If you have built a house, or building a house would you put one in, or have you, and is/was it worth to spend the money in putting one in?

A 'docking station'... otherwise known as a cupboard?

Assuming you're refering to a Roomba or equivalent robotic & docking station...

Yes, did. No, found it a complete and utter waste of time, money and effort (unless perhaps you're an extreme minimalist living in a single roomed bungalow with no pets/kids/...).

No silly billy lol, it is a thing that you put in the cellar, and to collect all the crap which you hoover up off your floors

And the reason for the groan is...?

Not sure here is the website www.disan.ch
It is not a robot (that`s me)

Grrrrrrrrrrr sorry i meant to press thanks

Hoover in proper English= Vacuum Cleaner.In your case Central Vacuum Cleaner . Right I have one

Yes, but you just plug the ptpe thing in the wall, and you don`t have to lug the machine around

Can you post a picture of your VACUUM CLEANER please i might want to buy it

Ah-ha!! A Central Vacuum System!!!

Also been there, done that, wouldn't bother again

I recall many happy hours trying to retrieve items (socks seem to have a special affinity for these systems) from half-way down the pipe, behind the wall, but not yet in the basement, with straightened coat-hangers and various other Heath Robinson instruments devised over time and of necessity.

And when it's all done and dusted - as it were - instead of the cable wrapping neatly round the cleaner, and the cleaner popping neatly in its docking station (aka "cupboard" , as Richdog spotted), you then have to do battle with this bl**dy great python of a corrugated tube, which has an even bigger mind of its own than a supermarket trolley with a wonky wheel

We finally stumbled across this baby, and I can strongly recommend it. Whilst hoovering or ironing will never be an enjoyable activity, at least when one's got the proper weapon, you can at least feel that you're kicking ass...
It's a Dyson Motorhead, a combined cylinder/upright cleaner, and the lights dim in the neighbourhood when you fire it up fully

Maybe this helps

http://www.improveyourroom.com/Centr...NuToneVac.aspx

Had it once, wouldn't bother. as said, the python of a tube takes as much space as a normal vacuum cleaner and is a pain to carry around - at least normal ones have wheels. Get a cleaning lady instead

Ooops sorry Richdog i thought you meant a cupboard to put things in

Wow thanks i never thought of that scrap the idea

One final comment about these CVSs (Cursed Vacuums of Satan), before one starts to get a reputation as someone who collects registration numbers of vacuum cleaners

There's only one thing worse than having to sit in the basement sorting through the contents of a large tank containing several weeks'/months' worth of dust, hair, single socks, fur, dead insects and all the other stuff that I won't mention , because you just hoovered up something valuable, and you need to find it and retrieve it.


And that's having to sit in the basement sorting through the contents of a large tank containing several weeks'/months' worth of dust, hair, single socks, fur, dead insects and all the other stuff that I still won't mention , because you just hoovered up something, and you don't know whether it was valuable or not, and you won't know til you find it, so you have to find it, but you don't even know what it is you're looking for.

Thanks again you just saved me alot of money, which i will spend on a wash shoot

Probably anticipated for this...

I've got one of those. Goes from upstairs to the basement laundry room. My husband still leaves his clothes on the floor upstairs It is convenient, but you might as well just carry a basket of clothes when you walk down there. The wash basket downstairs fills up fast and it all ends up on the floor. Send your trousers down with the belt you want to wear or your wallet/phone and you need to go and fetch it. It is convenient for sending everything down and sticking on a load of washing before I head out in the car. Spiders like the basement laundry basket too.

Luckily, my eldest hasn't figured out where it goes yet. He thinks it is just a wash basket. All his toys are going to go down there once he finds out.

Make sure that they make it out of marine ply or plastic tubing otherwise wet clothes can damage it.

The wash shoot was my husbands idea and will be in our private bathroom (only door into it is from our bedroom, kids have there own) We never put anything in the wash basket now with things on/in so i don`t think that will be a problem.

LOL my son would think it was cool to send al his car toys down

Thanks for the tip.

We just given a Roomba. One word - awesome. Hit the button, walk out the door and go to work...
OK yes you have to keep the floor clear for it to work, and yes it wouldn't be much use in a large house with stairs etc, but for a medium-sized open-plan apartment it is great!