Anyone here have a central Vacuum?

[mizzou]

The 70s called; they want their central vac back.

pretty much this.


I honestly have a hard time understanding why someone would even consider a whole house vaccuum, unless this was some sort of business or workshop. I would rather store a vacuum cleaner then store dozens of feet of hose in a closet.

 

[vi edit]

pretty much this.


I honestly have a hard time understanding why someone would even consider a whole house vaccuum, unless this was some sort of business or workshop. I would rather store a vacuum cleaner then store dozens of feet of hose in a closet.

Just really depends on your flooring types and what is living in your house.

Two young kids, in the country, and a dog. My hardwood floors and tile were a disaster on a daily basis. 30 seconds with a broom and a kick to the floor pan and things were mostly clean. Dog hair and sand was the worst. Can't really sweep that up easily. Just get it near the pan and it would get sucked up and away. Beats sweeping into a handheld dustpan.

 

[mizzou]

curious...do these things need HEPA filters nowadays?

 

[vi edit]

curious...do these things need HEPA filters nowadays?

It's not really useful since they typically exhaust out to a garage/non living space. I don't think I've seen any HEPA filter bags for whole house systems. The bags are huge...like a medium sized garbage can.

 

[Moonbeam]

I'm thinking about getting a robot vacuum for the house I am remodeling. Will have lots of hardwood and tile.

 

[Howard]

I've used both and I think I prefer the central. Not having to lug around the canister is great, especially for stairs. I also sweat less since I don't have an intense heat source operating right next to my body.

 

[kamal sharma]

Hi,

I have a central vacuum unit and one Black and decker vh780 vacuum cleaner. My central vacuum is quite noisy otherwise provides good services.

 

[ivwshane]

Sorry for bumping an old thread (honestly I didn't even know this forum existed).

While researching whole home vacs, I too read about what a pain it was to lug and pull out/put away the hose but then I saw this;

Hideahose
http://www.hideahose.com

The only negative I can see is that it doesn't support a powered head.
Has anyone used a non powered head, what are your thoughts? I know they aren't as good as the powered ones but are they worse than a standard vac?

 

[Raizinman]

We have an Electrolux central vac and have had it for about 15 years. We love it. The suction is very strong. We have all the attachments and they fit into a cabinet broom closet. We also have a hook up in the garage and have a plain vinyl hose there so that we can vacuum out the cars and garage. Much stronger than any handheld vacuum. We supplement the central vac with a Roomba robotic vacuum and thus only bring out the central vac about once a month or so. The two vacs work good together. We built our house and thus built in for the central vac at the time of construction. Obviously, adding this to a regular home now would be cost prohibitive. At the time, the Electrolux was the Cadillac of central vacs.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I have central vac. The house came pre-plumbed for it. I put in a Beam central vac 20 years ago. Never a problem with it. Plenty of suction power, never requires a vacuum bag. I have a craftman wet dry vac as backup in case I need to use a vacuum at night. It's as loud as a hurricane when running. Some have the power units that run from the vacuum hose terminal. Mine is all air powered not wired for electrical outlet.

 

[Hans Gruber]

There is no downside to central vac so long as it's installed with new construction. I don't see the cost benefit of installing central vac into an existing home because the plumbing of the central vac is so invasive. They would have to cut through studs and rip out the walls to setup a central vac system.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Shark 4 lyf

I was such a stupid asshole when I posted this.

Miele > *

 

[Red Squirrel]

I have a Singer from 1982 so I don't imagine it's better than a modern portable vacuum, but it does work well and it's probably going to outlive me. They don't make stuff like they used to.

Only thing that's kind of annoying is if I need to vacuum a small area it's kind of a pain to lug the whole hose around. I suppose having more inlets around the house and a shorter hose would help for that though. Could still have a separate longer hose too for when you do the whole house.