Heavy rain causes basement flooding for some homeowners throughout Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse. Many homeowners who experience flooded basements lack either a sump pump or 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. The alarm sounds the home security system’s keypad. If the 24/7 monitoring center monitors the security system, the center will contact you to inform you that the sump pump triggered an alert. Since the home security system powers the alarm, it remains active even if the power goes out, as the system’s backup battery takes over, including the high-water alarm.
How Does a High Water Sump Pump Alarm Help?
Imagine you live in an area prone to basement flooding during extremely heavy downpours. Various reasons cause this in some areas and not others.
You’re at work when a major storm hits. This storm drops inches of rain in a short amount of time, allowing water to enter your basement. At this exact moment, your sump pump fails, and you remain unaware 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. Unfortunately, your sump pump malfunctioned and didn’t do its job.
Scenario 2: you do have a sump pump alarm:
You’re at work, amazed by the amount of rain falling outside your window. Suddenly, your alarm company’s monitoring center notifies you: your sump pump alarm has triggered your home security system’s keypad. This tells you to go home immediately, or call someone else in your household to check 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.
An alarm on your sump pump offers a win-win because these pumps eventually fail. Often, people don’t realize their sump pump has gone bad until an event occurs and it fails to work. A sump pump can sit inoperable for months or even years without any indication until the basement floods. This safeguard prevents many headaches and saves you money.
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.
