Hi Folks,
I've very recently moved to a
small detached house with a potentially nice 1/3 acre garden that I hope will be my 'forever home'. It is exactly what I have been searching for in that it has two bedrooms, a large living room, a kitchen big enough to dine in and, of course, a bathroom. So not palatial but adequate for my needs. It ALSO has a
BASEMENT (albeit with a low ceiling) with its own WC and hand-basin, making it my (almost) ideal workshop space. At perhaps 25sq.m., it is certainly the best and biggest space I have ever had as a workshop. Once again, not palatial but adequate for my needs.
My stuff has just been delivered and I am in the process of emptying boxes and deciding where stuff should go.
I positioned my Record Power DX1000 dust extractor in the basement where I thought it would work well and then realised it was exactly under a corner of the hall above and the landing above that.
Now at this point I should mention that I had been looking at buying a new vacuum cleaner and had wondered whether the expense of a centralised vacuum system was worth the money. They're not cheap but the idea of the vacuum cleaner not exhausting very fine particles of dust into the room being vacuumed appealed to me.
In a light-bulb moment, I wondered if I could connect the appropriate pipework to my DX1000 to use it as a centralised vacuum system?
In it's previous location, it worked to extract from individual machine and then, with the correct hose attached, served well as a vacuum cleaner to clean up my workshop.
I'm far from being knowledgeable in the subject of vacuum cleaning, but am I wrong in thinking I could save a fortune by just adding some pipework to my workshop dust collection system and make an improvised but workable central vacuum system?
I should add that I will also be running a Record Power AC400 Air Filter in the workshop. I normally run the DX1000 with one machine at a time and would do likewise with the domestic vacuum system, if I were to install one.
Before I buy the pipework and the special outlets, am I wrong to think this will work?
All advice welcomed
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