Vacuum Clinic · Draper, Utah

Every Machine Triaged, Every Seal Reseated, Every Suction Restored

GREATVACS, L.L.C. is a computer integrated systems design and vacuum service house working from its workshop at 138 E 12300 S Unit 885, Draper - 84020-7976, United States (US). We take in shop vacs, canisters, uprights and whole-house central systems, then move each unit across a real bench with a real gauge. A machine that arrives dusty leaves measured, sealed and proven on the suction meter.

See the Bench Work FIX-01 Book an Intake Slot TEST-02

Suction test bay

The Clinic Floor

A Repair Counter Built Around One Promise

A vacuum is a simple idea under a lot of engineering: moving air, trapped dirt, and a seal that has to hold. When any part of that chain slips, the machine weakens long before it dies. Our shop treats every arrival as a diagnosis problem first and a parts problem second. The intake board records what the owner reports, the bench confirms what the machine actually does, and only then does a technician write the job.

This discipline is why GREATVACS, L.L.C. handles both the newest canister on the shelf and the oldest upright in the attic. A full-size vacuum sales and fitting session begins with floors, pets and square footage, not with a price tag. A repair and tune-up service visit begins with a suction reading, not a guess.

Machines do not fail all at once. They lose a little suction, then a little more, until the owner decides the vacuum is weak. By the time it reaches our bench the cause is almost always measurable.

We keep the workshop deliberately mixed. Shop vacs come in caked from a job site, canisters come in with a torn bag and a whistling seal, uprights arrive with a wrapped brush roll, and central systems call in with a clogged run somewhere behind a wall. Each one is logged, tested and returned with a note explaining what changed.

Owners who love an old machine are not pushed toward a new one. Restoration of classic machines is a standing service because a well-built vacuum from decades ago can outperform a light modern unit once its seals, belt and bearings are renewed. That work is slower, and we say so.

Job Log · Six Standing Services

The Work Orders We Carry Every Week

Six services sit on the wall at all times. Each one has its own bench stage, its own parts shelf and its own suction target. The job codes below match the tickets at our intake desk.

JOB 101 Intake · full

Vacuum Sales and Fitting

Selling a vacuum well is a fitting job, not a shelf job. We ask about flooring mix, shedding pets, stair runs, ceiling reach and how much of the house is carpet against hard surface. From there we match a machine to airflow, hose length and filtration class rather than to the loudest box on the pallet. Every unit leaves the counter assembled, weighed in the hand and tested on our gauge before it goes home.

If a household needs a whole-house solution instead of a portable one, the same conversation covers central vac service calls and a walk of the planned pipe route. Buyers get a demonstration on the bench, so the first time they run the machine is not the first time anyone has checked it.

Belt 3PK HEPA M9 Sealkit

Intake SU 92

JOB 102 Bench · running

Repair and Tune-Up Service

Our repair bench starts with a suction reading and a current draw, then a strip-down of the parts that actually move air. A tune-up covers the belt, the brush roll bearings, the hose collar, the motor brushes where they are serviceable and every gasket that has flattened with age. Weak suction is traced to its source instead of being blamed on the bag.

We keep common parts on the shelf and order the unusual ones by name and model. Repairs are quoted before work begins, and a machine is never released until it passes the same gauge test it failed at intake. Most tune-ups return a unit that pulls harder than the owner remembers it ever pulling.

Belt 3PK Brush Roll Sealkit

Diagnosed SU 88

JOB 103 Bench · long stay

Restoration of Classic Machines

Some vacuums were built to be repaired, and their owners know it. Restoration takes a machine back to bare frame, cleans and reseats the motor housing, renews the cord and switch, rebuilds the bag chamber and refinishes the shell without hiding its age. We keep period-correct hardware where we can find it and honest modern equivalents where we cannot.

This is the slowest service on the log and the one that most often surprises people. A restored classic frequently out-suctions a new lightweight unit, because the original machine was engineered around real airflow. Owners receive a written account of everything replaced and everything left original.

Cord Set Switch Sealkit

Quoted SU 95

JOB 104 Shelf · stock pull

Bag and Filter Supply

The single fastest way to weaken a vacuum is to run the wrong bag or a filter that has stopped passing air. We stock bags, belts and filters across the makes we service, and we match by model rather than by appearance. A HEPA filter is fitted when the household needs fine-particle capture, and a standard filter is fitted when it does not.

Owners can bring a machine to the counter for a fit check, or send the model number and receive a matched set. We also show how a bag seats correctly, because a folded collar is the most common cause of a canister that seems to lose power overnight.

HEPA M9 Bag 12PK Belt 3PK

Repaired SU 79

JOB 105 Field · on site

Central Vac Service Calls

A central system fails somewhere between the inlet and the can, which is exactly why it needs a field call. We test the power unit, check the collection can and filter, then walk the runs to find clogs, loose inlets and tired hose contacts. Low suction at one wall port usually points to a blockage or a seal at that port rather than to the motor.

We also handle inlet faceplates, hoses and tool kits for systems already in the house. Where a run was never balanced, we note it and quote a correction. Field work is scheduled so that one call can cover the motor, the can and the full run at once rather than three separate visits.

Inlet Kit Hose 30FT Sealkit

Tested SU 90

JOB 106 Counter · trade

Trade-In and Consignment

A working vacuum that no longer suits a household still has value on our floor. Trade-in gives credit against a new or restored machine once we have tested the unit and confirmed its condition. Consignment lets an owner place a sound machine with us and have it sold to someone who needs exactly that model, with the bench test written on the tag.

Either path keeps usable equipment in service and out of a landfill. We are direct about condition, because a trade is only fair when both sides know what the machine does under load. Every trade and consignment unit is gauge-tested before it is listed.

Trade Tag Test Slip Sealkit

Collected SU 84

GreatVacs services all makes before the holiday hosting rush. Bring the canister, the upright, the shop vac or the whole central system in for a suction test and a seal check while the calendar is still quiet.

Reserve a Slot

From Door to Gauge

How a Machine Moves Through the Clinic

Every unit follows the same path. The order never changes, because a repair that skips a stage is a repair that comes back.

Intake and Logging

The owner describes the symptom, we record the model, the age and the reported behaviour, and the machine receives a job ticket. No repair begins until the ticket exists.

Bench Diagnosis

Suction is measured, current is checked and the air path is opened. The goal is a named cause, not a list of guesses, and the finding is written onto the ticket before any part is ordered.

Quote and Approval

The owner receives a clear quote covering parts and labour. Restoration and central system work are quoted after diagnosis, never before, because both depend on what the bench finds.

Repair and Rebuild

Seals, belts, bearings, cords and brushes are renewed as needed. Bag chambers are cleaned, housings are reseated and moving parts are balanced again before the machine is closed up.

Suction Test

The unit runs on the gauge against its class target. If a machine does not pass, it does not leave. This is the single check that protects every other promise we make.

Collection and Notes

The owner collects the machine with a written summary of what was found, what was replaced and what to watch next. Follow-up is welcome if anything changes.

Bench Counters

What the Gauge Board Reads

A short view of the clinic numbers. Every figure below is a running total from our own bench log, refreshed as jobs close.

0 Machines triaged

0 Seals reseated

0 Classics restored

0 Field calls closed

Why We Work This Way

Repair Is an Engineering Habit

GREATVACS, L.L.C. sits inside the computer systems design and integrated systems trade, and that background shows in how the vacuum bench runs. Airflow is a system, seals are interfaces, and a filter is a component with a specification. When a machine underperforms we treat it like any other failed system: isolate, measure, correct, retest.

That habit is why we can repair a central system in one visit, why a classic restoration holds its suction, and why a tune-up is documented rather than guessed. It also shapes how we advise. If a repair will not pay for itself, we say so and look at a trade-in instead.

Parts We Keep on the Wall

The parts bins behind the bench hold the items that stop most machines mid-week: belts, brush rolls, hose collars, motor brushes, cords, switches, gaskets and matched filter sets. Because they are on hand, a standard tune-up rarely waits on an order.

Specialist parts for older and imported machines are sourced by model, and we tell owners the honest lead time. Nothing is fitted that we cannot vouch for, because the gauge test at the end does not care how a part was sourced. It only tells us whether the machine is whole again.

Who We Serve

Homes, rentals, workshops and small commercial floors around Draper send us shop vacs, canisters, uprights and central systems. Whatever arrives, the promise is the same one painted on the intake board: every machine triaged, every seal reseated, every suction tested.