Home Check?

[DougNH]

Just installed a Moen FLo with 6 remote sensors. I also have it plugged into a UPS battery backup ($60 on amazon). The application is nice as I can see if any thing is runnig, water usage, pressure, ... You can also shut off remotely or it will do it thru the sensors or if it thinks there is an issue. I have not tried this but if your router stays up (ups backup) even if your internet is down the sensors should still trigger using the internal network.

https://www.amazon.com/Moen-900-001-...115067152&th=1

[camp guy]

If there were a simple answer to this post, there would have been one answer, and the post would be over. But life isn't that simple. In reality, this post isn't any of my business because I live year-round in my local residence. I do know some house check people, and it seems to me that there is no simple answer, even when you ask "the pros". My guess is that a mixture of methods is the best answer. Nothing beats a real live human taking a walk around (inside and out) a residence while the owner is not present. Sure, electronics can provide a lot of monitoring within and without a home, and there are monitors for virtually everything, but nothing beats the human walk-around. It is not my intention to spend all of somebody's hard-earned money on gadgets and widgets, but I would hate to see somebody trick their house out in the latest and greatest monitors only to return someday to find damage caused by a broken window which let in water during a rainstorm which then froze due to a cold snap in early November. Okay, I get it, there are gadgets for that,too, but a real pair of eyes is so much better.

[upthesaukee]

Back in the day, before my folks moved to Alton full time, they had a red light hanging in the front window that would turn on at 40 degrees. Our neighbors would call my folks to let them know the power was out. Several of them had a key (actually they all knew where the key was hanging) so they could get in and check things out. It was nice to have neighbors that took care of neighbors back then. Not so much anymore.

Dave