Spouse says yes to central vac, but not hide a hose. please advis
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I just tested regular central vac and Hide a Hose system
Comments (66)The first one I had was Ricar when the house was being built. They came out about 4 times. It would work when they left, but still never enough power. Then I would have trouble with the hoses not going in or coming out. Then I got electrolux to come out and they put in all new ports or outlets, and new hoses. Still not enough power and the same with the hose problems. They did do a few things in the attic with the pipes. Now I have Drainvac which is the high powered unit I got the electrician to install. Great suction power but hoses still get stuff in the pipes. If I only had clear pipes I could see where the blockage is. We have a call into the head people at the original company that installed the pipes. It was a Hide A Hose system. We are hoping they will recommend someone who really knows how the install and service them. I have almost 9k in this system now and still not happy. My sister built a new house the same time and did not want it. She has a rainbow somebody gave her. She is laughing all the time about what I am going thru. I never had any trouble before until I got Hide a Hose....See MoreSo what's the con of central vacuum systems?
Comments (21)Had a VacuFlo in the last house and told DH I wouldn't move unless I could have it in the new house as well. I didn't have HAH and planned to install it in this house, but the two area installers have no experience with it and were very negative. That, coupled with the additional cost (which for all I know, might have been inflated. They really didn't want to learn this new stuff) made DH very negative, too, so I gave it up. I had a vac pan in the old kitchen and used it almost daily -- My Golden Retriever made wads of shed hair and the vac pan was GREAT to get rid of it. I planned two in this house but the installer talked me into Vrooms instead. Jury's still out on those. We're not moved in yet so I haven't really learned their pros and cons. I wouldn't live without a central vac. Yes, the long hose is annoyhing, but not nearly as annoying as a push vac that lets dust back in the air....See MoreIs Central Vacuum worth it in multi-story house?
Comments (18)"amirm, why is central vac better on wood/tile? " 'case you don't need any other contraption at the end of the hose to clean the floors. You just have a light hose to take around, and the performance is wonderful and better than an upright in this respect. And you get all the other benefits of external venting, noise, etc. Maybe we should get a better power head for ours but to me, once you mess around with attachment, half the fun of a central system is out the door :). An upright then is easier to take around since you just have a light electric cord, rather than the big hose to drag around. I tolerate using it on carpet but my wife will not touch it and only uses the upright....See MoreDIY Central Vac?
Comments (14)Rona here is a gong show. I spent a half an hour on hold waiting to talk to sales about window wells the other day before I gave up and went to Lowes. If they didn't offer airmiles, and were the closest hardware store to my site, I wouldn't ever buy from them. By the way, thanks for the tip on the Wolfa. They are nice, but expensive for the size I need. I think I'm going to have the framer build out terraced boxes with pressure treated beams. And then I can plan stuff in them, so the view won't be so bad. My lumber is coming from a local yard, and they do give me a materials list based on my plans, which is nice. But they've completely screwed up. They've given me at least 50% too many studs because they *assumed* we'd do 16" on center for the exterior walls, but we're doing 24" in order to increase the insulation. So I was going over the plans to see if I can use them elsewhere, but the upper floors aren't as tall. So now I need to convince them to take them back and give me a refund, and reduce the number they send me in the next load. And I'm trying to get a quote for my tall walls (I have 2 sections of wall that are 2 stories tall, and 2 sections that are three stories tall!). But I have no idea what they are quoting on. The engineering company provided a list of materials, and I sent that and the drawings to the lumber yard, and they came back claiming the list of materials is wrong, and gave me a quote that I can't figure out what they're supplying. Engineer says we need some 4x10 beams, 30' long. Lumber company is quoting nothing by that size. But they ARE quoting 1788 of something, and the list of materials has nothing in that quantity. That's probably linear feet of something, but it's a size we don't need. Ah, the phone calls to be made on Monday morning....See MoreTWINCREEKS
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