How Central Vacuum System can be installed in New or Existing Home
Installation of central vacuum system is surprisingly easy for new or existing homes.
However before commencing any installation steps, we recommend you watch this tape and read the installation booklet:
1. Watch Tape
2. Read Installations Booklet
3. Check local building codes - Central vacuum system
installation must conform to local Building regulation planning.
Planning the installation starts with determining the number of inlets required and their locations, much of this planning is predicated on the style of home, the power unit and accessory kit to be installed.
When choosing the inlets locations, the hose from the central vacuum system is an important measuring device. Select an interior wall (with in 1.2 meters of an electrical outlet may be beneficial long term) that will allow maximum cleaning coverage with the hose assembly, usually several rooms can be cleaned from a single inlets.
Either draw a floor plan as described in the installation booklet, If the scale is 1:100 a piece of string 11 c m long would be the hose from the selected inlet to determine the area that can be cleaned, remember the hose may have to reach around furniture when cleaning, ie an eleven metre hose would usually have a radius os 8 to 9 metres depending door positions as well as furnishings..
Keep in mind that the idea of a central vacuum system is to use the fewest number of inlets possible yet as many as necessary allowing for whole house coverage and user convenience.
When choosing the power unit location remember an electrical outlet must be close by, a 10 amp circuit is sufficient if no other heavy loads are on it. The power unit should be accessible for easy emptying and service. Its location should be outside the living area where ever possible. An attached garage is ideal.
You may want to vent the unit outside but it's not necessary. The last step in planning a central vacuum installation is to plan the entire piping system. Start at the proposed Furthest inlet and then work your way back to the motor location picking up the other inlets as you go. If at all possible it is better to run the piping under the floor if the house is suspended on stumps. With solid Brick and concrete houses the initial pipe run should be prelaid prior to the slab being poured.
When there's no under floor access run the pipe up to between the two floors or to the ceiling for a single storey , then up and down the wall cavities to the inlet locations. For existing structures pipe can run through the back corners of cupboards, under stairways, alongside plumbing pipe and if on stomps it could be best to mount the inlets on the floor in near the skirting board.
In homes under construction install pipes after framing and before the war lining is on. To avoid problems be sure plumbing and heating systems have been installed.
However before commencing any installation steps, we recommend you watch this tape and read the installation booklet:
1. Watch Tape
2. Read Installations Booklet
3. Check local building codes - Central vacuum system
installation must conform to local Building regulation planning.
Planning the installation starts with determining the number of inlets required and their locations, much of this planning is predicated on the style of home, the power unit and accessory kit to be installed.
When choosing the inlets locations, the hose from the central vacuum system is an important measuring device. Select an interior wall (with in 1.2 meters of an electrical outlet may be beneficial long term) that will allow maximum cleaning coverage with the hose assembly, usually several rooms can be cleaned from a single inlets.
Either draw a floor plan as described in the installation booklet, If the scale is 1:100 a piece of string 11 c m long would be the hose from the selected inlet to determine the area that can be cleaned, remember the hose may have to reach around furniture when cleaning, ie an eleven metre hose would usually have a radius os 8 to 9 metres depending door positions as well as furnishings..
Keep in mind that the idea of a central vacuum system is to use the fewest number of inlets possible yet as many as necessary allowing for whole house coverage and user convenience.
When choosing the power unit location remember an electrical outlet must be close by, a 10 amp circuit is sufficient if no other heavy loads are on it. The power unit should be accessible for easy emptying and service. Its location should be outside the living area where ever possible. An attached garage is ideal.
You may want to vent the unit outside but it's not necessary. The last step in planning a central vacuum installation is to plan the entire piping system. Start at the proposed Furthest inlet and then work your way back to the motor location picking up the other inlets as you go. If at all possible it is better to run the piping under the floor if the house is suspended on stumps. With solid Brick and concrete houses the initial pipe run should be prelaid prior to the slab being poured.
When there's no under floor access run the pipe up to between the two floors or to the ceiling for a single storey , then up and down the wall cavities to the inlet locations. For existing structures pipe can run through the back corners of cupboards, under stairways, alongside plumbing pipe and if on stomps it could be best to mount the inlets on the floor in near the skirting board.
In homes under construction install pipes after framing and before the war lining is on. To avoid problems be sure plumbing and heating systems have been installed.