Guns get hit if customer pulls in too far

[celica]

Had to fix a broken gun again. It's a drive-in, back out bay. The equipment room is on the backside of the bay, with the coin box in the center of the back wall of the equipment room. The gun is beside the coin box. While this setup is great for pulling coins from inside the equipment room, it does make the gun in harms way for a customer who drives in too far. They either break the inlet or outlet pipe inside the gun. They usually don't tell you because they don't want to pay for the damage. It happens once or twice a year, so maybe that's not too outrageous. I would like to ask if anyone who has this setup has tried to put some kind of guard or recessed the gun into the wall somehow to protect the gun.

 

[MEP001]

Make sure the boom is swinging freely and tilted properly so the hose stays as close as possible to the wall with the gun put away.

 

[OurTown]

Could you install a few bolt on the floor bollards?

 

[celica]

Could you install a few bolt on the floor bollards?

Drilling into the floor with a floor heating system in place isn't something that I would attempt. There is only about 2 inches of concrete covering the top layer of the floor. The risk of hitting the tubing would be too great.

 

[bert79]

We bought a Seek thermal camera that plugs into an iphone. It helped us locate the floor heat lines very easily. Cost about $200. Totally worth it.

 

[mjwalsh]

celica,

Since we installed our HydroSpray-Mosmatic Z-Booms - the gun hose tends to rest in the best possible out of the way position more than our previous booms. The back wall install for gun holder is different ... it is surprising that you do not still have the option to mount the gun holder on a more normal side wall. I can relate to the purpose of back in & out to get rid of the tunnel effect in colder climates.