Found 7 results for the keyword ‘Vacuum’

• Just how do you install a central vac through old walls?

  Most portable vacuum cleaners have fairly poor filters. Sure most of the real "dirt" gets caught in the bag, but much of the very fine stuff just blows out the back end. A central vac has the same problem, but because it is placed in one place, it can have a much stronger motor to allow it to d...

• Sweep into a fixed vacuum.

  Wish you could just sweep your shavings into a hole in the floor?You can almost do that by installing a vacuum floor head on the wall as in the photo. Then you just turn on the vacuum and sweep into the slot.These are available in the central vacuum section of renovation centres.

• Overview: Finishing Hardwood Floors

  I get a lot of questions about choosing and applying a finish to a hardwood floor.First understand that there is no one right answer -- there are a lot of products that each has certain advantages over the others and you need to select the properties that are the most important to you. There are...

• Keeping a central vac in good shape.

  Many people do not realize that it is necessary to clean out the bucket of a central vac as soon as it is half full, not only to keep it working properly but to avoid extra stress on the motor.Watch the suction level at every outlet. If it is weak, there is a clog someplace, which must be cle...

• Central Vacs -- Indoor or Outdoor exhaust?

  Health officials all recommend that central vacuum systems should exhaust outdoors while most installers do not put in an outdoor exhaust pipe.A few conflicting facts:The cost of piping the exhaust air outdoors is about $75 installed.Central vacs are noisy and a few municipalities have begun to...

• Green ooze from electrical outlets???

  Yes it happens -- but Why? Two viewers have strange problems with their electrical outlets. One has had bright green oily ooze coming out of an electrical outlet on and off for the last two years. Changing the outlet didn't stop it. Another has green deposits at the outlet every time she uses he...

• A draft free mail slot - a counter top garbage trap - a central vac sweep door:

  Three of the most useful SLOTS you have ever seen.

    Slots are simply small passageways through something. In this segment we looked at three very nifty Slots -- all completely different.   THE INSULATED MAIL SLOT   How about a through the door mail slot that does not give you cold drafts? The Draft Dodger has two gasketed and spring load...