Flood Sensors for Your Home

Is there anything much worse than having to deal with water damage in a home? Water damage is often overlooked when choosing home alarm devices despite being costly and disruptive.

According to the Insurance Research Council, water damage, and its associated problems, accounted for more homeowner’s insurance claims than the amount of break and enters back in 2003 and I would venture to say it is probably the same now.

Protecting your home from water damage easily with wireless flood sensors on your alarm system. You can place these devices in areas prone to flooding or at high risk of damage from water leakage. Laundry rooms, hot water tanks or boilers, basements, and sump pump areas are examples.

Nowadays it has become popular to install the laundry room on the top level of a home for the convenience of being near the bedrooms, but this also means that a major water leak could cause water to go down through every level of the home resulting in a lot of damage. This is a perfect application for the installation of a flood sensor. You usually mount the flood sensor on the baseboard of the wall near the washer. If there’s a leak, the sensor triggers an alarm after about three minutes of water contact by a probe.

Because of the convenience of these devices being wireless, you can put flood sensors in every area of your home that is at risk of water leakage. A fantastic way to ensure peace of mind and prevent damage from an unnoticed water leak!