You could say, I was in a vacuum today.
We are the proud owners of four vacuum cleaners.
I have access to three of them. Shop-vac belongs to Kirk and is in the shop.
My favorite is the "Rainbow" which I use all the time, until today. The "Eureka" is for small jobs or quick clean-up situations. We also have a "Beam" central vac.
Years ago, I learned there are two things you do not try to vacuum with a household vacuum cleaner. Ashes and dry-wall dust will clog up a filter in a heart-beat.
When we purchased this home (Nov. 1, 2005) one of the things that excited us was the central vac. The excitement soon disappeared when it wouldn't pick anything up. (it doesn't suck) After asking the previous owners about it, I resigned myself to the fact it didn't work and never tried using it again.
I don't know what possessed me to try using the central vac today. It still didn't suck. Stubborn streak kicked in and I was determined to find out why. Taking the vacuum apart I noticed there was a hole in the filter bag. Getting the filter out was another project. Starting out being careful to aggressive I did get it out and was covered in dust in the process. Being well into it, I now take my problems to Kirk. As usual, he stops what he is doing and sews patches in the filter.
It looks like someone in the past vacuumed hot ashes or cigarette, as all the holes (Kirk found more holes) were burn holes. It is patched for now and working great.
All is well for now. We have a working central vac. We plan on having a service person check the motor and buy a new filter. My life SUCKS. Yippee
1 comment:
Had no idea you had a new job! looks like you are getting on well with it anyways. You took the job for the free dounuts at the end of the day didn't you? haha jk
Finally found time to cheak up on you just done my march exams today!
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