Shampoo chair

A shampoo chair is a reclining chair used with a separate shampoo bowl. The client sits, the stylist reclines the chair, usually with a side lever, and the client's neck rests in the bowl. Unlike a backwash unit, the chair and bowl are bought and installed separately.

Buy-Rite Beauty notes that shampoo chairs work with most wall, cabinet-top or pedestal bowls set at a standard height and depth, which makes them an easy upgrade when the plumbing is already in. Minerva Beauty suggests 32 to 42 inches between shampoo chairs and at least 24 inches behind each for the stylist.

The salon floor plan maker has a 24 by 34 inch shampoo chair and a 26 by 22 inch shampoo bowl. Compare a backwash unit and see how many shampoo bowls per stylist.