How to install your new Husky central vacuum system? No matter what type of house you have, you can do it yourself, these central vacuum cleaner systems fit in any home. Installing central vacuums begins with:
1. Choose the power unit location.
I.e. Garage, Basement, utility or closet.
2. Plan the tubing system.
I.e. attic, under floorboards, under kitchen units. The most important step in any central vacuum system, the objective is the shortest, most direct pipe system with the fewest turns (bends, elbows,) to serve your cleaning requirements.
3. Choose the inlet locations.
In order to cover every nook and corner of your home, inlets may be placed on interior walls near doorways or in the hallway where they will not be blocked by furniture; some may also be installed in ceilings or floors if necessary. The average home usually requires one inlet upstairs and one downstairs, there is also an inlet on the power unit - this can be used for cleaning the car or workshop area if the power unit is located in the garage.
Are you familiar with home renovation and understand basic construction terms? Installing a new Husky central vacuum system by yourself could be just the great project you needed. It may take the weekend, but it will give you comfort and a healthier living space for years. Installing a central vacuum system also contributes to increasing the value of your house. This increase is not just equal to the value of the system but also by the capacity to preserve and protect your furniture from dust and household pollutants.
If you're not familiar with renovation and construction, entrust your Husky central vacuum system installation to a Husky professional. To find the recommended technician the nearest to your home, please fill the customer information request form by clicking here. A representative will answer your request with minimal delays.
In a new construction, plan to use a flexible hose that is 7,6 m and / or 9,1 m long, this to achieve optimal performances of your system
Sometimes the 7,6 m, hose length is not the best choice. If you are always short
30 cm to reach a particular corner of a room, it is better to go back and make a
change,
– Life time decision! In this case go for a 9,1 m flexible hose length.
If you are renovating an existing construction and it is impossible for you to install further vacuum inlet valves, then go for a 10, 6 m flexible hose length
For more difficult cases, there are longer hoses.
In the commercial range (e.g. hotel) you can normally find standard 10m – 15m hose length.
The vacuum inlet valve is part of your daily life just like your light switch or electrical socket, therefore similar consideration apply to where you will choose
Never install a vacuum inlet valve hinge-side behind a door, you could then only
use it when the
door is closed or it will be hard to manoeuvre.
The alternate three other sides of the door are recommended and much more practical.
Do not install vacuum inlet valves in the middle of a straight wall or far in a corner!
- Where the furniture will be
- Where the telephone table will be
- If there will be a flower vase there
- will this be the place of your favourite armchair..
The vacuum inlet valve is part of your daily life just like your light switch or electrical socket, therefore similar consideration apply to where you will choose
Never install a vacuum inlet valve hinge-side behind a door, you could then only
use it when the
door is closed or it will be hard to manoeuvre.
The alternate three other sides of the door are recommended and much more practical.
Do not install vacuum inlet valves in the middle of a straight wall or far in a corner!
I.e. Hallway, the bedrooms, kitchen, or dining room.
The vacuum inlet valves are installed where “things happens“ where it is fast &
convenient to insert the
Vacuum cleaning hose.
Test the range of your flexible hose by using a measuring tape or a string with
a standard length of
7, 6 or 9,1 m and then select the proper mounting placement for your vacuum inlet
valves.
TIPS
To go over surely and make certain that all is OK:
Cut a piece of thread or thin wire to scale of the flexible vacuum hose and simulate the cleaning of each room.
Important: Calculate later obstacles such as furniture, appliances
additional wall etc..
You should be able to reach your complete (100%) dwelling or house comfortably with
the flexible hose
Including the highest corner at ceiling height, have easy access to stairways, you
should not be using a portable vacuum to do this, it would be mad!
- Where the furniture will be
- Where the telephone table will be
- If there will be a flower vase there
- will this be the place of your favourite armchair..
Locate the exact path of your pipe network.
• Apply these principles:
as short and direct as necessary
A Husky high performance Central Vacuum System rarely has problems, even if you
a make a simpler
Installation variant with a meter more pipe or one or two additional elbows select!
• Consider the possibility of installing an exhaust piping from your power unit!
If it is structurally possible, install a vacuum inlet valve, near the main entry door(s) so that you can also reach outside during the summer months.
Without a garage? You have a carport or just a parking bay near the house; you do not have to do without your Central Vacuum System! Install a vacuum inlet valve on the outside wall.
Too many vacuum inlet valves does not make sense!
Most of them would never be used anyway - the vacuum hose is long enough.
Our experience shows that from 1-3 vacuum inlet valve, you can reach everywhere
on a floor of 80 m².
1: Always cut the pipe at a 90° angle with:
• A Husky pipe cutter or • Electric radial saw or • Mitre box / saw
Important • Not with a wood, metal or hand saw
2: • Always completely debur all cuts!
• Clean off all the burs inside & out. • Professionals use a special tool.
Danger - take special care not to cut your fingers!
• A medium grit sandpaper also does a good job.
3: • Always spread the solvent around the pipe and never in
the fittings!
Important; If you paint the adhesive into the sleeve, the pipe pushes the adhesive
excess in to a bulge inside the pipe or the sleeve. This will disturb the rapid
airflow in the piping system and may cause a clog!
4: • Branch-out only into the direction of airflow!
5:• Always install a universal short elbow at the inlet mounting bracket in order to prevent entry of bulky items.
NOTE: Installation Manuals are available with all DIY KITS