Unlike a broom, a central vacuum cleaner removes 100% of dust, allergens, and microscopic particles from your home, keeping it clean and improving air quality. Its powerful suction swiftly and effectively removes particles that a broom would have to sweep up repeatedly.

That is why, like carpets and area rugs, hard-surface flooring should be vacuumed on a regular basis to maintain its appearance and durability. A vacuum cleaner eliminates all dust particles that are difficult to remove in floors, including the ones that are stuck in floorboard gaps.

However, vacuuming frequency varies from person to person. It will mostly be determined by the size of the area and its flooring.

How often should you vacuum your house?

If you’re wondering how often you should vacuum your home, here are the different types of flooring and how often they should be vacuumed every week.

Hard-Surface Flooring

Hard-surface flooring like hardwood and tile floors should be vacuumed once a week. Dust and debris can accumulate in grout lines, and corners. Sand and other rough particles can scratch hard-surface floors and cause irreversible damage.

If you tend to bring in a lot of sand or dirt, live in a dusty area, or have pets, you may need to vacuum more frequently.

The Best Central Vacuum Accessories for Hard Floors

As long as you use the right attachments, a vacuum cleaner will properly clean and care for your hardwood floors.

If your home has hardwood floors or no carpeting at all, the Standard Air Kit should be your best option. This vacuum kit comes with a floor and wall brush as well as a premium floor brush that is gentle yet effective at keeping your floors clean and dust-free. 

When using the floor and wall brush, just make sure to disable the bristles when necessary to avoid damaging sensitive flooring. 

Standard Air Kit

• 35’ Crushproof Air Hose
• Floor & Wall Brush
• Telescopic Chrome Wand
• Dusting Brush
• Upholstery Tool with slide-on Brush
• Tool Caddy & Hose Rack

Hard-Surface Flooring with Area Rugs

Rugs, like carpets, collect a lot more dirt and dust than hard surfaces. It is highly recommended to vacuum area rugs twice a week. 

When left to accumulate on area rugs, dust becomes deeply embedded in your rugs’ fibers, making cleaning much more difficult than it should be. Allowing dust to remain on rugs for an extended period of time will also damage their fibers and backing.

The Best Central Vacuum Accessories for Area Rugs

If you have hard-surface flooring and a few area rugs, the Deluxe Air Kit will make cleaning much easier and more convenient for you.

It comes with a cleaning hose, a swivel handle for a secure grip, and an on/off switch. The switch enables you to turn the power unit on and off without repeatedly plugging and unplugging the hose from an inlet.

A combination floor and rug tool is also included in the kit, allowing you to switch between floors and carpets without turning off the vacuum.

Deluxe Air Kit

• 35’ 24V Crushproof Hose With Swivel handle & On/Off Switch
• Floor & Rug Tool
• Telescopic Chrome Wand
• Dusting Brush
• Upholstery Tool with slide-on Brush
• Tool Caddy & Hose Rack

Carpeted Flooring

Carpets are undoubtedly more difficult to clean and maintain than hard floors or any other surface in the home due to their capacity to trap dirt, grime, dust, allergies, and bacteria. However, cleaning and maintaining carpeted flooring is now a lot faster and easier than ever before, thanks to high-performance vacuum cleaners such as central vacuum systems.

If you have carpets at home, then you should vacuum them at least twice a week.

If you have carpeted floors, an electric powerhead with a roller brush is a must-have.

It includes an internal motor that rotates and agitates a roller brush and is designed to thoroughly clean carpeted flooring. The bristles of the roller brush penetrate deeply into the carpet fibers to remove all dirt, debris, and other particles that have become embedded there.

However, you should bear in mind that wool, berber, and frieze carpets should not be cleaned with a roller brush. A roller brush can damage these carpets by loosening or pulling out their fibers.

The Best Central Vacuum Accessories for Carpets

If you have carpeted flooring in your home, the Deluxe Electric Kit is for you.

It includes an electric powerhead that is specifically designed to clean carpeted flooring thoroughly, leaving it looking brand new every time. Its integrated motor spins and vibrates a brush roller. effectively removing dust, grime, and other particles that cause carpets to age.

The cleaning hose also has a swivel handle and a switch that lets you turn on and off both the electric powerhead and the power unit with a single click. 

Deluxe Electric Kit – $399.99

• 35’ 110-24V Crushproof Hose with Swivel handle & On/Off Switch
• Electric Powerhead with headlight and chrome brush/beater roller
• Floor & Wall Brush
• Chrome Telescopic Wand
• Dusting Brush
• Upholstery Tool with Brush
• Tool Caddy & Hose Rack

Quick Tips for Vacuuming Your Home

• Roller brushes should not be used on hardwood or tile floors because the bristles can scratch these surfaces.

• Before vacuuming your floors, rugs or carpets, dust the upper areas first. Dusting these areas after vacuuming your floor, rug or carpet may cause dust and particles in the air to fall back down on the ground.

• Vacuum your rugs and carpets multiple times in the same areas to guarantee that all dust, filth, debris, and allergens are completely gone.

• If you or a member of the family has allergies or asthma, use a vacuum cleaner that has a HEPA filter. A HEPA filter is the most effective vacuum filter as it catches at least 99.7% of airborne particles as small as 0.3 micrometers.

• Use collection bags to prevent vacuumed dust and debris from recirculating in your house. Just remember to empty or change bags when they are 75% full to maintain the suction and good condition of your vacuum.