When we were looking at houses when we first came to the US, we learned what "central air" meant and that it was a good thing (air conditioning) but were baffled by "central vac" for longer. We learned that it was central vacuum (i.e. vacuum cleaner) but couldn't really understand why anyone would want such a thing.
When we moved to Maine it was to a house with such a system. There are ports to plug a hose in around the house and the actual vacuum cleaner lives out of sight in the basement. It's nice that vacuuming is a quiet affair since most of the noise is a long way away, and the capacity of the bag is huge so it doesn't need emptying too often.
I've been meaning to check on it for some time even though it still seems to be working OK because both the girls have found the floor in their rooms after a while and vacuumed in there and it had been a while since we'd replaced the bag. I finally got around to it this evening and - let's just say it was time to empty it.
The bag was in one piece until I tried to remove it but the whole bucket was completely full and heavy.
Ah well, better now than later.
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