Yes, many. Usually, very easily; 'last one I retrofitted was the 3500 SF
105-year Georgian colonial revival (basement and crawlspace, 2 story,
walk-up attic) house I've lived in for 22 years. I've often been able to
find a "chase" big enough or, at times, the back corner of a closet.
2" thin-wall plastic piping; 10' lengths + all fittings, couplings, etc.
Nutone is one brand I remember right now. 'Several other brands, too.
Check building supply, Lowes, etc.
'Don't think my main supplier, Pullman, of 30 years ago does domestic vacs
any more; they build lots of commercial, industrial vac equip.
Is crawlspace near the access door tall enough for power unit, or is attic
easily accessible enough for power unit? Power unit could also go in garage
or utility closet.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,53310"
<meade.m.dil...@navy.mil>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
Anyone ever retro-fit a house with central vacuum? My house is two
story, has crawl space easily accessible and attic as well.
I've fished various wires down the walls from above - what size piping
is required for central vac?
-Max
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:39 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
I've been using central vacs for 42 years; 'even designed and installed
systems in IBM, AT&T and DuPont labs at Research Triangle Park, Raleigh,
etc., while I was off active duty from USAF and playing boy-student
'68-'71.
Power unit for the system I've been using here for 22 years is one I
"made"
using an old Sears shop vac tank with a Lamb motor/fan assembly left
over from one of the RTP jobs after I converted the RTP system to
operate VERY well and nearly maintenance-free by shooting compressed air
through a venturi.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "LWB250" <lwb...@yahoo.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
Central vacs are definitely the way to go. While the initial upfront
cost
is high, the convenience and efficiency of a central vac system blows
(sucks?) away any portable vac.
Not to mention not having to empty it out buy maybe once or twice a
year...
We have built a couple of homes with central vacs, and I would do it
again
without hesitation.
Dan
--- On Sat, 12/4/10, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 10:06 AM
Central vac beats them all, we've got
a cheap one and it'll put a drunk sorority girl to shame...
Get too close to one of those plastic grocery bags and
*sluurrpp* its gone!
I also like that we only need to empty the thing once a
year, no bags either...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:06:38 -0500
From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] The W123 of vacuum cleaners
Message-ID: <1291471598.9250.1408627...@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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We
have an Oreck. It's a good vacuum, better than the Royal
it replaced,
but I don't think they really live up to the legend. Open
one up to
change the belt---it's all plastic and the motor doesn't
look like
much. Hotels use them because they are light and they
vacuum every
day---they never have to pick up a lot of deep dirt.
For pure
suction, I think our Kenmore canister has the Oreck beat by
a fair
margin. It's not as easy to use or nearly as light,
though.
Allan
On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:00 -0800, "Kevin Kraly" <kr...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> They've been making Orecks with the same basic design
for 47 years, man
> that's a long time! The new one has a LED light on
the front, hepa outer
> bag and hepa filter bags as well. We'll see how it
stacks up to the
> Dyson
> DC14 and the old Kirby Heritage II Legend. We have
plenty of a challenge
> for any vacuum with two low shedding Labradoodle guide
dogs, a high
> shedding
> retired black Lab, a Lhasa Apso, a Maltese and a few
cats.
>
> Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon
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