I finally got a new vacuum cleaner!!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Now did you install it just like you would central heating & cooling right?? Now does it make alot of noise?? Does the cats get freaked with it??

Yup!
No, the noise is limited to the garage, because that is where the motor is. The cats are not scared at all, because of this! VERY comfortable!
this is the hose:


the motor in the garage (sorry, I didn't turn the pic..). The brown part is where all the dust is collected in. We have to empty it 4 times per year.


and one of the "connection" openings

[lvpets2002]

WoW thats just all too neat.. I wonder how come no-one has ever had this over here in the USA.. Lets me be doing some research.. Many Thanks for the info & pics Lut..

Yup!
No, the noise is limited to the garage, because that is where the motor is. The cats are not scared at all, because of this! VERY comfortable!
this is the hose:


the motor in the garage (sorry, I didn't turn the pic..). The brown part is where all the dust is collected in. We have to empty it 4 times per year.


and one of the "connection" openings

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I forgat to add that the dust doesn't only just goes to the dustcollector in the garage. That is the way the "heavier" stuff goes to! The really fine dust goes into a pipe that brings it all up to the roof, into the air!
I also didn't tell that this system is so much healthier for persons with a allergy against dust!! Both our kids have that, and they feel much better since we live here!!

I am so amazed that this system is unknown to so many!! It is a big succes here in Belgium and in the Netherlands!
It is rather pricy though....

[prechrswife]

We just got a new vacuum, too--so much better than the old, worn-out one. (The old one was hubby's back when he was a bachelor, so it has been around for quite awhile.)

As for central vacuums in the US, we lived in a parsonage that had one installed, and that was in metro-Atlanta, GA. My mother-in-law has one in her house, too, also in Georgia. I don't know that they are that unusual.

[Lillycat]

Randi.....for some reason couldnt send a reply out, so doing so now.....Thanks for all your kind thoughts. Lilly