5 Reasons There's Now A Water Detector Under Every Sink In My House (And My Mother's)
Homeowner for 29 years. Learned this one the hard way.
Two years ago our water heater let go on a Friday night while we were at our daughter's for the weekend. We came home Sunday to two inches of water in the basement and a $9,400 bill after the deductible. Here is what I know now that I wish I'd known then.
The Leak Had Been Going For Two Days. Nobody Heard A Thing.
A water heater doesn't burst like a movie. It weeps from a seam, then a fitting gives, and it runs until someone finds it. The basement was directly under our bedroom and we still never heard it. Water is quiet. A 120dB alarm at the first drop is not.
My Insurance Company Asked How Long It Had Been Leaking
That question decides the claim. Sudden damage is covered. A leak that dripped for weeks is filed under neglect, and a lot of it gets denied. Being able to say "we were alerted within a minute" is worth more than the detector costs, many times over.
It Texts Me When I'm 400 Miles Away
We spend a month in Florida every winter. The detector connects to our home WiFi, no hub or extra box, and the alert goes straight to my phone and my wife's. Our neighbor has a key and knows where the shutoff valve is. That is the whole plan, and it costs less than one night in a hotel.
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My 84-Year-Old Mother Set Hers Up Herself
She doesn't own a smart speaker and won't touch a thermostat app. The batteries were already in. The alarm works with or without a phone. Pairing took her one call to me and about two minutes. If she can do it, anyone can. Hers sits behind the washing machine, the appliance that floods more homes than any other.
One Wasn't Enough. It Never Is.
I started with one under the water heater, then counted the places water could show up: washer, dishwasher, kitchen sink, three bathrooms, the sump pump. Eight spots. The detector only guards the spot it sits in. The 4-pack and 8-pack bring the price down to under $23 each, and the whole house is covered in an afternoon.
Two Houses. Twelve Detectors. One Afternoon.
Eight for our place, four for my mother's. Set each one down, tapped it into the app, done. I check the app about once a month to see the batteries are fine, and otherwise I don't think about them. That's the point. The multi-packs make covering both homes an easy call, and shipping is free from four up.
One last thing, from someone who has stood in the water
I have smoke detectors on every floor and a carbon monoxide alarm in the hall. Water does more damage to more homes every year than fire, and I had nothing watching for it. It took a ruined basement to change that. If you have a water heater, a washing machine or a basement, I'd rather you learn it from me than the way I did.
Tom R., homeowner, now sleeps fine when the house is empty
What other homeowners are saying
Same story here, dishwasher supply line. Ours went off while I was making coffee and I shut the valve before it reached the hardwood. Ordered four more that morning.
Bought for my father-in-law who lives alone. He tested the alarm and called to say it nearly took his ears off. Good. That means he will hear it.
The extension cord is the part nobody mentions. Ours drops into the drip pan under the AC unit in the attic where the detector itself wouldn't fit.
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