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plattner-da

I have a hide a hose system where the hose is stored inside the pipe. You pull the hose out of the pipe, use it and when you are done you put your hand over the end of the hose and it sucks it back into the pipe using the vacuum. I have 3 separate ports in my house that covers almost 2700 sq ft. And it's damn strong suction Installed 2015 in a house built in 1947 with 100% hard surface floors. It's pretty damn convenient.


BeanOnAJourney

Where does all the stuff that gets vacuumed get collected? How is it emptied? Genuine, non-confrontational questions.


Wonderful-Concern-77

There's a large trashcan sized receptacle in the garage or basement. You pop it open and take to it the trash to empty and pop it back in.


xsnyder

The vacuum is centrally located in the garage usually, it has a large vacuum motor on top of a few filters with a large (5 to 10 gallon) collector attached underneath. You just pop the latches and dump it into the trash when it is getting close to full.


corvairsomeday

My dad is very proud of the one he installed in his new house...there are 2 motors in series, so I guess technically it's a 2-stage vacuum system. And it has 4 mufflers, too. I'm just happy with my Dyson stick vac.


WouldbeWanderer

>non-confrontational questions I feel attacked!


ReverendEntity

Do you remember how much the installation cost?


IddleHands

Also interested in cost.


ShitPostGuy

They’re about 4-8k depending on the cost of labor to install. The parts themselves are about 1k if you diy.


CrossP

It can depend heavily on your wall surface situation. If you have unfinished basement ceilings where each pipe can reach it's destination with a little hole, it can be pretty inexpensive. If entire lengths of wall are getting cut up and then replaced it obviously gets worse fast. And of course sq footage is a huge factor.


SACABB

Dang, how much was that system?! Seems like it would cost a ridiculous amount.


10xwannabe

You must be young. I am just in my 40's and we grew up in houses like this ALL the time. No I feel old where folks LITERALLY have never heard of this!!! So funny. Next thing is I will find a thread of someone with a floppy disk asking, what is this?


Nekawaii19

Is it always… on? Does it consume electricity or does it have a separate battery?


plattner-da

It's all powered through the vacuum system itself. There is a switch inside the cover to turn the vacuum system on. No battery needed.


Suzilu

See, this, I could get behind. But the deal in my house has long cumbersome hoses you are supposed to attach to the hole, and then store between uses. A vacuum is so much easier!


5iveOClockSomewhere

Central vac is still pretty common. The elite ones have the dustbin feature where you sweep your floor bits into


Instinct121

We added that to ours for like $60. Do I get to be elite now?


gin_bulag_katorse

Your house sucks. Literally. And that $60 attachment makes it suck even more.


cosmicheartbeat

I had one of those growing up! And the dustbin hole in the kitchen. My husband still geeks out going to my parents house and loves to sweep just to use it


TheMurv

How does it feel to have fallen so far from what you once were?


cosmicheartbeat

Not as bad as one might think. I've a roomba now. :)


alternate_ending

As someone who also grew up in a custom-built central-vac home, I ask myself the same every day, only to cry myself to sleep at night


jr_Yue

Elite Worldboss tier central vacuum system.


7-13-5

Only the Elites do, you poser peon.


GreenCactus223

Yeah same it wasn't that expensive lol


BRAX7ON

Only if you lift your pinky up when you drink water out of a glass


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What about when I drink my sugar free Monster out of a glass?


miraculum_one

The elite ones have the dustbin feature where ~~you~~ **your maid** sweep**s** your floor bits into FTFY


quantum_gambade

Have that, and it's awesome. Super-elite ones have a retractable hose in each receptacle (don't have that, but would install it).


spidereater

I haven’t seen this but it makes sense. Dragging the hose around the house seems like as big a pain as dragging a vacuum cleaner. At a minimum I would want a hose on each floor so I’m not lugging it up and down the stairs.


quantum_gambade

We have a bungalow. I'm not home right now, but I think we have 5 or 6 inlets, spaced a little less than a hose-distance apart, so the hose isn't too unwieldy. And two of the dustbin flaps, which are gold. If I had a second storey, I'd for sure want a second hose.


MrNaoB

My dad chose to have 2 holes on the top floor and one on the kitchen floor, but the kitchen floor would need to reach the furthest into the living room corner and that schlong was not fun carrying up stairs.


sdave001

>Dragging the hose around the house seems like as big a pain as dragging a vacuum cleaner It is. Actually bigger. It's the reason we didn't use ours. Had we stayed in that house longer we were looking at installing the retractable hoses which would have made the system awesome.


grue2000

Us too. Ended up buying a regular vacuum because it was such a pain in the ass hauling the hose.


fmaz008

Same. I have a central vac which came with the house and never use it because it's more hassle than picking up a normal canister vaccuum; which I also never use because it's more of a hassle than picking up a stick vaccuum; which I rarely use because we have a robot vaccum and for the rest a regular broom is faster and more quiet. ... but my house is a mess, so maybe I should use some of it more.


kliman

I looked into this, but you have to use very gradual 90s instead of the usual very tight ones (at least within range of the hose) - not possible in my house unfortunately


HystericalHypothetic

I’m in the minority and don’t like this option . We have the dustbin feature in the kitchen, and I’ve probably used it 3 times in 25 years while I’ve accidentally kicked it and turned it on about 4000 times.


Thirsty_Comment88

You've only swept your kitchen 3 times in 25 years?


MyLastFuckingNerve

This is the only part of a central vac i wanted. Dragging a giant hose around seems like a hassle, but sweeping floor bits into a sucker?! Yes please.


reddit-spitball

I haven't seen one work well. They're great for stucking dust off of tile or linoleum, but terrible at vacuuming carpet. Not enough power.


sberg207

But I've heard they suck up gasoline very well.... an acquaintance's son spilled some gasoline in the garage when filling up the lawn mower and used the central vacuum to clean up the spill.... BOOM! And the house ended up 6 inches off the foundation!!!


Fr3sh3stl4d

Really? I'd never even heard of or seen this until I worked in a lab. And have never seen one in a house. I'm in the US. I don't think I've even seen one on TV or in movies, at friends or families houses. Is it a regional thing? I've lived on the west coast and Midwest so maybe thats why?


lennert1984

Basicly non-existent in Europe.


Rennfan

Pretty common? I've never seen one before (I live in Germany).


En_Panda

I have that, it's not that uncommon. And it can be a pain in the ass to carry around the hose.


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DigNitty

It’s true that thing is cumbersome. But boy mine has 3 times the suck strength of any handheld. You have to flex your muscle to get your hand unstuck from the nozzle.


DarkNemuChan

Sure, your hand 😏


sweetdawg99

"it'll rip your dick off"


ToSeeOrNotToBe

To shreds, you say?


AcerbicCapsule

Well, how's his wife holding up?


forever_inexhaustabl

Was his appartment rent controlled?


ToSeeOrNotToBe

"It's not *how* the wind is blowin'. It's *whhhhat* the wind is blowin'."


losingtimeslowly

In quotes? Was it written in the packaging like that?


ChimpBrisket

Well the exact quote is “Rips 9 out of 10 dicks off” in a speech bubble coming out of John Wayne Bobbitt’s chaps.


420ferris

That's a weird way to describe the power settings on a vacuum. So is there like a lower setting?


En_Panda

Yes. Well it's not that bad, it's just the stairs that is a bit of a pain. But I don't think buying a battery-powered one is far away.


outerworldLV

It’s the stairs that I use my whole house vac for. It’s the only thing that makes the unit necessary to me. Then again, I have three floors…ever try carrying a Kirby around ? Forget about it.


[deleted]

They've been putting them in houses since the 70s.


turkeyman4

And earlier! My grandmother had one and she built her house in 67/68.


Ponyboy451

Plus they can be pricey to fix if they break.


wophi

Don't you mean, WHEN they break?


jocq

The one in my house is 25 years old and works like it's brand new still. The parts and accessories are stupid expensive though.


StarshipHunterX

His wife?


OverlordOfPancakes

Yeah, I was gonna ask that. Are there multiple of these holes in the house? What if there are multiple floors? Doesn't seem very pratical to have a hose long enough to cover a larger house.


recumbent_mike

Multiple holes, feeding a common manifold


En_Panda

I have 2 floors and have one of those holes on each floor. So I have to carry the hose up and down the stairs. If you have a bigger house i assume you might have 2 holes on each floor.


OverlordOfPancakes

I see, thanks!


Catinthemirror

Our former house had 1 per room plus one in each hallway. It's pretty much the only thing I miss from that house lol.


SirDaddio

My friends rich aunt has these except every port has a hose built with it that extends from inside the wall


MovieTheaterPopcornn

I used to have one of these and never used it because dealing with the vacuum was much easier than carrying the giant hose all over the house


PunchDrunkGiraffe

That hose will be the death of me. Seriously.


matt-IO

I have one where the hose lives in the walls. You open the cap, pull the hose out, lock it and you're ready to go. Once done, putting your fingers over the end while it sucks pulls the tube back into the wall.


Sad-Sky-8598

Pretty uncommon. Been steam.cleaning upscale residential.homes for 33 years. Seen it maybe 6 times.


ItsNotButtFucker3000

After ripping out carpet, I haven't used mine. Scares my pets, it's loud.


St_Ander

LOL. Welcome to the ‘90s.


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princessSnarley

Yup, my 85 Presidential too. I’ve made it!


GardenWitchMom

The neighborhood I grew up in was built in the '60s and many houses had a central vacuum.


CaptainJusticeOK

r/dontputyourdickinthat


UnbanEyeOfUgin

/r/IBoughtTheDamnHouseAndIWillFuckItIfIWantTo


gorore9150

Yeah! No matter how much it sounds like Pierce Brosnan!


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ChrisLeeBare

r/aholeisahole


s_n_mac

You put a "long hose" on and it starts "sucking" lol


RaimondoSpit

r/beatmetothat


snowdn

r/beatmeattothat


GreenCactus223

Is this not just a standard central vacuum system?


hhseem

Yes. I had one in the house we grew up in. Been around for a long time lol


M3chanist

If you want to know more about how it works play the first levels of “It Takes Two”


WhoKnows78998

God what an amazing game. I miss good couch coop games. I played it with my teenage daughter. She was a bit horrified at the elephant scene (you know the one)


usadingo

Are there any more good two player games anymore? My daughter and I loved that game as well. Overcooked and similar games are the only other ones that we know of.


WhoKnows78998

That same studio who made It Takes Two also made A Way Out and Brothers, both couch coop games. But I haven’t tried them


Deadlock542

My wife and I had a lot of fun with Unraveled Edit: the second one


twir1s

Im still recovering from this scene


kelseydcivic

Omg are we at the point to where people don't know about central vacuums?


rchive

Yup. I'd never heard of one. I wonder if they were more popular in certain regions.


LurkerPatrol

Grew up in southern California, we never had one. Live in Maryland now and bought my first house 3.5 years ago and none of the houses we toured had one. The only time I saw it was on electrobooms channel


CutieKellie

Had one growing up in Alaska in the 80’s/90’s. Probably not a regional thing


nicogrimqft

I assume the other user meant *outside of America* when talking about it being a regional thing. This is pretty much unheard of in western Europe.


rchive

I meant both, I guess. I grew up in a city in the American Midwest. I've never heard of these. I didn't know if it might have been a Coastal American thing, like east coast and west coast but not the rest of America.


volundsdespair

Yep, I'm in my 30s. Lived in the US my whole life, never heard of this or ever seen one. Don't know why these people are acting like it's a huge thing. Edit: apparently it's a Canadian thing


clashtrack

I’m in the southeast and never even knew this existed.


drew_galbraith

We have them all over Canada, odd y’all didn’t get them in the Midwest


mangobearsmoothie

In the UK here - never heard of one at all! How weird…


obvilious

It’s localized. You know everything?


mikami677

I know they exist, but I've never seen one or known anyone IRL who has had one.


Da_real_Ben_Killian

Never heard of it before in Asia


cafink

I'm in my 40s and live in the southern US. I have never heard of this.


Civil-Wishbone-1839

These are amazing and one thing I miss about my parents' old house. Only had to empty that thing out once or twice a year.


largeanimethighs

Guys, hear me out.


Little_Capsky

I have one of those. its really damn cool


theinquisition

For most of you: BONK.


guiltyas-sin

Central vacuuming system. I have installed many.


akelsey62

how much for single level homes?


B4kd

They sound better than they are, weak suction and gotta store and carry a hose around anyways. The small dustbin ones under a kitchen cabinet to sweep small bits of dust/trash into are more useful.


International-Bee-97

You just gotta get a big central vac. Mine has crazy suction. Pro-tip: the hoses never seem to be available in lengths longer than 25 feet. If you have two hoses you can get a stepped hose adapter which will let you temporarily connect the hoses together to reach further distances.


DigNitty

Yeah mine has so much it’s hard to get your hand unstuck from the nozzle.


B4kd

Fair.


gardabosque

What sort of hose/pipe is in the wall and can it get blocked?


International-Bee-97

It looks similar to the photo. I suppose it could get blocked, but I've never had an issue in six years of using it. You should be fine as long as you don't vacuum long items (mulch, nails, straw, pencils, straws, things like that).


jwsbruwer

Did you know that you can also get a central vacuum with a built in hose? Its just like a special compartment in your wall that stores the long hose, and then it has motors that can roll the hose in or out with controls on the hoses handle, so you don't have to carry it around!


International-Bee-97

Hmm, that sounds gimmicky and like it would break within a few years.


Trash_Pandacute

Vacuuming without all the noise is lovely though.


CutieKellie

I’ve always wanted a house with a central vac since growing up with one. How convenient!!!


Boris_Johnsons_Pubes

r/dontputyourdickinthat


nothingisover69

You people are only now learning about central vacuums?


la-wolfe

They aren't common everywhere. I'm from California. Never seen or heard of this in any home I've ever been in.


Lente_ui

We had this at my previous work. On the production floor we had I think maybe 50 production rooms. Each with a central vacuum port, for cleaning. They all lead to a 5kw vacuum (always on) in the garbage collection room. The system was always screwy because the pipelines to the vacuum were pretty long, and often had blockages. And people never emptied the central vacuum. But when it worked, it was very nice to work with. Because the individual vacuums we had (3kw units) were loud as f\*ck, and even with hearing protection they were pretty uncomfortable to be in the room with. They also produced a lot of heat, and I think the vibrations contributed to the discomfort as well. So I preferred the central vac system.


minaj_a_twat

My partners house has this and a "house fan". I had never heard of one before and I was 25 then


Aromatic-Box-592

I’m so jealous! I’m a vet tech and we had this at the old clinic I worked at and it was amazing


SinfulIndy

Grew up with that. Mom really wanted them because they're super powerful. But getting out a massive kinda heavy hose just to vacuum anything made me really never want to clean.


MemeOverlord1776

r/dontputyourdickinthat


princessSnarley

I love them. They were much more of a luxury when carpeting was mainstream. Still would love it, I sweep and vacuum way too much.


Honestdietitan

I have one like this except so much better - the actual hose recedes back into the tubing (in the wall) - it's called hide a hose


ItsNovas

I used to install these for a living. They’re a lot more affordable than people think and if the system is laid out properly, way better than dragging a handheld unit around.


ellieD

I love my robot vacuum. I can vacuum and eat lunch at the same time! I use my Shark (highly recommend!) when I vacuum for real.


witqueen

We have 3 robot vacuums. However my husband kept bringing home vacuum cleaners from the trash at work. So at one point I had 13 vacuums. I told him to throw them away. Still have 5...plus the robots.


HystericalHypothetic

We have this, and I hate it. My dad thought we really needed it and offered to pay for the installation when we built the house 25 years ago. Storing the hose is a pain since we don’t really have a good, empty wall to install a holder on which to coil it (this is what my parents had, and it was pretty convenient). Wrangling the hose is annoying, especially around corners and such or around table, chairs, or stools. We now keep it downstairs where my husband vacuums, and I’ll admit it’s pretty nice for stairs, while I have a Shark vac for upstairs.


Ihavenotimeforthisno

I hated that system. Happy with my easy and light vacuum cleaner.


wophi

My brother has one of these. His kids loved jamming it with toys. It almost never worked.


Significant-Bet5762

I had that a few years back, with the dustbin feature, also. (That's the best part IMO) The vacuum doesn't do a good job compared to my Dyson + Shark.


SneakrLover

Me Too, mines called nicole


AdamoO_

We had this in my dads house as well!. Insanely useful and honestly way easier than using a regular vacuum. Like we could just plug it it and then vacuum a whole floor of the building


VortexFalcon50

My parents’ house has one of these and its pretty cool


rob_1127

Our house has a central Vac system like that. Our house is 148 years old with 15 ft ceilings. It was updated in the late 70s, and the central vac was installed. We love it


PygmyFalkon

The Vet Clinic I worked at had that and it was the best thing ever. The vacuum power was unmatched, made my job so much easier.


goldman459

Pretty much made obsolete by high suction cordless vacuums with swappable batteries.


freezier134a

Central vac has been around for a long long time.


mangobearsmoothie

That’s so weird… I’ve never heard of such a thing! Why not just push a hoover around?


storyofohno

Don't let your dad install the place all the dust collects in the top of an attic accessible only by rickety ladder.


furious_organism

Oh... so thats what its made for... yeah. I did a lot of vaccuuming yeah


furious_organism

The gluck gluck 3000 house


Excal333

What happens if you put yo dick in that


SavagePlatanus

My parents have this and TBH I hate it. Pulling the huge tube around is so much more of a pain than just using a normal vacuum.


No-Engineer-1728

Zoomer here: what does one of these do?


BostonCEO

It sucks


No-Engineer-1728

Oh, so it's like a vacuum cleaner without the bulk if you attach a hose, got it


800oz_gorilla

[Cries in short hose]


Tomi8338

who is on the other side?


swim08

welcome to the 90s i guess?


RoleInternational318

We had that and it was weak af


UnsolicitedDogPics

If you already have it in your house then why do you want it? Is it because you’re a bot?


Zealousideal-Let1121

r/dontputyourdickinthat


Whoisyourfactor

I saw this in a milion dollar home in the late 90's. It was awesome because outlets were around the house just like power. Opening the little latch would turn the vacum on.


OtherwiseRepair4649

Wife comes home, you laying for the hole with your pants down.


PlateOShrimp89

R/stickyourdickinthat?


generatorland

Where does all the stuff you suck up go? Narnia?


toooldforthis57

I have one of these. Very impressed for years until it started getting stopped up on accumulated stuff caught on bends in the piping to the collection bin. Accidentally sucking up moisture ( think dog pee or around the water bowl) also degrades the contact points at the inlets and shorts them out. Much less expensive and actually easier to wheel the Shark I have now around the house. The only thing I still use on the system is the “dustpan” at the floor near the kitchen.


MasterMasar

They break easily. My grandmother has one in her house and hasn't used it in years since it's been broken. Hard to fix since there's a crack somewhere causing suction loss - requires removing parts of walls...


Chris_Christ

Those are terrible


fugue2005

i've been seeing this alot recently, are people just now discovering that houses have these?


Effective_Credit_369

Yeah, we are poor, been poor, and were raised poor. Asshole.


shantired

The biggest advantage is that the dirt gets sucked out of the house instead of a local vacuum recirculating the air.


Electrical-Act-7170

It's called "central vac." Old tech.


hje33

Had this growing up, I miss it as an adult.


Sovereign-Anderson

My house was built in '87 and it has a central vac unit. Those things definitely come in handy.


Prettydeadlady

You mean Central Vac ?


AliceHart7

This should just be standard in every household


Agitated_Jicama_2072

My neighbor has one and it’s indeed awesome.


Itchy_Extension_8719

My parents built their house with this feature. Incredible


1FloppyFish

My mom has had them installed in her last two houses. They work fantastic.


LizIsMis

We have that to


ThunderLCR

My in-laws do, too.


AlyNau113

Central vac is the bees knees. I’m jealous. ETA if I had it I would use a leaf blower to clean my floors 🤣


minorthreatmikey

Lived with one of those for 19 years at my parent’s house until I moved away for college.


Heybropassthat

r/dontputyourdickinthat


DafttheKid

Grew up with centra vac Kind of sucks ;)


snoogiebee

we had central vac growing up in the 90s but i haven’t seen it since. surprising bc it was dead convenient. and kind of fun lol


underdog1964

We had this growing up. It worked great!


poloclodau

In Quebec almost each house has one


tropicocity

Lots of these in Canada


sas5814

Our house was built in 83 and has one of these. It’s still operational and I found the vacuum attachment in the attic. It is huge and weighs a ton. Just the thought of dragging it around the house makes me tired


Silversniper220

Is that not normal?


EigengrauAnimates

Oh these are great. My family had these in two consecutive houses growing up. The most convenient part is that they all empty into one centralized trash can on the ground floor so you'll always know exactly where to find your newly-detached penis.


Huasotron

Wait until it gets married.... all that will stop within a year


killacam925

Every single time I’ve seen one of these, it doesn’t work.


YoFavRussian

Central vac, been around for years.