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Central Vacuum questions for dealer
QUESTION: My wife and I are building a new house, and I am going to install a
central vacuum system. I have narrowed down my search (I think) to
either the Vacuflo system or the Beam system. The problem is that I
have only the opinions of each manufacturer's sales agents.
Are there any Beam or Vacuflo dealer out there who would like to e-mail
or post their opinions of their systems? Here are some questions that I
have:
1) What model do you have?
2) How long have you had it?
3) Are you 100% satisfied with it (does it clean as well as an upright
vacuum)?
4) Have you had any problems with it?
5) Do you have an electric powerhead or an air turbine powerhead? Does
it work well? Does it need periodic cleaning?
6) Have you ever had to replace a motor or fan in the power unit?
ANSWER: I don't have either brand--but i know installation is the most important
part--IE--no 90 degree elbows, no tees, must be sweep joints, all inline
connections must come in from the top so no dirt falls back when the end
connection is used!. Elbows and tee's can be stopped up when the unit pickes
up needles and they stick in the top of the elbow and then you have to back
flush to clear the line. however this dosen't get the needles out.
I have installed both and would prefer the beam unit. The
vacuflo unit probable does not have a filter and must be vented.
The big problem with no filter is that everything that is not heavy
enough to drop into the dirt can will go through the motor.Any
moisture will collect dirt on the fan blades and unbalance them.
At 13000 rpm being out of balance is bad.
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