Extra Protection from your Alarm System

With Mother Nature still fighting with Wiarton Willy about when spring is going to finally arrive, maybe it’s a good time to talk about something most people aren’t aware their alarm system can do. Your home alarm system can protect you against more than the intrusion of people. If you are susceptible to having a flood in your basement, then a water sensor may be a great addition to your home alarm.

Imagine it, you’ve just finished your basement, paid tens of thousands of dollars to lay that flooring, have it dry walled and painted. Heck, maybe you even spent a lot of money on that basement theatre you always wanted. Now imagine that your sump pump stops working. It’s possible.

Maybe the breaker trips, maybe there is something faulty about the pump itself, maybe you unplugged it to use the outlet and forgot to plug it back in, but whatever the reason your sump pump is not doing its job. Spring is almost here and with the snow continuing to fall, we will have a lot of water looking for a place to go. If it’s your newly finished basement, shouldn’t you protect that investment you’ve made?

A water sensor can let you know when water is rising out of your sump pump and is threatening to move through the rest of your basement. By placing the water sensor close to your sump pump, close to the floor, when water rises, it closes the circuit and creates an alarm condition.

Then very much like a break in, the phone calls begin, to you, your spouse, and anybody on your call list. Knowing that your basement is slowly flooding can give you time to address the issue before it takes hold of your whole basement. Talk to your security provider today about installing a flood sensor in your home. You don’t have an alarm but are interested in the flood protection?