Wall chasers

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A few years ago I bought a Makita wall chaser which was on special offer at the time. I got a Nilfisk Alto Aero 25-21 vacuum cleaner (from Screwfix) to go with it. The rate of dust generation certainly is phenominal but the Nilfisk copes with it. The secondary filter is huge and there is a backflow button to allow momentary flow reversal to clear it if it does get clogged.

I also use the Nilfisk when SDS chasing, with the end of the hose right next to the business end of the chisel. This makes an enormous difference to the amount of dust that would otherwise get everywhere.

Using it this way the hose does block from time to time and it needs firm squeezing to free up the jammed bits of masonry.

John

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jrwalliker
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I can see that being worthwhile for pro use - but would anyone bother for occasional DIY? Vacuum cleaners take up a great deal of space to store.

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Dave Plowman (News)

"Unfortunately this product is no longer available." ;-(

That looks like the filter in my Honeywell air filterer.

That's a neat idea. ;-)

Yeah, we generally do that with even simple had drill drilling or if I'm on my own, the old 'envelope taped to the wall under where you are drilling' trick. ;-)

Yeah, I remember doing that as well.

Cheers, T i m

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T i m

I may treat this new house as an excuse to get one.

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Huge

If you ever drill holes in hard masonry, you'll not regret it. With the ability to chase things an added bonus.

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Dave Plowman (News)

If someone has a wood burning stove or even an open grate fire then an ash or soot vacuum cleaner could be the the one to to get if you do have room to keep another machine. Would usually get more use than one kept for the occasional DIY task.

I can't recomend the type that is some times sold in Aldi or Lid,l the filtration is single stage and even that often fails to do the job resulting in ash coming out of the exhaust.

The one I use is a De Vielle which has 3 stage filtration and it filters properley. The hose is also lined with some metal sections so is fairly tough.

They also do a slightly smaller two stage but I have no knowledge how efficient that one filters.

G.Harman

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damduck-egg

It does not need to be expensive. I do have a recommendation for you (if you trust my recommendations).

Bought this for my Dad at Christmas

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I would not want to use one for a full rewires (ie several rewires) with lots of chasing out into hard brick - however it packs a good punch and comes with a few chisel bits.

Christmas Day went like this

Mum "Are you two going to come in for dinner or are you going to spend all day in the garden messing with the drill and drinking beer?"

followed by when we went inside.

Mum "Look at the state of you two. Bob they are your best trousers and they are covered in dust - you are worse than a kid. Adam stop encouraging him. It's time the pair of you grew up."

IMHO Certainly better and worth the extra money than my

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ARW

Perhaps this is the replacement?

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Andy Burns

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