It is a valve that goes on your main water pipe. When various sensors get wet, the valve shuts off.
It is $350, but Wednesday my washing machine started to overflow because the level sensor had gunk in it. I happened to be in basement directly under it and got the water off before any damage was done; but if I hadn't been right there, it could easily have done many times the $350 price.
But that's if the device works... Anyone used it?
most common flood cause is a burst hose, do you have a electric supply valve?
you can also put a catch tray under the machine, with a drain to the basement or outside.
these are 2 other solutions
I think the floodstopper is an electric supply valve. Is there another brand you recommend?
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They now sell braided washing machine feed hoses with an automatic shut off device in the hose.They also have them for sinks and toilets About $
20.00 for the washing machine pair and about $7.00 each for the others Home depot has them <
What would you do to protect from the bathtub running over? (the overflow is rarely adequate.) Or a laundry sink that is plugged for some reason when the washing machine is used? Or any other sort of flood that one doesn't foresee?
Thhe point of this device is to cover ALL the kinds of leaks and overflows with one device. There are loads of ways to have floods, and instead of working on each kind one at a time, the goal here is to use sensors to find the water itself, and then turn off the water. This is a different stage of protection from using steel-braided hoses.
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Yes, I understand that. That is what the Floodstopper is supposed to do. You have a sensor at each potential problem, and water at any of them shuts off the water supply.
So, is anyone familiar with it? Are there other similar products?
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