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Freeze Alarms – Protect Your Home
- By Home Security Store
- Published 10/17/2009
When people think about alarm systems for their home, they traditionally thing about monitoring systems or other types of alarms that are intended to alert you to an intruder that is attempting to enter your home uninvited. However, there are other important types of alarms that can help to protect your home from other kinds of dangers. For instance, a carbon monoxide alarm will let you know whether a poisonous vapor is threatening the lives of your family, and freeze alarms will let you know in advance whether the temperature might fall so low that your plumbing system could be in danger.
If you’ve never really heard about freeze alarms before, that’s alright as they are obviously not applicable to home owners in every region of the world. Those that should be particularly concerned with these types of alarms are those who live in climates where the temperature in the winter regularly drops to close or below the freezing level. Also, if you own a home that is particularly old or poorly
insulated, freezing plumbing might also be a concern for you. If you’ve ever had a pipe burst because it froze in cold weather, you know that this can be a very annoying and costly repair.
Pipes burst in the winter time because when water freezes, it expands. If your pipes are allowed to freeze with even a little bit of water in them, it could mean total destruction for the valuable plumbing system in your home. The last thing you want to do is come home from winter vacation and find a big pool of water all over your home. Using freeze alarms will help you to know that your pipes are in danger. All you have to do is leave a little trickle of water coming out of the faucet or simply turn up the heat when you leave to prevent this from happening.
Most freeze alarms are easy to install, and you can even find good deals on the equipment in hardware stores and on the internet. If you are not a very handy person, you might want to consider having a professional install the system. Most people install the alarms in their garage or their kitchen area, and the kits can be programmed to call your cell phone or the number of a trusted family member or neighbor.
If you’ve never really heard about freeze alarms before, that’s alright as they are obviously not applicable to home owners in every region of the world. Those that should be particularly concerned with these types of alarms are those who live in climates where the temperature in the winter regularly drops to close or below the freezing level. Also, if you own a home that is particularly old or poorly
Pipes burst in the winter time because when water freezes, it expands. If your pipes are allowed to freeze with even a little bit of water in them, it could mean total destruction for the valuable plumbing system in your home. The last thing you want to do is come home from winter vacation and find a big pool of water all over your home. Using freeze alarms will help you to know that your pipes are in danger. All you have to do is leave a little trickle of water coming out of the faucet or simply turn up the heat when you leave to prevent this from happening.
Most freeze alarms are easy to install, and you can even find good deals on the equipment in hardware stores and on the internet. If you are not a very handy person, you might want to consider having a professional install the system. Most people install the alarms in their garage or their kitchen area, and the kits can be programmed to call your cell phone or the number of a trusted family member or neighbor.
