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Kenny's observation "Every home I’ve been to that has a central vac, always has another upright or canister." How many data points are you referring to Kenny? Two houses that had a central vac and another vac? More?? Of course, your best answer comes from the source. The person who has the...

false generations Just came upon this thread, a couple of years late, lol. I see people attempting to justify their preferences for not having a central vacuum on totally false globalizations. I think some people who are against central cacs have never had one one, but hear the false old...

mid-1950's?? http://knoxville.craigslist.org/atq/4561851486.html

wow Wow, what fascinating information Bob! Indeed you have done some remarkable research. You brought back some names I haven't heard of in a long time, like Regina and Lewyt. I remember the Shetland Lewyt machines from the late sixties, or so, very well. And just as you say, Rob, central...

You have a massive undertaking, Alex. But a fun one. Hope you get to feeling better. Tell Felecia to be a little more careful of her master. :) Anything you can come up with on central vacs, I hope you share with us. I thought it was the mid to late 50's that NuTone introduced their...

central vac history Found an short article about central vac history, please see attached. Our discussion, and Alex's information, got me interested. BTW, The Wright Brothers lived a relatively modest life. The one splurge they did make was for the Hawthorn Hill House. Their dad and sister...

interesting You didn't burst my bubble at all, Robert, there wasn't any bubble to begin with. I never said it was the first central vac, I posted' "first central vac??" as in "was it?" hehe Your information was very interesting. Nutone is way off the mark. Maybe they meant theirs was the...

Before moving to Tennessee about three years ago, I grew up and lived in Dayton, Ohio. In Dayton is the house (called Hawthorn Hill) which was designed by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1912. Sadly Wilbur passed away from typhoid fever before it was completed. But the house had many modern...

filtration Good point, Rob. The windtunnel filters are pretty thick. I am going to try and find some muslin cloth.

Thanks for the ideas, Jordan and Rob. You got me to thinking. What is I took the post allergan filter (the green/white layered cloth one, not the pleated one) for the Windtunnel upright, and cut it to fit the pre-motor filter on the Dimension?

Does anyone know of microfiltration bags that will fit the Hoover Dimension 1000? I can find the actual Hoover "M" bags quite easily, but they are not the microlined like many of todays bags for better filtration. I thought some of you might know of other brands or types of of microfiltration...