Ducted Vacuums

[silentC]

Well, looks like Midge was right: two affirmative, two negative and a few indifferent.

If we put one in, there will be a port in the garage for sure. Friends have one and that's their only complaint.

So I'll look into Valet.

[silentC]

Three affirmative. Looking better

[Gumby]

Guys, why are we wasting time on this ?

It's women's work !!!

[gsouth]

Had one installed when we renovated - 3 years ago and not a hitch -
Mum and Dad put theirs in, and it's been going strong now for over 10 years.

When we had it installed the guy came out with a long piece of rope to get the ducts in the right position.

Another neat feature he added was a vent in the kitchen kick board... you simply sweep the crumbs near it, cick the on switch and it's gone... no need to drag the vacuum out for a small cleanup of crumbs....

Would do it again without hesitation - minimise the 90 deg bends... put pipes when you can access if you need (Roof or Floor cavity)

Geoff

[Tikki]

Guys, why are we wasting time on this ?

It's women's work !!!

Looking for a reddie Gumby?????

[Auld Bassoon]

I think they're a bit of a gimmick at present. Not very big, so you'd be emptying them all the time. Now if they could go to the bin and empty themselves, I'd get one

In some parts of the world these are available. They're called a "maid":eek:

[Harry72]

One of them ducted lads would sure be a great system for the workshop...

[Zed]

one of the rellies has a ducted one he's never complained.

I had a dyson cyclonic and it was a POS once it clogged up the hepa. the hepa filters aint cheap.

I have a pullman now that I wear on my shoulders as I promenade around my house suckng up crap which my wife "makes me do". it has bags which are cheap ($10 for 10) or 3 bags for $19... from the vacuum shop - the bags are the plain brown ones without special attachment doodads for the fittings (oyu know thew ones that look like sanga bags ?) never clogs, takes ages to fill and useful for chasing and sucking up insects flying around the house. not even particularly noisy.

BTW; id never get a dyson again . the pullman is only 400w but out sucks the 650 to 100 w home machines by far... the pullmans are all industrial so can go all day. it was also cheaper by a few hundered too...

dont forget the built in ones have lots of inertia in the pipelines that they have to suck all the time reducing the efficiency....

my 2c.

[Groggy]

My neighbour has a ducted vac. Every time she turns it on my poor dog goes troppo trying to get away from it. Something special about the noise it makes, as the shop vac, dusty, BS, TS, jointer, thicknesser and just about anything else doesn't phase her.

[soundman]

I recon the same laws applying to pool filter pumps should apply to built in vacks.
One of our neibours has one & I ca hear it clear as a bell 80 metres away & its on the other side of the house.
Imagine the noise in a suburban location.
cheers

[Driver]

We installed a ducted vacuum system when we built this house about 17 years ago.

For all the reasons Brother Midge mentioned (miles of hose, damage to architraves etc etc) and because it was never very efficient, we gave up on it and bought an Electrolux some while back.

It's quieter, works fine and it hasn't got 15 miles of soddin' tubing that you have to coil up and thrust into a cupboard when you've finished (have you seen the movie: "Anaconda"? - it's like Bambi compared to this bloody boa constricting hose monster!)

[ivanavitch]

Another Affirmative
I put one in the last house I built. 2 points in the house an another in the garage where the unit was mounted.

Pros. Noise is outside, dust goes outside.
Cons. If you get another house you are up for another vac.

[Gumby]

Looking for a reddie Gumby?????

No thanks

But at least I'm the only one brave enough to speak the truth.

And Zed, doing the vacuuming, you should be ashamed of yourself. You've let down a lot of primates who used to look up to you.

Now I have to leave, got to wash the dishes before I go to work. :eek:

[RufflyRustic]

Guys, why are we wasting time on this ?

It's women's work !!!

Not in my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RR

[RETIRED]

We have had a ducted system for 15 years. No problems. Ours goes through the roof and has an out side outlet for vacuuming cars and rugs.

It has blocked a little on the odd occassion but a marble sent through the system generally clears it. Bloody good fun too.

A hint: if it can be done put the inlets at about chest height. It saves bending down to floor level and makes for easier connections.