[faithfulfrank]

Thank you Gracie,
Actually, we are flying down there in the morning...should be at our Florida home by lunch. It's been six months since we have been in Florida, and while we had a wonderful western NY summer, we long for our Florida home.
Sadly, we will only be down there this time for about 2 weeks. Hopefully we can get up to The Villages at least for lunch or dinner this trip, as we are only about 13 miles south of you all.

The good news is that We are getting our NY home ready to sell now, and our goal is to be full time Floridians by next summer or fall.....

Anyway, did not mean to get off topic...I apologize.

Benefits of a central vac-
1) Quieter, since the motor and main unit is in your garage.
2) Exhaust is piped outside, so you are not stirring up as much dust.
3) Powerful.
4) less to lug around. No cord to wind up.
5) Change the bag like once a year or longer. Easy to do.

Downside-
1) Perhaps higher initial cost
2) You don't get a new one every few years. (Nice you don't want to)
3) Sometimes a long hose gets to be a slight pain.
4) Have to hang up the hose in a closet. (Although I'm not familiar with the unit that hides in the wall.)
5) Sometimes your wife might leave the hose lying around the floor to trip on in the middle of the night if she forgot to put it away, maybe hoping YOU would try to use it....

We've vacuumed up tons of pine needles, drywall dust, etc....never ever clogged the pipes, etc.

What is REALLY fun is when you have the automatic dustpan thing under a kitchen cabinet. First, make some popcorn. Then ask your dog if they want some popcorn. Then throw a piece of popcorn on the floor in front of the dustpan. NOTE: you got to have the dustpan turned on. Then you watch your dog try to get the piece of popcorn before it gets sucked up.

Your wife will tell you that you are mean. You on the other hand will almost wet your pants laughing. your dog will not think it is funny, so it might be good to let her get a few every so often. NOTE: if you do this too long, wife will get mad.

Frank

[tsew22]

Hi Everyone, Thank you again for all your good information. We just love this site, our home is under agreement here in MA. Please cross your fingers all goes well. We should be in TV, first part of Dec. to start our process of building. Three long years of thinking about this, but we are confident we have made the right decision. God Bless all of you, and look forward to meeting soon.

[mulligan]

tsew22-where in MA ?

[tsew22]

We both grew up in Quincy and have lived in Easton for 20+ years.

[mulligan]

I seem to remember, when I was a kid, about 200 years ago, there was a big barn in easton, that had been converted to an ice cream stand. We used to stop there on the way home from the cape on sunday night. Absolutely the most incredible ice cream.

[bike42]

Originally Posted by Canabarrybarb

I've installed central vac myself in 2 homes but decided to have a contractor install for me here in The Villages just so that I didn't have to crawl around in the attic insulation.

Would you mind sharing the name of the contractor and the approximate cost?
Thanks!

[Canabarrybarb]

Sunshine Central Vacuum of Summerfield installed our system for about $2K (including the hide-a-hose system which sucks the hose back into the wall when you are finished). The are affiliated with The Solar Guys. Phone 352-307-6581. We were very pleased with their professional approach.

I've installed 3 central vac systems myself so I was watching their work carefully. Excellent staff.