Pulling Wire Through a Central Vacuum System? 47
call -151 asks: "A friend of mine has a nonworking central vacuum system in her house
and I was offering to help her use the tubing as conduits and pull cable to distribute her network throughout the place. Has anyone done this and have any advice to offer? It should go smoothly but I'm sure
there are some things I'm not thinking about." Of course, not everone can expect to have a CVS (pun intended) in their own home, but this was just odd enough where it deserved a post. Anyone have any URLs that describe exactly what a Central Vacuum System is, and how it worked?
Re:I'm trying to do this, too... (Score:4, Insightful)
I hope you're being facetious.
I think you'll find there are a lot more home owners out there who want a central vacuum system than a central wiring closet.
But if there is one thing I've learned over the years, you don't put money into your house to increase the resale value of your house. Anything you add is going to impress one buyer but absolutely turn off another. That's why you see houses with swimming pools filled in or outbuildings bulldozed as soon as they change owners.
The only money you can put in your house that makes a difference to the resale value is stuff that prevents the price from going down. This is a hard distinction to make. Replacing the roof when it's getting bad is an example of something that will prevent the resale price from going down.