives console orientation, which drives the whole layout of the cardio bank — and electrical is the constraint most often discovered after the walls are already closed, which is the most expensive time to discover it.