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Old 10-22-2021, 09:14 PM   #2077 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
I have always wondered if you could pull vacuum under the carpet and slowly vacuum the house through the rug. It just needed to work hard enough to keep up with the slow accumulation of dust.

That might work with carpet, but not the pad.
Our forced air return is flat in the floor so it does suck a bunch of pet hair down into it. There it travels down to the filter where it is removed. I have to clean or replace the filter more often but it does work a bit like a central vacuum. Only for light and fluffy hair or dust bunnies.
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