Hi all,
We've just bought a new home and are getting fresh flooring laid, including engineered timber and medium-pile carpets in the bedroom.
The home is in an area that was previously adjacent to heavy industry, and there is some concern that there is lead and other heavy metals potentially in the roof dust, as well as some dust in the general area. We're looking to remediate this when able (exploring options now), but prevailing advice is that you can keep the home safe by not disturbing the attic space/minimising access, as well as regularly cleaning dust from the home with damp cloth dusting and using a vacuum with a HEPA filter.
While we would prefer a stick vac, my understanding is that these often don't have the suction and performance capability of a cannister vac, so I am very open to recommendations of either type. I think robots are out as they also don't get the depth of cleaning we need to feel confident.
Our budget is up to $1000 or so, but preference would be to keep it sub $600 if possible.
Aside from direct recommendations, do you have any resources of people who do reliable and quality vacuum reviews and recommendations? Especially if they're Aus based?
Many thanks!
Have a Miele C3, and highly rate them. Yes they take bags, but I normally get them when they go on sale or sometimes see people selling them on gumtree