Recent content by Eule

So... I've done a little more "research". Which is a fancy word for driving around within a 5 mile drive of the wash I'm thinking about buying, looking for washes and quick-lube places. I found a lot of gas stations with a single automatic. I found a beat-up looking self-serve wash and a...

From what I have gathered here, at least new automatic machines and new dryers. Probably also new pay stations for the automatics (or at least appearance upgrades to existing ones), and maybe new timers/pay stations in the self-serve bays. The equipment-room and lube bay stuff I don't know...

NOTE: I am replying to more than one person at once, here. This is all stuff that I did not know before. Thank you. I had gotten this impression already by reading the older threads here. I do not know. That was a quote from one of the ads placed by the broker who is trying to sell the...

I've never used it to look for floor heat pipes, so take this with a grain of salt... When I had my (existing) house inspected before I bought it 5 years ago, the inspector used his digital FLIR Systems camera on the walls and ceiling, from the inside. It was a cold day out (around 0 degrees...

New guy with the standard "should I buy this wash" question (3/3) Things I found out by going to the wash and looking around, part 2: There are four self-serve bays, each with the same equipment: 3 of them are "normal" (cars/pickups) and 1 is "tall" (RV). Adams wand, on a gantry/swivel from...

New guy with the standard "should I buy this wash" question (2/3) About me: I went to college right out of high school, got a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and have been working mostly in that field since then - about 19 years. (No, I will not fix your PC. :) ) One of the things I...

Hello all! New guy here, with the standard "should I buy this wash" question. I'm on the Missouri side of Kansas City. Caution: long post ahead... so long that I had to split it up. More details in the post (or two) following this one. The quick version: all one building, with two automatic...