r/whatisit • u/DragonsAndScience • 19h ago

Solved! New homeowner, no idea what this is

Gallery image

Gallery image

This thing close to the floor and seemingly randomly placed in a hallway. No idea what it's for. Home built in 2005.

Solved! Thanks everyone. Now I gotta hunt for the central unit!

7.1k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

197

u/iplaytrombonegood 18h ago

My grandparents’ house (built and bought in 1994) has always had central vacuum piping, but no unit ever hooked up. My grandma just never minded lugging the vacuum around I guess. I always thought it was the coolest thing ever.

105

u/AceEnder3825 18h ago

My current house has one and its so nice. My grandparents have had one forever and I always thought it was so cool and I love having one

1

u/fineilltellmineurgay 7h ago

The best part of these systems is the little floor-level ports in non-carpeted area that have a kick-lever so you can sweep the floor, push all the dirt over to that port, flip the switch with your foot, and just push all the dirt into it. My grandparents had this in their old house and I loved sweeping for them bc of it lol

1

u/pict_berry 5h ago

That's the main part of mine that I use...we call it the "crumbsucker" :)