Are miele vacuums good for building work dust and small bits of rubble (don’t want a Henry)

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I am having a fair bit of work done over the next coming months. I have just had a big dusty job completed, and my Shark has been shit. It’s not built for hard work and I cannot be arsed with it’s drama for the next few big jobs.

I’ve had it a few years now, getting close to need a new one anyway and I’ve been leaning toward a miele (no particular model in mind). I really don’t want a Henry, as much as he sucks up anything in the vicinity, I want to get a vacuum I’ll be happy with day to day as well (my rooms aren’t very big and Henry was too bulky and a pain manoeuvring around furniture etc)

You would be better getting a heavy duty vacuum for the work and keeping your normal cleaner for day to day hoovering. Normal vacuums aren’t designed for rubble.

We have one of these purely for building work and clearing leaves from the garden. www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Wet+Dry-Vacuum-Cleaner-With-Blower-20L---1250W/p/215735

Thanks, when I say rubble, it has been very small bits maybe the size of a 5p and not a great deal.

And thinking about it, the only potential indoor ‘rubbly’ job left is the the kitchen but I’m not expecting a huge deal from there, not knocking any walls out etc.

So it’s mainly the layers of dust, small bits of packaging that gets into the corners that sort of thing. I wouldn’t like to pay for a vacuum I won’t use after a couple of months.

I think my Miele is nearly 20 years old and it is still going strong. It's been used after many DIY and renovations work jobs. We've replaced one part of the hose that split a couple of years ago. I don't know if the new ones are as good, but it really is a workhorse of a hoover.

plaster & rubble buggers up the electronic parts of the vacuum cleaner.

get a cheap one for during the building works and only get a 'proper'one after.

No, our miele overheated and needed replacement part after hoovering building dust.

We bought a karcher just for building work and dust. It’s bulky, but lives in the shed when not doing that king of work. It was pretty cheap, so still worth it.

For building work Henry is great or Titan if it's for cleaning up post build definitely get a less fancy model I would not use my Shark for it.

The protein standard hoovers is they have filters now, these can’t cope with building stuff. Hence you need a simpler version

We keep a Henry exactly for this purpose. I also have a Shark & a Miele and both react badly to rubble and building dust. The filters get clogged & the pipes blocked.

Ahh thanks all looks like I’ll be needing to buy 2 new hoovers 😩

Our 10 year old Miele is okay with building stuff but it did get through filters and bags. However we did attempt to hoover up Nitromorse/paint stripper detritus with its predecessor - that killed it.

No point buying a decent vacuum for plaster dust etc. It kills them in no time. That said, we have an ancient Vax 2000 which has survived through two house renovations and just won't die.

Get something basic and inexpensive for now. A tub cleaner like a Henry or off-brand equivalent is a good bet. The last thing you want for this stuff is a posh cordless costing hundreds.

Our Miele hoover is the worst hoover we've ever had, it just doesn't pick everything up.

If you've only got one more 'rubbley' job to go can you hire a Henry from somewhere? They really are indestructable as there are so few parts.

Yes we've got one of those wet and dry ones now for DIY. Can use it to clean gutters etc too.

I used mine for two renovations now and I still use it everyday. I love it.

We always get the screwfix cheap wet and dry hoover, it's indestructible. Have done a few houses up.

I think our karcher / Henry thing was only about £45 new. They wanted £18 per day to hire one, which didn’t seem worth it as week needed for a few weeks

Buy a henry for the building works then treat yourself to a cordless dyson after. Best purchase I ever made, however I still rely on my trusty henry for deep cleaning (eg. when the front room plaster was redone)

I agree with PP that a cheap heavy duty one for rubble / particularly dirty rooms plus an everyday cordless is the best option.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb774vac-1300w-16ltr-wet-dry-vacuum-220-240v/826KH?tc=AL7&dskid=92700046638549236&dssrl=1243318&dsrl=1241687&dssrl=1245250&dsrl=1245250&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqofGluf09AIV2ddtCh3rdwDXEAQYASABEgKzgvDBwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

You could get a Henry for the building work and then sell it on FB/eBay afterwards - there's bound to be other people looking for them for exactly the same reason as you!

I wouldn't buy a 'nice' new hoover to use for building work - normal hoovers just aren't designed for that purpose.

Are you doing the work yourself though? Every builder we've ever used has cleaned up after themselves (with a Henry).

I got our Henry second hand for the building work. Now it's just a bit of left over dust and rubble I use our Miele

Well I’m glad I posted this today, having what I thought would be a relatively small wiring job done right now but the mess is immense 😭 I’ve only just managed to clean last weeks job up and there’s a bit of plastering yet to be done.

I think I’ll need to pick up one of the cheaper Henry knock offs today tbh.

The builders do tend to clean up but it’s never fully clean, and theres always dust and bits that get under the dust sheets or under furniture we haven’t been able to move out etc.

I suppose I can keep it for the cats litter room as well, I assume I have been slowly breaking my Shark with that too!

I don't suppose you have an airing cupboard / old water tank in the kitchen? When I had my kitchen renovated this year I had a piece of worktop put in my old water tank cupboard with the tumble dryer on top which gives more than enough room for Henry, mop bucket etc underneath. It's room I didn't have before and it's great not having to bend down for the tumble dryer, I just leave the door opener when it's on for ventilation then close it all away out of sight.

I'm having building work at the moment, the builder has a Henry (actually a pink Henrietta) and says it's been reliable for dust and rubble for 10 years. Topically I have a Shark cordless which is the most useless pile of junk ever. Hate! It can't handle anything. I've replaced it with a Miele C3 Cat and Dog, which is brilliant, handles everything and practically sucks up the carpet on full section mode. I wouldn't ruin it on rubble though.

There's a reason why most builders have Henrys. They keep going through stuff that would kill most vacs. I'd get one and then keep it (if you have the space) for really dusty jobs.