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Thread Number: 42346
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Good news for the future of vacuums as major home appliances |
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| Post# 445543 , Reply# 1 9/3/2021 at 04:33 (959 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
People must have realized that with no carpet there's no way to enjoy laying on the floor, or kids get hurt easier, your house is colder and more drafty, and vacuuming throw rugs is a pain.
Hopefully this will bring the rise of bagged vacuums again, because those little stick vacs will be dead in the water on several rooms of wall to wall carpeted floor. | ||
Post# 445551 , Reply# 2 9/3/2021 at 09:18 (959 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Laminate flooring was HUGE | ||
| Post# 445553 , Reply# 3 9/3/2021 at 09:38 (959 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
We are definitely finding more people who are covering up the flooring they put in just a few years ago. The constant swiffering. The tearing up of the floor by the claws of dogs and cats in the house. Not to mention the hell of sitting on the sofa with the ceiling fan 'on' and a ball of dirt and dust blows straight across the floor to land under the TV. Carpeting holds down dust. Doesn't let it blow everywhere.
What's interesting is that the people putting in carpeting nowadays come to me wanting to buy a vacuum with a height adjuster. They already bought the Shark, and took it back because it snow plowed through the rug and required two men to push it. I have had to place two 12 piece orders for Perfect upright vacuums in the past month (August). They are like Sanitaire but better quality. They have a huge height adjustment knob with lots of adjustments. People are buying carpeting that's 'soft' and you need a good vacuum with lots of settings. Ironic, almost all of these people with new carpets also still have their stick vacs.
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Post# 445561 , Reply# 4 9/3/2021 at 11:11 (958 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Christopher,
luckily, most of us will never have to worry about having to get new cleaner. There are Hoovers all over this house, at the ready, for any job or type of flooring. I do like to use a canister or Brushvac" for the 2 staircases here.
Whatever the task, I'm ready. I've seen people cover gorgeous oak flooring with acrylic carpets. I've removed carpeting to discover beautiful (in need of refinishing) floors underneath. | ||
| Post# 445565 , Reply# 5 9/3/2021 at 11:36 (958 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
I'm not a big fan of wood flooring, it looks nice if it's good quality laminate or refinished original. Mine is original not refinished yet, it went through a flood in 55 and was redone then, being a rental they were pretty beat up when I moved in. They just to me make for a loud and noisy and dusty house Large area rugs definitely help! I just want some soft and quiet
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Post# 445566 , Reply# 6 9/3/2021 at 11:45 (958 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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the entire upstairs here has (had) pine floors
Apparently, the custom was to put the best, most expensive stuff on the first floor, and the lesser grade upstairs. I've installed parquet floors in all of the bedrooms, except mine. It has that 'infamous' white Karastan, the butt of many nasty comments/jokes.
I got a great deal on that carpet. If it were now, I'd never do it. But, it has absolutely no wear to it at all, 25 yrs after installation. I have to replace the crown molding and paint that room. Then, I'll steam the Karastan. It is nice , true, on a cold day. But, I just love intricate oak parquet patterns. I refinished all of the floors downstairs. They are sealed, so, only a damp cloth makes them gleam. | ||
| Post# 445572 , Reply# 7 9/3/2021 at 14:07 (958 days old) by mark40511 (Lexington, KY) | ||
This has always been something I've wondered about. What it would be like to live in a house with no carpet and just hard floors. Part of me thinks it would be EASIER because you don't need a PN or brushroll..Just a hard floor brush for the entire house......but I can see that hard floors could be a total pain too. My favorite carpet type is berber (which is what I have now)
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Post# 445574 , Reply# 8 9/3/2021 at 14:17 (958 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Living with NO carpets is cold | ||
| Post# 445591 , Reply# 9 9/3/2021 at 20:45 (958 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 445595 , Reply# 10 9/3/2021 at 21:46 (958 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 445596 , Reply# 11 9/3/2021 at 21:50 (958 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 445628 , Reply# 14 9/4/2021 at 21:47 (957 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
I am astonished at how easily these new wood floors scratch. The scratches are especially visible if the wood is a dark brown tone.
I am also amazed that no one has researched whether any of these new cordless stick vacs with the spinning brushes are actually marring or scratching the surfaces of bare floors. Unless it’s a dedicated bare floor machine like a Bissell Crosswave, any other vac with a revolving brush roll that can’t be turned off must really be damaging the surfaces of the bare floors they are supposedly cleaning. | ||
| Post# 445629 , Reply# 15 9/4/2021 at 21:48 (957 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 445637 , Reply# 17 9/4/2021 at 23:11 (957 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 445644 , Reply# 18 9/5/2021 at 11:55 (956 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
The house I grew up in until I was about 17 was an early '60s vintage split level that had wood floors on the main floor and the upstairs where the bedroom was and linoleum on the concrete slab floor on the lowest level. Over the years, we systematically installed wall-to-wall carpet in almost all of the house of the wood and linoleum flooring. It made a huge difference on the lowest level. By the time most of the house was carpeted, we were using a 'Brady Bunch' green and tan Hoover Covertible.
The house we moved into when I was in high school had wall-to-wall carpet throughout, except for a marble foyer, which was a real statement piece. Built in the early 1970s, the godawful shag carpet was laid directly over sub-flooring. We still used the aforementioned Hoover in this house but supplemented it with an Electrolux 1205 Dad rescued from a neighbor's trash pile. The non-electric hose was deteriorated to the point that suction severely impaired. It was mainly useful for vacuuming the foyer with the flippy floor tool. The first house I bought, a townhouse built in 1978, had sculptured pile carpet with about four different shades of brown. It was brilliant because it hid both wear and stains. I was given my grandmother's Eureka Princess during this time and it was the first canister vacuum I'd ever seen with a powered floor nozzle. I loved it and miss it to this day. The house I have now, built in 1970, only has two rooms with wall-to-wall carpet—the living room and master bedroom. The other two bedrooms have oak parquet flooring and I'd bet that's what under the carpet in the master. I have no idea what's under the carpet in the living room. The hallway and dining room have engineered wood laminate, which was likely installed along with the carpet shortly before the house went on the market when I bought it. The laminate in the hall was slightly damaged last summer when a condensation return line for the air conditioner leaked. I had to replace both the furnace and air conditioner so I was a bit tapped financially and have done nothing about the floor, even though much of the laminate in the hallway is slightly curling at the edges. My thought then and now is just to cover it with carpet rather than rip it up and replace it. My vacuum obsession really took off while living in this house in 2014 and I use whatever strikes my fancy in the moment. My favorite all-arounders, though are my Electrolux uprights and canisters. Both are great on carpet and Persian rugs and the canisters with the flippy floor tools (bristles down) and uprights with the brush roll turned off, are great for the hard floors. | ||
| Post# 445646 , Reply# 19 9/5/2021 at 12:39 (956 days old) by Undecided (U.S.) | ||
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People don't vacuum hard floors? | ||
| Post# 445651 , Reply# 20 9/5/2021 at 16:01 (956 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
Similar story in the UK;
Carpets have thermal properties, and are considered better for your joints as they are more akin to walking on soil as opposed to hard, solid floors. They also add an element of luxury to a home. Since Brexit and 2016, European carpet manufacturers have put up their prices, which has now seen British manufactured flooring companies spring up. Tapi, who are a chain of flooring suppliers, went from 1 UK suppliers in 2017 to now 8, purely due to customer demand, as people become more aware as to where their products come from. | ||
| Post# 445653 , Reply# 21 9/5/2021 at 16:50 (956 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 445654 , Reply# 22 9/5/2021 at 16:56 (956 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I have to agree about carpeting being better for your feet. I have flat feet and because I prefer to go barefoot (or wear slippers) in my apartment, carpeting is a must if I want to prevent arch injury or leg pain. The thicker the better, with a nice thick underpad. I also feel it’s much more respectful to the person who lives in the apartment below me…she is not disturbed by my walking nor can she hear if something drops on the carpet (like my phone) late at night.
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| Post# 445655 , Reply# 23 9/5/2021 at 18:00 (956 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 445676 , Reply# 26 9/6/2021 at 11:33 (955 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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I think it also depends on the climate where you live. Montreal gets winters that are pretty long and cold, so it’s nice to come home to a place with lots of insulating carpeting. Most of the suburban homes here in the 1960’s and 1970’s had wall to wall carpeting except in the kitchens, bathrooms and basement rec rooms.
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| Post# 445677 , Reply# 27 9/6/2021 at 11:49 (955 days old) by wstonehocker96 (North Carolina) | ||
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My parents don't do carpeting anymore because it can smell bad from dog messes. Area rugs are fine enough. | ||
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Post# 445693 , Reply# 28 9/6/2021 at 16:36 (955 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 445867 , Reply# 29 9/10/2021 at 14:37 (951 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Post# 445868 , Reply# 30 9/10/2021 at 14:47 (951 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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I have one room left to restore here
The "Victorian room". It has wide plank pine now. It was painted dark grey in the 40s. My uncle sanded them in 1959. Every room I do gets oak. I have cartons of gorgeous parquet flooring to go in this last room. I got it at a flooring store. It was in the 'back' with remnants. I asked how much it was. He told me...it was a steal! "But, he replied, you have to take all of it". My favorite line, 'Put it in the car". It's really too good for a bedroom. But, how could I refuse? It might turn out to be the nicest floor in the house! A weekly Swiffer, and an occasional Hoover floor brush, and, I'll be good to go. It will be seen for the first time when folks come to the VCCC convention. Twin 4 poster beds will grace that room when I'm done.
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| Post# 445999 , Reply# 32 9/13/2021 at 21:26 (948 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Indeed, for deep plush carpets, it’s best to have a full sized bagged upright - preferably with a height adjustment to keep the motor head at the right level for maximum air flow without causing “suction lock” on the carpet. Even the Miele Dynamic S7 upright with the floating brush roll will work great on deep plush pile carpet - if you can get your hands on one. Or a classic Electrolux Sanitaire with the Dial-a-Nap height control - again, if you can get your hands on one. Not sure how well the Sebo uprights work on plush carpet, but best to get the commercial version with the manual rotary height adjustment. And of course, you can always invest in a full size Kirby - are these on sale in the UK?
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