It’s a great day. The sun is shining, the birds are tweeting, the bees are buzzing, that annoying dog next door is barking and you’re super primed to do some serious vacuum cleaning ! Right ? Wrong.  Before you know it, dark thunderous clouds roll in, the birds stop tweeting, the bees stop buzzing and that annoying dog next door just left a smelly deposit on your front lawn. Oh, and you’ve also noticed that a yet to be indentified perpetrator has broken the floor head of your much loved vacuum cleaner.

 

 

It’s beginning to look a lot like a bad day, a very bad day indeed.

Or does it have to be !?

You might not be able to do much about the serial dog pooper next door, but you certainly can do something about your vacuum cleaners floor head.

The first general rule of thumb with vacuum cleaner floor heads is that one is rarely able to replace broken parts on a floor head. There are of course exceptions to the rule (i.e. power head parts are usually available), but in general you will find this to be the case for most vacuum cleaner floorheads. For example, it is unlikely that you will be able to replace a broken neck or a broken switch on a standard combination floor head. This is just one of those things in life that we all must learn to accept if we are to move on.

The second rule of thumb with vacuum cleaner floor heads is that they come in different sizes, types and grades of quality. The size usually refers to the size of the floorhead neck (i.e. 32mm or 35mm neck) and the type usually refers to the function of the floor head (i.e. hard floor head with a fixed brush, or a combination floor head with a retractable brush). The quality of a floorhead usually indicates whether a floorhead will last for years or months. Quality will typically vary depending on the price of the floorhead, but not always.

The neck size of a vacuum cleaners floorhead can be easily determined by simply measuring the inner diameter of the neck hole in which the rod is placed. If you do not have your old floorhead then you can measure the diameter of the rod, the side in which it goes into the floorhead. The standard size of most domestic vacuums will generally be either 32mm or 35mm in diameter. Some commercials vacuums will have 36mm sized necks (or larger), and the more unique vacuums of the vacuum world will have varying sized necks. It takes all sorts to make the world the wonderful place it is !

 

There are many different types of vacuum cleaner floor head. The most common type of floorhead is the standard combination floorhead (with adjustable brush) that is ideal for carpets and hard floors, and the brushless floorhead which is ideal for carpeted floors. An other type of floorhead which has become very popular in recent years is the turbo head. The turbohead has a fast rotating brush which is ideal for removing pet hair and dirt from carpets, rugs and fabric furniture. Who thought vacuum cleaners could be this exciting ?!

Below is an example of the three most common types of floorhead.

Click on the image if you would like more information.

 

32mm Combination Floorhead32mm Standard Combination Floorhead

 

Carpet Floorhead with Wheels    32mm Brushless Floorhead with Wheels

 

  32mm turbohead32mm Deluxe Turbo Head with Wheels

 

Vacuum cleaner floorheads come in varying grades of quality. It can generally be expected that the floorheads produced by established companies, like an Electrolux or Miele floorhead will be of superior quality. An example of such quality is the Miele Classic Combination Floorhead which is designed by Miele to suit a range of their vacuum cleaners. Alternatively, if one wanted superior quality AND excellent value for money then generic floor heads made by Wesselwerk are an equally good choice if your vacuum cleaner has a standard 32mm or 35mm neck. The Deluxe German 32mm Combination Floorhead is a classic example of the rock-solid quality of floorheads manufactured by Wesselwerk.

So you see, it's not the end of the world if your floorhead manages to mysteriously disappear or fall apart on you. You don’t need to throw your vacuum cleaner away in despair. All you need to do is head over to VacuumSpot and start browsing our comprehensive range of floorheads.

You can go straight to our floorhead section by clicking the following link –

Vacuum Cleaner Floorheads

 

Oh, and wouldn't you know ! Those dark clouds have passed and the sun is shining again, the birds are tweeting, the bees are buzzing and that serial dog pooper next door has "mysteriously" disappeared. It has turned out to be a great day after all…

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