How Floodstop Products Provide Water Damage ProtectionFloodstop is a product that can provide water damage protection for your entire home when any appliance leaks. Whether it is your washer leaking, dishwasher leaking or your refrigerator leaking, Floodstop products can help.
Picture this, you leave home around 8:00 and around 10:00 your washer hoses burst. You come home at 5:00 and step into your front door into water. Because your washer has been leaking for 7 hours now, flooding your house with over 1000 gallons of water! As an appliance service tech I see this type of thing often and it doesn’t matter how old your appliance is either. One time I installed a dishwasher and the next week it flooded the customer’s house. What happened was the customer started the washer and went to bed and sometime during the cycle the water valve stuck open. The dishwasher cut off but the water continued to run all night. The next morning their entire kitchen was destroyed. The water got up high enough to run over the back door threshold and flood the closed in back porch. That is a lot of water! This was all because of a faulty water valve and could have been prevented with Floodstop products. I see this time and time again, appliances will leak and cause 1000s of dollars worth of damage. Appliances in your home will leak, it is just a matter of time. Floodstop products will provide total water damage protection. Its just a matter of time appliances in your home will leak and they will cause damage. Floodstop products do not just protect against a hose bursting, stuck water valve or a pipe leaking, they protect against any leak. Electric valves are placed in the water supply line of the appliance, sensors are placed on the floor and an alarm is mounted somewhere near. When water gets on the sensor, the electric valves shut off the water supply to the appliance that is leaking and an alarm is sounded. Lets say your washer runs a gallon of water into the tub and then starts to leak. If you have this product the water will shut off and the worst case will be a gallon of water in the floor. Whereas, if you didn’t have this product water will continue to run potentially flooding your house will 1000s of gallons of water, potentially creating 1000s of dollars worth of damage. In most cases the sensor, alarm and electric water valve is enough. But what if you are out of town? Since there is some water leakage before the water is shut off. you will need to clean it up as soon as possible because even a small amount of water can cause problems if not attended to within a few hours. This problem has been solved as well, you can purchase separately a device called an automatic phone dialer that will call 4 phone numbers and play a recording that will let you know that a leak has occurred. This is especially helpful if you do not live in the house full time. If you are a renter don’t rely on your tenants to call you when there is a leak. Protect your investment and install the automatic phone dialer as well! They even have a whole house system that will turn off the water supply to the entire house if a leak is detected anywhere a sensor is placed. The whole house system comes with four wireless sensors that are placed in the most leak prone areas such as under the sink, dishwasher, washer, toilet or refrigerator. More sensors can be purchased and added to the system if needed.
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