On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
johnboy wrote:

We bought a Vax about a year ago but never got around to using it.

Plan to try it this weekend but not sure how long we should plan for
the room to be off limits?

Should I leave the heating on to help dry it out?

Depends on the temperature, of course, but for me a couple of hours is
plenty. The whole point of a Vax is that the bulk of the water is
removed with the dirt and the surface of the fibres is all that gets
wet.

R.