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Old 11-26-2013, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Paulz View Post
I agree. We had Premier install a system several weeks ago and it works great. The Vacuflo has a feature where the hose stores in the vacuum tube in the wall. We have a 50' and 30' house in our house, both are very manageable. If you are into the coolness factor it is a hard feature to pass up.
We had central vac systems in the two houses before we moved here. While I liked them, storing the very long hose was always a problem. So I liked when they came out with the system where the hose stores in the wall, but wonder two things: will the retraction system eventually lose it's oomph, and can you have this system installed in an already-built house without ripping up the walls and having to spackle and repaint?

Another feature we weren't crazy about... the hose marking up the baseboards when dragging it around corners, etc., if you were not careful. And if you were on more than one floor, you had to carry 50' of hose up or down the stairs. If you have a retraction system, would there be a retracted hose on each floor?
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