Home improvement is a big enough challenge without having tools that don’t work like they’re supposed to. My shop vacuum head was one such tool. Here’s the simple fix.
Problem: The bottom of the suction thingie is dead flat. Unless I really articulated the wand—total PITA—the vacuum would suck the #$%^&* thing to the floor. More below…
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See that little dot in the vac head above my left hand below? I drilled a hole in to relieve some pressure. Bubkis. So I got me some Gorilla Glue instead and went about creating an air gap between the bottom of the nozzle and the floor.
First, I tried some cork I had lying around. Figuring it was thin it’d be perfect to break the suction between the vac and the floor without sacrificing power. I glued it on with Gorilla Super Glue with Brush & Nozzle. The glue worked great. The cork was an insta-fail.
I vacced up a bunch of gnarly remodeling dust and grit and the cork wore out within minutes.
Lesson learned. I turned to thin strips of wood—some stir sticks my wife Theresa had lying around. I glued little strips of stir stick right to what remained of the cork and my vac has never been easier to use.
I hope this home improvement tip helped you. I have a million of ’em. If there’s something I can help you with to make your DIY projects go faster, easier better, smoother or otherwise requiring less profanity, I’m here to help.
When my tools work like they’re supposed to I call that ‘home improvement happy’.
