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Commercials used to
brag about the house of the future that would be filled with labor-saving
conveniences. A central vacuum system should have had its place in those
commercials.
Using sewer pipe,
and a standard shop vac placed in the basement, in what they call the
Mechanical Room, above left, the Weingartens built a system that spares
them having to lug a vacuum canister all over the place. There are sockets
around the house, such as the one above right, that a vacuum hose can
be plugged into. After it runs through the shop vac, exhaust air is blown
outside the house instead of back into it, as with a typical vacuum. This
way, absolutely none of the dust re-enters the house.
Air quality is very
important in a snug house.
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