[Herdygirl]

OOOO intergrated vacuum system .......check you out Suzie! 

[tizaala]

And you don't need an alarm clock in a caravan, just throw a couple of slices of bread on the roof in the dark , then as soon as its light the birds will be hammering on the roof to wake you.

[lachlanandmarcus]

And you don't need an alarm clock in a caravan, just throw a couple of slices of bread on the roof in the dark , then as soon as its light the birds will be hammering on the roof to wake you.

haahaa!!! love it!!!

[Lesley Silvester]

Grey squirrels are very tasty but not much meat on one so you need one per person.

[Sylvia]

What IS an intregated vacuum system? (I've led a sheltered life!)

[suziequeue]

http://www.cvcdirect.co.uk/explained.html


Basically the suction motor is fixed (usually in utility room or garage) and ducting is installed around the house at the first fix (i.e. behind the plasterboard) and attached to the suction motor. At intervals around the house there are little nozzles the size of light switches. You insert your hose into the nozzle and it automatically switches on the vacuum motor and you vacuum in the same way. You can also have a nozzle at floor level in the kitchen so you just sweep kitchen mess to the hole in the skirting board, open the nozzle and it gets sucked away.


The collection cylinder has a capacity of about 5 litres.


This enables much more powerful vacuum engine, much greater intervals between emptyings and no having to drag the hoover around the house behind you. Only have to store the hose and attachments. There's even an attachment for animal grooming!!


When vacuum cleaners were first invented in Victorian times - this is how it used to work. House would be built with the ducting, a vacuum man would come with a portable motor, hook up to the ducting and then all the servants would frantically hoover away for a hour and the motor guy would move to the next house..... apparently

[tizaala]

The only drawback is having to dismantle the house to undo a blockage, 

[mab]

The only drawback is having to dismantle the house to undo a blockage, 

  I was thinking exactly that!

[Big Light]

You don't lose any value from your home when someone sights a caravan next door!!

[suziequeue]

There are filters built into the system so that anything likely to cause a blockage is filtered out at a level that is accessible. I have to say it's one of the first questions I asked the manufacturers about.