Vacuums are t*chnology.
Why aren't central vacuums more popular in Europe? It's fucking great. Instead of recirculating dusty air it exhausts outside and it has a giant container so you don't have to empty it after every second cleaning. Plus it's quiet since you can install it in the basement or the garage or even outside if you cover it up properly.
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My parents have one. It's not quiet, but it's great, wish I had one where I live now.
Because I don't live in a wooden house being eaten by termites
What do when the pipe gets blocked halfway round the house embedded in a wall?
Quiet in the sense you're not in the same room so it doesn't matter how loud it is. I had a small vacuum that I had to wear noise protection earmuffs to because it was that fucking loud.
You call your $500/pm service contractor. Yuropoors are too poor for such things, however.
Is this popular in the US?
In Europe, houses are made of brick and mortar rather than plywood. If something goes wrong with any central installation, it will probably require more effort to fix or even diagnose.
Depending on the building, some pipes (like for central heating) aren't even inside walls. Instead they're uncovered, or covered with a cupboard/closet. More uncovered pipes won't be aesthetically pleasing. More covered pipes means a lot of hassle if anything ever goes wrong with the installation. Portable electric vacuums are convenient enough.
Because nobody wants to bother ripping up a hundred feet of brick wall to hide the pipes. At that point the whole thing gets a very unfavorable cost/effort to benefit ratio. Nevermind half the population renting. Also I imagine a unit like this is far harder to service. A normal vacuum is self contained and can easily be replaced. I don't know what the standardization situation with central vacuuming even is. Can anyone guarantee you that you can still find parts with the correct fittings and adapters in ten years time, or does every central vacuum manufacturer use their own sizes?
>like 20 sections when 5-10 are enough even for a large room
>cut the downstream pipe instead of installing a bypass valve
What kind of nigger monkey made that?
Also that's 20+ years old, nobody uses steel piping nowadays.
Central vacuums are a bit like smart homes, the difference being that smart home systems have to be completely torn down and replaced in 5 years, while a central vacuum can last 15.