Central Vacuum Systems for Pet Grooming Salons
Air Lion installs central vacuum systems built for grooming salons in Collinsville and across the Metro East. Hair, dander and undercoat get pulled through in-wall tubing and out of the grooming room instead of blowing back into the air. With a hose at every station and tub, you grab a light hose, clean the table, and bring in the next dog. Call Kyle at (618) 223-8880 for a free on-site consultation.
A grooming salon makes more hair than a portable shop vac can handle
A full day of grooming throws off pounds of hair, loose undercoat and fine dander. A single double-coat blowout can coat the floor, the table, the dryer and the walls in minutes. A portable vacuum pulls some of that up, then pushes the finest dust right back through its filter and into the air your groomers breathe all day. By the third or fourth dog the canister is packed, the suction is fading, and someone is hauling the machine across the room and tripping over the cord.
A central vacuum fixes the part portables get wrong. The power unit sits in a back room or garage, so the suction runs far stronger than any portable and it holds at every inlet no matter how much hair you move. Everything you pick up travels through in-wall tubing and out of the grooming area into a canister you empty only a few times a year. The fine dander that triggers allergies and clings to coats leaves the room instead of recirculating. Between dogs, you pull a light hose off the wall, clear the table and floor, and you are ready for the next appointment.
What a central vacuum does for pet grooming.
Hair and dander leave the room
Loose undercoat, clipped hair and fine dander get carried through in-wall tubing to a canister in the back, not blown back through a portable filter. The air between appointments stays cleaner for your groomers and the next dog on the table.
A hose at every station and tub
We place wall inlets where the work happens: one at each grooming table, one at each bathing tub, and more along the floor where hair piles up. No dragging a machine from station to station, no fighting a cord around wet floors.
Faster turnaround between dogs
Grab the light hose, clear the table and the floor around it, drop it back on the wall, and bring in the next appointment. Suction never fades as the day goes on because the canister holds months of hair, not one blowout.
Lower noise that does not spook animals
The motor lives in a back room, so the only sound at the table is moving air. A nervous dog is far easier to manage when the loud machine runs in another room instead of right beside the table.
How Air Lion sets up a grooming salon
Kyle walks your salon during the free on-site consultation and maps the system around how your room actually flows: where the tables sit, where the tubs are, and where hair collects after a dryer run. The power unit goes in a back room or garage, the tubing runs through the walls, and the inlets land exactly where your groomers reach for them. Most installs take about a day, in a new build or in the space you already lease.
- Put an inlet at each grooming table and each bathing tub so a hose is always within reach, plus floor inlets where loose hair gathers along the room.
- Pair a turbine powerhead with the tables for clipped hair and undercoat, and keep an upholstery and crevice tool on hand for dryer cleanup, drains and the corners hair packs into.
- Size the power unit for a full day of heavy hair so suction stays strong at the last appointment, with the canister emptied only a few times a year instead of after every blowout.
- Consider Hide-A-Hose retractable in-wall hose at busy stations so there is no hose to coil, store or trip over on a wet floor.
Pet grooming central vacuum questions.
Will it actually keep up with double-coat blowouts and heavy shedders?
Does the system recirculate dander like a portable vacuum does?
Is it quiet enough that it will not stress the animals?
Can you install it in the salon space we already lease?
How many inlets do we need and where do they go?
Get a system sized for your space.
Call Kyle for a free on-site consultation. We map the inlets, recommend the right tools, and give you a clear quote.