Did you get a different hoover for use while renovating?

avantra

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

We bought a bagless Dyson. It was either going to be that or a Henry.

We have been renovating a house for nearly 6 years and the hoover has been used and abused. I even used it to hoover out a coal shed! (No I'm not mad, it was an brick built outhouse used as a coal shed which we swept, hoovered out, jet-washed clean and then painted to use as a garden tool shed).

We need to clean the filters a lot and the hoover looks tatty now, but it is still going strong. I was originally shocked at the cost, but it has been worth every penny.

6 years project? wow! I take my hat off, I wouldn't be able to cope with more than one year tops

We got a VAX 4100 from a car boot for a fiver and it did the job perfectly.

It is still alive and used mainly to hoover the cars. Like other said store your good Hoover for the time of renovation and use something durable and cheap to take the beatings of wood shavings and plaster dust.

Jackinbox99

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

We bought a bagless Dyson. It was either going to be that or a Henry.

We have been renovating a house for nearly 6 years and the hoover has been used and abused. I even used it to hoover out a coal shed! (No I'm not mad, it was an brick built outhouse used as a coal shed which we swept, hoovered out, jet-washed clean and then painted to use as a garden tool shed).

We need to clean the filters a lot and the hoover looks tatty now, but it is still going strong. I was originally shocked at the cost, but it has been worth every penny.

Snap, i have one of those little dyson turbo`s bagless hoovers and ive had mine for about 9 years now. Ive heavily abused mine - using it to hoover up brick rubble, plaster, dust from decorating / sanding things down etc. I even use it to hoover my garage out! Its still going strong and if the suction starts to get weak, I just wash the filters out, put them back in, and its back to being so powerful it pulls the carpets up from the floorboards as I use it.

I think when i bought it it cost something like £220 which I thought was expensive at the time, but so far its been good value for money.

latecomer

We used our 7 year old Dyson during our project and its pretty much dead now. i'm going to have one final attempt at reviving it but we have already bought a replacement as I'm not hopeful. That said the dyson did sterling job up until the end and it was pretty well abused during the renovation.

Slinky_Malinky

I bought a cheap vacuum cleaner from Lidl for around £30sih. It has a huge capacity cylinder like a yellow dalek that will hold loads of rubbish and can just be emptied straight into the bin. Very robust and sounds like concord but is still alive and living in my garage while I use my much sexier Miele vac in the house.

googler

Our household vacuum is never used to clean the cars or the garage, and the garage/car vacuum is never used inside the house.

ormus

well done. ive never heard of any dyson lasting so long.
the local tip is full of dysons.
get a red henry. you can get three henrys for the price of some dysons.

mttylad

Whatever you buy, buy extra filters and bags at the same time.

jjww_2

I blew mine up hoovering up dust while renovating my house, was just a cheapie one though.

The bloke who services my boiler and my mums old back boiler uses a henry hoover and swears by it for the soot and dust etc.

philbostavros

Hi

I bought a wet/dry vacuum (like a Henry but a bit bigger) from Jewsons about 3 years ago.

You can use it with or without a bag (with is better for fine dust situations) and also for sucking up water.

I think it cost around £60, which was much cheaper than domestic appliances at the time (think Homebase wanted £90 for a small Henry) and it has been a godsend.

I bought spare bags at the time and still have loads left.

Couldn't find one on their website - not surprising as it is not the best to navigate. Best popping in to your nearest branch if you have one or ring first and ask.

Cheers
Phil

keystone

I also use a wet and dry (Aquavac) sans bag. Does everything you want and a lot cheaper than Henry. Most of the price for that beastie is the wretched name! Never ever use the machine you use for normal domestic purposes for building works unless you want to buy a new one after.

Cheers