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Upright Vacuums are ideal for areas that are mostly carpeted. Their strengths are simple carpet cleaning as they come in one piece and push in front of their operator. Shop our best selling Residential Vacuum Cleaners.Seventy years ago, James Clifford (JC) McHardy was fired from his job at the Hoover Company for suggesting a vacuum store should carry more than one make and model. With a young family to support, JC began knocking on doors in Old North, selling and repairing vacuum cleaners — of all makes and models, including Hoover. After four years of door-to-door sales and service, JC opened his first store, on Woodman Avenue, just east of Quebec Street, his dream of building a network of stores capable of repairing any vacuum one step closer to reality. JC died in his sleep in 2003 after overseeing the birth of his business in the 1940s and expansions in the 1960s. He left the business to his son, Phillip McHardy, who still runs the successful shop today, across the street from the building where JC first opened up a storefront.

The old building on Woodman is still in the family, serving as McHardy Vacuum’s warehouse. From the very beginning, the test for McHardy salespeople has been what could be referred to as the grandma rule: if you wouldn’t sell it to your grandmother, don’t sell it to customers. That rule still applies as the McHardy Vacuum company celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2016. The company has been through many changes, and a lot of firsts. There was the first-known financing for vacuum purchases — JC partnered with the London Hydro Shop. The appliance shop collected money for McHardy along with customers’ payments each month. That was in 1953. About 15 years ago, the company set up its first website, a very rudimentary site that now serves as the company’s additional storefront and brings in about half of annual sales.The new vacuums, made in Canada, were designed by McHardy and son-in-law Graham, who will eventually take over the business. The business has always been in McHardy’s blood.

“When I was nine, I wanted a model from Towers on Wellington Road South. My dad told me, ‘I won’t buy it for you, but you can earn it,’ ” Phillip McHardy says. “I worked here from age nine on, after school until five or six plus Friday and Saturday nights.” In 1977, McHardy introduced central vacuums in London, and was the first test market for the product in Canada. They were first tested at Fellini Koolini’s, the Italian restaurant on Albert Street just off Richmond Row. McHardy now has three people who specialize in retrofitting houses with central vacs. The products sold under the Vacuum Canada brand are central vacuums, and McHardy loves them. They have better power and outperform other vacuums, McHardy says. “They have a lighter hose and more power. They out-suck any vacuum on the market,” he says. McHardy studied radio broadcasting at Fanshawe College and worked for a stint in radio in Toronto before coming back to London to DJ roller skating events and eventually take over the family store.

“Things have changed a lot over the years. I never thought you’d be able to sell vacuums online. I always thought it was a touchy-feely thing, not something that you can pick out online, but it’s a significant part of the business now. It’s almost half of our business now,” McHardy says. “We try to say, ‘It’s family first.’ We take care of our employees and we try to put our clients’ needs first. A lot of the time you don’t need the add-ons, even if you think you do.” That’s the attitude that has third and fourth generations coming in to buy vacuums, he says. The business has two locations in London and 17 employees. “Our employees are young, and they’re very engaged,” he said. It’s true — when a Free Press reporter visited the back room, young repairmen were whistling and humming as they handled products. “They’re running after kids at night and vacuums during the day,” McHardy jokes. He is also running after grandkids — he’s got grandchildren ranging in age from two to 17.

McHardy has three daughters, two who are in the business. Sarah does the videography for online products and Brenda works in the store. Denna, a third daughter, is an IT geek, McHardy says proudly. Sarah’s husband Graham has been tapped to take over the business in six to seven years, McHardy says. There were years when the store was closed on Mondays to maintain a work-life balance when the kids were younger, McHardy says. He wants to make sure the store that he says might expand outside of London keeps to the ‘grandma’ rule. “Taking the higher road is something that often takes longer but it helps on longevity,” he says. It’s paid off, though — McHardy Vacuum has consistently topped customer and supplier awards lists. The industry has changed — many businesses, especially big-box stores, overpromise and under deliver, McHardy says, and make it difficult for customers to get good service and sales advice. That’s where he thinks his team can step in.

“We do all our own training. Dyson trains on its own product because it’s a tough machine to repair, but we do all the training and we know what we’re doing,” McHardy says. The business used to be 80 per cent uprights and 20 per cent canisters, but now homeowners’ love affair with hardwood floors has changed that, he says, and the ratio is flipped. “If you have carpets, an upright makes sense. Canisters makes sense for floors,” McHardy says. Stick vacuums and robots? They look cool and cost a lot, but McHardy wouldn’t recommend them if you’re looking for a good, deep clean. Looking back on the last 70 years in the vacuum business, McHardy says he’ll find it difficult to retire, but he’s hoping the London mainstay is around for at least another seven decades. In 2007, the store refaced its Dundas Street building to a modern, clean look as part of the Old East Village revitalization. He hopes the store will continue to be part of the gentrification of the Old East Village in years to come.