When it rains a lot, some homeowners throughout Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse experience basement flooding. Many homeowners who have had their basements flood either don’t have a sump pump or don’t have a sump pump alarm.

What is a Sump Pump Alarm?

An alarm for your sump pump is a smart way to protect your basement and any valuables stored there from water damage. This alarm sounds the keypad of the home security system. If the security system is monitored by the 24/7 monitoring center, the center will contact the customer to let them know that the sump pump has triggered an alert. Because the alarm is part of the home security system, it is powered by the system itself. If the power goes out, the alarm system’s backup battery takes over so the entire system, including the high-water alarm, remains active.

How Does a High Water Alarm Help?

Let’s say you live in an area where water has been known to flow into your basement during extremely heavy downpours. There are many reasons why this happens in some areas and not in others.

You’re at work when a major storm moves through. This storm drops inches of rain in a short amount of time, causing water to enter your basement. This is the time your sump pump decides to fail and you’re clueless because you’re at work.

Scenario 1: you don’t have a high-water alarm on your sump pump:

You come home from work to find that everything stored in your basement that touches the floor is saturated. You also have a rather amazing mess of water to deal with because your sump pump malfunctioned and didn’t do its job.

Scenario 2:  you do have a sump pump alarm:

You’re at work looking out the window in amazement at how much rain is falling. Suddenly, you get a notification from your alarm company’s monitoring center telling you that your sump pump alarm has triggered the keypad of your home security system. This tells you that you may need to go home immediately or call someone else in your household to go home and check out the issue.

Now, let’s say you get home very quickly before the water has had time to reach items stored in the basement. You can’t stop the water from entering, but you can quickly move your belongings.

Rescue Your Wallet

In cases where leaky pipes have caused basement flooding, people have gone home and shut off the water to prevent further flooding. When the issue is addressed quickly, you reduce the damage to the basement, which saves a lot of money in repairs.

Having an alarm on your sump pump is a win-win because they do fail eventually. Many times, people don’t know that they have gone bad until something happens and they don’t work. A sump pump can be inoperable for months or years without a single sign until the basement floods. Having this safeguard can prevent a lot of headaches and damage to your wallet.

Contact A Rochester NY Security Alarm Company

Knowing that your basement is protected with the sump pump alarm gives you more confidence when storing valuables in the basement.

If you don’t have an alarm already installed, call SPS Fire & Security at 585-770-0348 to schedule an appointment or for forth information.