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    Sold my wash

    Thank you to everyone here for the great help and advice received during 15 years of SS wash ownership. Many times, the wealth of knowledge on this forum helped turn a perplexing problem into a simple one. In January 2021, I sold my SS wash. I first purchased in 2005 when it was a run down wash...
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    Getting insurance in a wildfire area

    Getting insurance in a wildfire area is becoming difficult. For many years I was a member of Western Carwash Assn and always insured with their preferred provider. I just heard this morning that 3 companies have refused to even quote insurance, and my current insurer supposedly will not renew my...
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    Source for methanol (small quantity)

    Got it at the local fuel supplier. Thanks!
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    Source for methanol (small quantity)

    Yes, foam brush.
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    Source for methanol (small quantity)

    I need a gallon or two of methanol. It's a long drive to the chemical supply for such a small amount. Are there any retailers that carry methanol (even under another name) in small quantities? I can't find any. This is for adding to my soap for "winter mix."
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    Fighting the Freeze During Winter

    Check how your weep water is plumbed especially the valves or soleniods. When I first bought my wash, the weep solenoids were normally closed. So when needed, the weepmizer applied power to let water weep. That worked great until the power went out for a week due to a huge storm. I had huge...
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    SS Bay Lights - Again

    I experimented with some of the round LED lights overhead in the bays. They interfere with my surveillance cameras much more than wall packs.
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    electric equipment room heater?

    https://www.qcsupply.com/21020-q-mark-muh-electric-unit-heater-5-kw.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-NuJ5d-e7AIVXyqzAB2EmA1WEAQYASABEgJiffD_BwE
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    SIGN - "Garbage Can for Paying Customers Only"

    Same result here. I removed my dumpster. I now have no trash facilities at all, period. Many people advised: "you can't do that!" I took the drastic step because I was at wit's end with overflowing trash. I first tried a bigger dumpster. That attracted even more trash. So I had it dumped more...
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    Boiler/Floor Heat

    That must be very frustrating after all the work and research you have done. Maybe someone here knows of a way to deal with this??
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    Removing Asphalt Sealcoating

    I would start keeping a log of all the time you are spending, even just searching like above, in case you file a claim against these perps.
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    Removing Asphalt Sealcoating

    I hope you do, and I hope they get everything they deserve to come at them. No excuse for their behavior.
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    Boiler/Floor Heat

    I am in Northern CA. Very cold temperatures might be 10F but that is unusual. More like in the teens as winter time lows. Cost? I don't know. The propane tank is filled on an irregular schedule, so it's hard to pin that down. The one thing I can tell you is it is very pleasing to visit on a...
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    Boiler/Floor Heat

    Good point about the glycol. The addition of that does make the transfer of heat to the slabs more efficient. When my system was installed, my plumber carefully evacuated all of whatever fluid was in the lines previously. That fluid had been in there for decades. I don't remember the...
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    Boiler/Floor Heat

    When I bought my wash it had a Weben Jarco 350,000 btu floor heat boiler. And a thermostat. So at 35 degrees outside air temperature, it fired up and went full blast until the outside air temperature warmed back up-- usually 12 or 14 hours later. It was inefficient in multiple ways-- it cost a...
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