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Friday, March 11, 2011

Maker of Beam central vacuum will add a telemarketing team and eliminate duplicative sales teams that were left in place over years of acquisitions.View this story

Saturday, October 17, 2009

These little self-propelled vacuuming dynamos don't just devour dust. They can wreak havoc on a household.View this story

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

This year in the U.S. a paltry 145,000 central vacuums are projected to be installed. That's pathetic compared to the more than 12 million portable vacuums sold.View this story

Friday, July 10, 2009

New MD plant is double the size of the former location with three time the storage space.View this story

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Using only 90-degree angles at the inlet keeps things from being sucked into the central vac system that really shouldn’t be — like pencils, crayons, cats or children.View this story

Friday, October 03, 2008

No one's going to say that central vacuum is the sexiest technology you can offer your clients. It isn't -- not by a longshot. But you can profit from installing it -- we show you how.View this story

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

The product, which provides "quick cleanup," installs under most cabinets and uses a 24-foot retractable hose.View this story

Monday, June 02, 2008

The Dirt Devil product eliminates the need to lug a heavy hose to every minor spillage site.View this story

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

In an effort to capitalize on the trends in wireless home networking, a handful of central vacuum system manufacturers have announced that they will join the Wireless Home initiative. View this story

Monday, March 24, 2008

NuTone had introduced CHV1, its new universal retractable vacuum hose. View this story

Monday, March 17, 2008

Vacuuming isn’t very exotic. But can letting your clients vacuum your showroom sell them on the technology? View this story

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

H-P Products has introduced the MaxAir power unit, designed for its Hide-A-Hose retractable hose central vacuum system. View this story

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The idea of central vacuum systems is fairly straight forward. You put a big motor onto a can in a discrete location, run pipes through the walls to different inlets and plug a hose mechanism in anytime dirt rears its ugly head. However, there are a few basics every installer should know before installing. View this story

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Partnering with a builder to offer central vac is considered ideal for integrators. It can provide them with lots of referrals and the installations are easy because the walls haven’t gone up yet. View this story

In an industry headlined by transcendent home theaters and omnipotent control systems, central vacuum may be the least cool category available to custom integrators. Coolness aside, however, central vac can be an extremely reliable and profitable cornerstone of an integration business. View this story