Storing Vacuum Cleaner Hose

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Storing Vacuum Cleaner Hose

May 08, 2019, 07:54:31 pm

I have my central vacuum cleaner hose stored a big box but it takes up a lot of room in the closest.

Anyone have some space saver location or ways to store the hose?

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Reply #1 – May 08, 2019, 08:52:21 pm

Our dinette has a lift up seat and we store the hose under the seat. Have a great day ---- Fritz

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Reply #2 – May 08, 2019, 09:16:28 pm

Do you have the storage space directly under your OEM fridge? That is where all our vacuum attachments and hose were originally stored.

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Reply #3 – May 08, 2019, 09:41:55 pm

Maybe now I will find a better place to store mine.. I've been keeping it inside the washing machine.

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Reply #4 – May 08, 2019, 09:51:24 pm

Dyson..time...

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Reply #5 – May 08, 2019, 09:56:14 pm

Quote from: fkjohns6083 – May 08, 2019, 08:52:21 pm

Our dinette has a lift up seat and we store the hose under the seat. Have a great day ---- Fritz

Darn, I dont have a dinette

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Reply #6 – May 08, 2019, 09:57:43 pm

Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie – May 08, 2019, 09:16:28 pm

Do you have the storage space directly under your OEM fridge? That is where all our vacuum attachments and hose were originally stored.

My furnace is under my fridge, there is a grate over it that is screwed down but I have to pull it anyway as my blower motor is making a lot of noise but not sure I can block the airflow?

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Reply #7 – May 08, 2019, 09:58:43 pm

Quote from: Hans&Marjet – May 08, 2019, 09:51:24 pm

Dyson..time...

I have thought about that too but not sure how many folks are going with that option?

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Reply #8 – May 08, 2019, 10:25:43 pm

I installed two white plastic downspouts under the side of the bed, which worked out perfectly. They were completely hidden by the curtain and did not stick out further than the side of the bed platform. I pushed one end of the hose into the top downspout and the other into the one under it.

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Reply #9 – May 08, 2019, 10:42:11 pm

Quote from: KenKetch – May 08, 2019, 10:25:43 pm

I installed two white plastic downspouts under the side of the bed, which worked out perfectly. They were completely hidden by the curtain and did not stick out further than the side of the bed platform. I pushed one end of the hose into the top downspout and the other into the one under it.

That is a very good idea, guess you could even use PVC too

Thanks

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Reply #10 – May 08, 2019, 10:49:30 pm

Quote from: Dub – May 08, 2019, 09:41:55 pm

Maybe now I will find a better place to store mine.. I've been keeping it inside the washing machine.

Dude. You may have the best place. I never thought of that.

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Reply #11 – May 08, 2019, 11:24:04 pm

Quote

Dyson..time

That's what we do. For us it's just a lot easier than using the built in.
jor

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Reply #12 – May 08, 2019, 11:27:32 pm

Quote from: jor – May 08, 2019, 11:24:04 pm

That's what we do. For us it's just a lot easier than using the built in.
jor

That is what I was thinking, it could just stand up in the back of the closet.

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Reply #13 – May 09, 2019, 07:54:32 am

Quote from: jor – May 08, 2019, 11:24:04 pm

That's what we do. For us it's just a lot easier than using the built in.
jor

When Michele posted about the Dyson I bought one immediately and have been happy ever since.

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Reply #14 – May 09, 2019, 08:45:21 am

We installed tile in the kitchen and bathroom. Carpet in the LR and BR. DW hated the space taken up by the central vac equipment located in cabinet under reefer. She uses a Shark stick plug-in in the closet. We relocated the central vac connection from the lower cabinet to the toe kick area of the kitchen and attached a "vacpan". She absolutely LOVES it. Makes sweeping cleanups super easy and we didn't trash a really nice option that came with the coach.

Honeywell 016925 Central Vacuum Automatic Dustpan, Black Amazon.com: Honeywell 016925 Central Vacuum Automatic Dustpan, Black: Home &...

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Reply #15 – May 09, 2019, 08:52:28 am

When we installed our residential fridge, the OEM built-in central vac (below old fridge) was removed. At the house, we had a vintage Royal Can Vac (looks like a Dirt Devil) small canister vacuum that was inherited from my parents. Since it took the same size attachments as the central vac, we just moved it to the coach. Can carry it in a storage bay, or in a closet, or in the space at the foot of bed. It is ight, easy to carry around, very compact, and very powerful. The (claimed) 4 hp motor makes so much torque that it tries to roll over on its side when you first turn it on.

Only downside - it is kinda LOUD.

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Reply #16 – May 09, 2019, 09:41:04 am

Quote from: Alan & Gerri Ortiz – May 09, 2019, 08:45:21 am

We installed tile in the kitchen and bathroom. Carpet in the LR and BR. DW hated the space taken up by the central vac equipment located in cabinet under reefer. She uses a Shark stick plug-in in the closet. We relocated the central vac connection from the lower cabinet to the toe kick area of the kitchen and attached a "vacpan". She absolutely LOVES it. Makes sweeping cleanups super easy and we didn't trash a really nice option that came with the coach.

Honeywell 016925 Central Vacuum Automatic Dustpan, Black Amazon.com: Honeywell 016925 Central Vacuum Automatic Dustpan, Black: Home &...

That Dustpan it a cool idea

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Reply #17 – May 09, 2019, 12:09:07 pm

Our hose is in the garage rafters where it will remain until we sell the RV. We found that the Shark Rocket vacuum is much more practical and stores easily under the couch.

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Reply #18 – May 09, 2019, 12:09:16 pm

Steve,

If you have the original central vacuum hose, important to know that for many years, there has been an improved version of the hose. It is stronger, lighter, stretchyer, stows in a much smaller space. We store our hose in a plastic basket 15"long x 7"high X 7"deep

"Deluxe stretch hose stores at 7' and stretches to 35' to reach every area of your RV"

Also, our original vacuum motor was larger and less powerful than the new model. We prefer our central vac over our separate vac. We also use Red Devil bags that work very well.

We bought a new vacuum and hose from the manufacturer, but these days many retailers sell it:

H-P Products, Inc., 512 W. Gorgas St., Louisville, Ohio, 44641, 800-822-8356

Buying a new vacuum package may have a price advantage than buying piece-meal and some sellers sell the package at a lower cost than others.

And if you only have the motor on-off from inserting hose, a much better way to temporarily turn on & off while vacuuming would be to add a wireless remote-controlled inexpensive 120-volt switch into which you plug the vacuum in the bay ceiling. We stretch out hose and can turn off while cleaning in the front or rear, if we want. We prefer remotes with separate on & off buttons, (instead of single button press on, press off). Many remotes in the marketplace, here is one I found on Google:

http://thd.co/2JuFypx

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Reply #19 – May 09, 2019, 01:55:15 pm

Quote from: Sven and Kristi – May 09, 2019, 12:09:07 pm

Our hose is in the garage rafters where it will remain until we sell the RV. We found that the Shark Rocket vacuum is much more practical and stores easily under the couch.

I have tools and spare parts in 3 totes under the couch but if I went something like the shark I could box up the hose and stuff and store them in the shed

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Reply #20 – May 09, 2019, 02:16:12 pm

Thanks Barry, I think that hose will fit beside the totes under the couch so that may work.

CW has it for $247 and I think I get a discount on top of that. I just might go this route??

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Reply #21 – May 09, 2019, 02:47:07 pm

Amazon also has it: Amazon.com: HP Products 9880 Dirt Devil Central Vacuum System: Gateway

CW $247 less 10% is good price of $222. Sounds good.

Same unit as we have. We mounted vacuum in a little different bay ceiling location and used the old inside vacuum hose to connect the new vacuum to the same inside connection location. A few PVC elbows put it all together for us.

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Reply #22 – May 09, 2019, 03:16:05 pm

In our previous '03 U295 36', George installed an InterVac central vac that was outstanding: http://www.intervacdesign.com/c22/FOR-THE-RV.htm

Here's George's post on the install (he put the unit in the main storage bay): What did you do to your coach today. - Page 3

A couple of years later, ToTheTrail (also with an '03 U295 36') installed the same unit, but did not want to put it in the storage bay; they found it was easily installed in the drawer below the stove, above the furnace. Here's their post on the install: InterVac Central Vacuum Installation.

The nice part about InterVac is the "stretch hose" that comes with the unit. While it stretches to 40' (it compresses to 8' for storage), it was a little bit of a challenge. The suction is so powerful that it tends to keep the hose mostly compressed. However, I would put one foot on the hose, one hand about 3 ft from the grip, and it was easy to use and reached to both ends of our 36' coach (Madelyn Brenneman told me, it reaches all areas of their 42' FT).

We found that the stretch hose and ALL the accessories store nicely in one of the under-refrigerator cabinets:
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Reply #23 – May 09, 2019, 03:27:09 pm

Thanks Pat, I will give that one a look too

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Reply #24 – May 10, 2019, 12:24:17 am

Quote from: Super8mm – May 08, 2019, 11:27:32 pm

That is what I was thinking, it could just stand up in the back of the closet.

For us the Dyson is even easier than standing it in the closet. We have the charging cord plugged in by the vanity and store the power head in the corner closet behind the Toilet. The brush head and tube stay in the main closet. It's works great, Is very light weight.

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