Hi ,the dc07 dirt path hose is 1 1/2o.d. 6 inches long, wire reinforced,we use to all it supervacuflex,it's also clear, it can be almost threaded into the sole plate and cuff at the valve,my personal fix would be to glue it on with pvc pipe cement.If you heated 1/1/4 hose at the ends this would work also,It's really no big deal can be handled by any person that has a clue how to repair things.......
 
  O.T.

Hey Carl:
 
I was being ironic about the engineer reference.  No need to take it personal and professional.  Like I've also said about 10 times, I respect you and your posts despite my difference in views on most subjects with you, not just dyson vacuum products.  
 
IMHO engineers are terrible business leaders and managers.  Dyson fits the mold.
 
Carmine D.
 
 

Hi Carmine,speaking of central vacuum systems,there really has not  been too much new going on.T he industry buzz is that CVS'S are like wood burning stoves,in meaning that everyone that wanted one has already bought one.
Although the service end of the industry,repairs,service,parts,pretty much have stayed steady.
 
For the homeowner looking at cleaning equipment,centrals are now running neck and neck with portables,as far as the curiosity factor.As you know we sell both portable and central systems.About 70% of the sales are still central systems.The pricing is very attractive in comparison to portables.
 more to come.....
 
   O.T.
   
 

To all you dyson fans who like to collectively jump on me in unison for my honest criticisms of dyson and the products over the last 5 years, I'll take the credit for plunking down $250 for a new DC07 pink in September 2006 and taking it through the tests in my new house in Las Vegas.  
 
Had the dyson experience been other than as I reported, I would have changed my dyson views and comments.  And report honestly on the results.  I have nothing to gain/or lose except the $250 (which I lost).  But the dyson experience wasn't good.  Quite the opposite.   It was pretty much as I expected and reported before ownership.  And being useless and worthless for my needs, I gifted the DC07 away.  Despite being told by the dyson HELPLINE to return it for a refund.  Which I never did.  Give me some more credit again.
 
At least one major wool rug manufacturer, after I reported my experience with the DC07 pink, voided its warranty on wool rugs too if ANY dyson vacuum is used.  I'm sure with good cause, unrelated to its liking/disliking dyson and its products for anything other than purely professional reasons.  Was there any personal and professional barbs hurled at this rug maker when it made the announcement?  No none at all.  The dyson lovers were conspicuously silent and still are.  Business is business.  
 
You don't last long in the vacuum industry in the USA by making and selling poor performing products at exorbitant prices at big box retailers.  IMHO.  Dyson has at least 2 in 5 years that even dyson lovers would agree are terrible: The DC11 and the DC16.  One was pulled off the market by dyson and the other wishes it were.  
 
Will I give dyson another chance?  Maybe.  After the Oreck XL arrives and used in my house.  Have to wait and see.  If and when I do, I'll post honestly about the results.  Just as I would hope and trust all dyson lovers do (even those who sell them).
 
Carmine D.
 

Quote from Carmine_Difazio on 04/22/07 at 3:37pm:

 
If your criticisms were honest no one would jump on you.  My experience with brands other than Dyson have been as bad or worse than you Dyson experience.  What makes you so special that when I or others have good Dyson results we are wrong we are wrong?
 
We have all heard at least 100 times that you live in Las Vegas and have Mohawk carpet.  Is there something special about this that we are missing?