Ditto. They lost popularity quickly for a reason. No one puts them in anymore.
And ditto on loving the cordless Dyson.
I do like the small floor dust bin vac in my friend’s kitchen though. I’m not sure what you call it. You can sweep the floor moving the pile of dirt in front of the vac (which is hidden by the overhang of the cabinet) and then open the vac and it sucks up the pile of dirt.
I don’t like it enough to pay to put one in - bc the Dyson can do the same thing. But it’s cool.
We rented a beach house, three stories, with a central vacuum system. I don’t think it was too old. And an elevator. Probably less expensive to buy three vacuum cleaners and keep one on each floor. Or, use the elevator to transport the vacuum cleaner.
Now, that the house is on the beach means a lot of vacuuming. But still, have to drag some vacuum hose all over instead of a machine? Seems a wash.
Agreed. I’d put a Dyson cordless on each floor. One charge does the whole main level, moves from hardwood to rugs, does everything. 
I love my Dyson cordless, but if I had carpet I’d keep a 110v on hand for deep cleaning. Miele or Electrolux, maybe a Riccar.
The cordless vacs are super light weight and convenient, but they don’t yet have the suction of a Miele.
ETA: or maybe for deep cleaning you want one of the shampoo things like Bissell makes. Those are pretty slick and they pull up the dirt that’s really buried.
I bought my parents a Dyson V10 for Christmas. My mother was convinced her1990s Electrolux was the greatest vacuum of all time. I think she filled up the V10’s dust bin on the first room she vacuumed.
Not sure how the V10 on boost compares to a new Electrolux or Miele. Obviously the battery life is going to be dreadful on the Dyson, but it sucks up a ton of crap from the carpet/rugs (which I have very little of).
I got like 91% of my vacuum knowledge from Reddit. Back in like 2010 a vacuum repairman did an AMA. He said Miele and Electrolux will hands down generate more suction than any Dyson. And further, bagged vacuums are better than bagless.
We had a Dyson at the time, and we replaced it with a Miele. And had the opposite experience, where we did the basement with the Dyson, then switched over to the Miele, and the Miele sucked up a bunch of stuff. I’m guessing a good chunk of it is just comparing an old vacuum to a new one.
And then in 2020 we bought a house with no carpet, so now I love the cordless Dyson. It’s so convenient, and I don’t really need much power to clean hard surfaces.
I use the Dyson for day to day cleaning on the main level. Cleaning ladies take care of the rest. Idk what they use but it’s clean and I didn’t have to do it. 
I should really do that. I’m still my own cleaning lady.
I have a cleaning man and it’s the best lifetime I ever spent.
This is what I was talking about here.
After some Googling they are apparently called “touchless stationary vacuums” and the most common brand is EyeVac which can be had for $91 if you have a 20% off Bed Bath & Beyond coupon.
Home Depot also carries one called the Sweepovac that goes under your cabinets even if you don’t have central vac, but it still has to plug in somewhere.
I’m not sure I’d want to cut a hole for that and the capacity seems smaller. I think I’d rather have the EyeVac. But it’s something to think about. And for small kitchens the under-cabinet feature may be more appealing.
We’ve had several kittens discover the laundry chute on their own.
Ours is metal, at a slight angle. It works fine. I’ve never noticed any noise other than what’s generated by clothes sliding down. And that’s not much.
Oh, and the surprised yelp of kittens, of course.
Between the Dyson and the robovac that the kids got me for Xmas, that’s enough vacuums for someone who rarely vacuums.
But the way, an engineer friend, who also used to be a volunteer fire fighter, told me that our laundry chute was a fire code violation, as it provides a path for fire to spread across floors. But our laundry chute is behind doors on both floors (kittens can push open the sliding closet doors on the top) and he pointed to the large stairwell nearby, and said that the stairwell was a much more significant feature of we had a fire, and he’d keep the laundry chute if it were his house.
But, you might run into code issues if you want to install one.
That’s interesting, I hadn’t thought about fire risks. Clearly there are lots of openings between floors, lots of homes with open floor plans, but even those with a staircase that has doors on both floors might have HVAC openings that connect the floors to the basement or attic. Outside of the foyer open to the second floor with a staircase, my two story has a utility chase from the basement to the attic, primarily for AC coolant line, but also some electric lines. Both ends are mostly closed though.
Don’t know if a laundry chute would require a closure on both ends, but it sounds like some research is in order.
This thread led me to ask about removing the popcorn ceilings in our house. We have an asbestos guy coming on Monday to see if it is safe to do or if we need abatement. The house is closing in on 100 years old and we don’t know when the popcorn was popped.
We are down to just the primary BR/BA that still has popcorn. Once that’s done, we will replace the carpet in the 4 upstairs BRs. Then I think basement flooring or kitchen counters/tile is next up. It’s a never ending process …
Oh! Our latest project was a new front door. Original was over 30 years old and rather meh so I don’t have before pix.
It’s not as exciting to me as others here breathing new life into 100+ year old houses, but I’ll share anyway 
I see a red door
And I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by
Dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head
Until my darkness goes
Looks nice. I have a thing for red doors, but I don’t think it would work on my house.
A house a few blocks down on our street had a red door. It was more of a blood red than yours, but not so dark I would call it burgundy. It was an otherwise white house, so it was very striking and I enjoyed admiring it on my walks. Then one day the owners painted it a generic forest green (or maybe just replaced it?). Made me sadder than it should have.
That’s fun. And you can tell visitors, “it’s the house with the red door”.
That sure is an American Beauty.
