How do you organize your hoses?

[UtahYoutubeGuy]

I am wondering what other operators do to maintain your plumbings and hoses in a somewhat organized and aesthetically pleasing way. I am somewhat meticulate on how things are run so that its easy to follow and diagnose down the road. I am adding a triple foam unit to this setup and I need more space to attach and run the poly hose.

 

[Dan kamsickas]

Wait.....this is a real carwash? Holy crap. That is a thing of beauty.

 

[tdlconceptsllc]

Looks fantastic but 3 years from now every one of those High pressure hoses are gonna leak due to vibration a Cushion clamp on those would be perfect, unless i am missing something. I use vaccum hoses cut down the middle or anything to help the HP from rubbing.

 

[Roz]

Wait.....this is a real carwash? Holy crap. That is a thing of beauty.

Some (a few) installers are actually very good at what they do and make neat installations. I have seen a few. Dan you need to get out of the office more ;-)

 

[Blanco]

Looks good but those zip ties will never hold up plus your hoses are going to wear out fast since their sitting on those metal cross bars. Install some Uni-Strut on the cross bars and use some Cush A Clamps to secure the hoses. Thats the right way to do that job. It will last forever.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Agreed / Plastic / rubber against metal will leak Not a question of "If" but hw soon. For Tunnels I use Cush Clamps on struts every 5 feet or so. For SS not so neat. Just lay in the torugh. It's unseen an no need to undo / redo clamps when service needed which is seldom but ease is key when conditions are adverse.

 

[Car_Wash_Guy]

Agreed / Plastic / rubber against metal will leak Not a question of "If" but hw soon. For Tunnels I use Cush Clamps on struts every 5 feet or so. For SS not so neat. Just lay in the torugh. It's unseen an no need to undo / redo clamps when service needed which is seldom but ease is key when conditions are adverse.

I have that in my trough but I get the occasional hoses rubbing through each other and causing leaks

 

[Randy]

It looks good, nice and neat. The only thing better would be to have done it all in stainless steel.

 

[Dan kamsickas]

Some (a few) installers are actually very good at what they do and make neat installations. I have seen a few. Dan you need to get out of the office more ;-)

I've been in enough equipment rooms, froze my ass off in enough bays, and busted enough knuckles to know two things : The majority of installers do not do a neat enough install and that my knees much prefer the office.

 

[Dirt]

I agree. You obviously took the time to do that right, time well spent.
A lot of times mine start out that way. Then something needs fixed, usually in a hurry.
Then I start zip tying stuff to pretty much anything.

 

[Greg Pack]

Looks great. I do think cush a clamps would be a good idea on high pressure lines to prevent chafing.. Has anyone tried the cush a claws that kleen rite sells?

Also, I can't stand white cable ties. Black ties look better and are usually UV resistant.

 

[Kimberly Berg]

I am wondering what other operators do to maintain your plumbings and hoses in a somewhat organized and aesthetically pleasing way. I am somewhat meticulate on how things are run so that its easy to follow and diagnose down the road. I am adding a triple foam unit to this setup and I need more space to attach and run the poly hose.

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2 years ago, we upgraded the low-pressure setup and kept our ARO pumps. I designed new matching manifolds, fabricated in stainless steel, replaced the solenoids (KIP), added large 4" gauges, color-coded the poly-tubing to match the Magic Wand system. Blue = Foam Brush, Green = Wax, Pink = PreSoak, Yellow = Tire Cleaner, White = Air. I have 5 SS bays. In the pump room, the White Air lines are on the left and the chemicals are on the right. In the bays, we ran new HP hoses, zip-tied the poly tubing, wrapped with short pieces of rubber hosing and secured with pipe straps. I'm thrilled with the look! Now it's easier to identify any chemical leaks, in the future. Customers are impressed! My father tragically passed away when I was 18 years old, and I'm grateful that I inherited his analytical, organization & engineering skills. My dad would absolutely LOVE my car wash & all that it's become!!

 

[David Rolf]

2 years ago, we upgraded the low-pressure setup and kept our ARO pumps. I designed new matching manifolds, fabricated in stainless steel, replaced the solenoids (KIP), added large 4" gauges, color-coded the poly-tubing to match the Magic Wand system. Blue = Foam Brush, Green = Wax, Pink = PreSoak, Yellow = Tire Cleaner, White = Air. I have 5 SS bays. In the pump room, the White Air lines are on the left and the chemicals are on the right. In the bays, we ran new HP hoses, zip-tied the poly tubing, wrapped with short pieces of rubber hosing and secured with pipe straps. I'm thrilled with the look! Now it's easier to identify any chemical leaks, in the future. Customers are impressed! My father tragically passed away when I was 18 years old, and I'm grateful that I inherited his analytical, organization & engineering skills. My dad would absolutely LOVE my car wash & all that it's become!!

That looks so nice. I'm never posting any pics of my equipment room. Being an aircraft technician I know the OCD of organization. I'm not there at my wash yet...

 

[Kimberly Berg]

I've been at this for 20 years now. It's been a labor of love! If you stick with it long enough, you'll get it all dialed in real nice. The original owners ran all the poly tubes through a 4" pipe the length of the bays. The tubing was black, then changed to red, green or yellow, depending on what excess poly tubing they had. Made it hard to find the source of any leak. I put this on my Wish List 18 years ago!

 

[Greg_T]

Where they are visible, our hoses are great - neatly arranged, not rubbing etc. However I have discovered that in areas that are less visible, it was a "dog's breakfast". In one location, a brass fitting was laying on top of a 24V multicore. Over time, the inevitable happened and electrical shorts shut down a bay.

 

[patkelly1336]

That sure is a thing of beauty. Our high pressure lines usually run through large diameter PVC through the floor of the equipment room and comes up through the floor of the wash tunnel. Our chemical and low pressure water lines as well as pneumatic lines usually run through holes in the upper walls from equipment room to wash tunnel. Whenever we have a high pressure line blow out, it is easily remedied with a rope tied to one end of the hose and pulled through.