Optometry Office and Optical Moving

Optical showrooms are busiest on Saturdays, so a practice in a First Coast retail center usually closes after Saturday hours and moves Sunday. The ophthalmic dealer’s availability then sets reopening day, since patients can’t be examined until the lanes are running.

We plan the week with three dates in view: when staff finish counting and traying frames, when the dealer takes down lanes and pretest, and when we move. If the dealer reinstalls lanes over two days, we set the exam rooms first so the tech has open floor to work, and the optical showroom follows once the lanes are clear. The landlord’s rules on truck parking and after-hours access are confirmed ahead of time, along with where the dealer’s van can park while its tech works.

Frame displays show every scratch, and glass cases break at the corners. We wrap panels flat, protect glass doors and edges, and keep display hardware with its panel. Mirrors are packed in cartons made for glass or wrapped and moved upright.

Frames, lenses, and contact lens stock stay with the optical staff, who tray and count them. That keeps the inventory record in your hands, not ours. The dealer handles anything with optics in it, because an instrument knocked out of alignment can’t be fixed with a screwdriver. Our job is to hand the dealer clear rooms and put the showroom back together the way your optical manager lays it out. Before loading, we photograph each wall and island so there’s a record of how the showroom looked, which helps when the new space has a different shape and the optical manager is choosing what goes where.