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    Does triple foam system increase income enough

    Morning. Can anyone tell me if I ad triple foam to 6 bay wash will the customers use it enough to pay for it's self? How long would it take to get your investment back? Has anyone added it an seen increase in income and think it is due to triple foam? How long does the 3 five gallon buckets of...
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    lot suggestion

    sold Closed on the lot 6-25-2009. Lost $6,669.07. Filed small claims case yesterday. My state limit is ten thousand, so I am covered. Once I win, I will be putting lean on 4 properties he owns. CASE CLOSED.
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    security system

    I guess I miss understood this forum. I thought that anyone who posted here could help everyone who reads the posts. Did not know that I was the only one getting the info on finding a good company locally. Now if you are refering to who sold me junk. Maybe I was just unlucky and got something I...
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    security system

    houston area The only reason I wanted houston area was to find a good company local and have them install system. Did not want to go thru another instulation again. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. they are right. this new age of computers is better left to the young ones. Not...
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    security system

    Hi, I am looking for car wash owners that live in Houston Texas area that have had a complete security system installed and are happy with it. I am wanting to get a price from security companies but want to hear from their customers and not just the companies saying they are great. I have been...
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    Rat Help !!!!!!!

    so far so good Spent hours useing mesh wire and foam insolation between the roof and brick wall. I did disconnect the horn after the 3rd time it went off but it was still monitored by security company. I do have a next door neighbor and did not want him bothered. I did noticed that one of the...
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    Rat Help !!!!!!!

    In the last 4 days the alarm has been tripped. 1- Friday 5:30 am, Saturday 4:30 am, Sunday 10:30 pm, and Monday 3:30 am. I got there Saturday with 4 police cars already there.The motion sensor went off in 2 seperate buildings. 3 times in 1 and once in the other.There are 2 motion sensors per...
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    combo vac button tips cut off

    This morning at my wash the Coleman combo vacs had the yellow tips cut off all the selector buttons. They lasted a year. It appears coleman uses easy to destroy selector buttons. They are almost $20.00 each. Does anyone know of a button that cannot be cut so easy? If so, where would we get...
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    People getting change

    mixed in hopper This used to drive me crazy. I would have to buy $1,000.00 of quarters every month. The bank charged a fee of 8 cents a roll extra. Its been 2+ years that I changed to dispence quarters and tokens, mixed in my Hamilton machines. Now when people drive up and haul away quarters I...
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    Stainless hook mounted to stainless plate

    Read your response and called Kleen-rite. Asked about the part # you listed with no cross referance. When that failed, I once again asked for a stainless hook to hold bay hose to the wall and they still don't have something like that. They did want to sell me a foam brush hook that holds the...
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    Stainless hook mounted to stainless plate

    Good morning, I have been trying to find stainless hooks mounted on stainless square plate that can be mounted on my bay walls and a sign that says something like, ( hook hose here cause it might be your mirror you save ). Tryed Kleen rite and sales said nothing like that. Check with local...
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    lot suggestion

    the lot is listed with a realitor. for sale, for lease, owner finance, don't know how else to get rid of it. i went so far as to post it on every site local my wife could find that was free. we also have a flashing arrow sign out front of car wash and listed it there. it would be not a good idea...
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    extrutech wall panels

    i can't answer . i do not know what strapping the walls is. can you let me know and what does it do for the tin walls. thanks
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    extrutech wall panels

    have 4 bay wash with corrigated tin walls. I have got a quote for extrutech panels and within a matter of a couple of days, I will be sending in the order to purchase the wall panels. Can anyone out there tell me if they have ever had to replace a single panel and what went wrong with it? The...
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    lot suggestion

    Randy, hit the hammer on the nail. At this time I do not have funds to spend on the property. I was trying to find a very cheap way to just pay taxes and lawn care. This is about $800.00 a year. The lot sits about 8" lower than the wash does. Would have to build up the land to drive or have any...
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    lot suggestion

    Had to foreclose on a lot 50'x100' behind my car wash. My wash is on a main street but the lot faces a subdivision and is part of the subdivision. Houses on both sides. The city has made the property general commercial. Each time a house is removed then it will change too. Finance land for house...
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    Coleman replacement parts

    At the first of this year I purchased 5 used combo vacs. I just bought 2 more used combos last week. One of my old carpet machines air compressor has gone bad. Called Coleman and a new one runs $323.00 plus tax. Does anyone know of a lower cost replacement compressor for this combo. Took the...
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    coleman combo vac

    Timer Forgot to let you know what timer i have. it is ct2040
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    coleman combo vac

    Does anyone know how someone would be turning on a frag/vac. This is the second time that I drove up to wash and found vac running with 98 minutes on it. It has timer ct2040 on it. I changed the code from factory settings. The vac has a Slugbuster II on it. Talked with coleman and they have no...
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    Thinking of lower start-up price for summer only.

    Be careful Don't forget that if you drop your start up price and you start getting more customers and it worked, this might happen. Any wash around you will see the increase in customers and say or think you are taking their customers. Next thing you see is they now have a special too. Now they...
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