To the Editor:

We would like to thank everyone for your support and concern in the aftermath of our fire. Although the fire was confined to our equipment room thanks to the Voorheesville fire department, the resulting damage was more severe than originally thought, with equipment and controls for the automatic and self-service bays compromised beyond repair.

At this time, we are working with our insurance company and its adjuster. Unfortunately, with the amount of claims due to the severe winter, this puts us in line with a lot of other people making claims.

Work is progressing with the damaged equipment moved out and the fire restoration cleanup to hopefully be completed this week. We anticipate being able to order the new equipment within the next week. This is specialty equipment that has to be made to order (unfortunately not sitting on a shelf somewhere) and will take some time to arrive and then be installed.

We do not have a timetable for completion right now, but we are trying to move things along as quickly as possible. We're very sorry for any inconvenience, as this has happened during the busy washing season and we thank you for your continued patience and support. We will reopen as soon as possible!

Again, we would like to thank the Voorheesville Volunteer Fire Department for its fast response enabling them to control the situation.

Timm Baldauf and

The crew from Advanced Car Wash