Here’s good news for summer homeowners who are about to close up their vacation cottage or cabin for the winter — easy-to-use home monitoring and protection equipment designed to safeguard an empty house. Rather than worry all winter about devastating damage from freezing pipes, invasive… Read More
If it seems like there are more summer power outages than 20 or 30 years ago, you are absolutely right! According to federal databases, the U.S. electric grid has 285 percent more power outages than it did in 1984 when the data collection effort on… Read More
Any type of carbon monoxide detector is better than none to protect your family from deadly carbon monoxide (CO) gas, but there are many reasons why hard-wired carbon monoxide detectors are the better, safer choice over a less expensive battery-powered CO alarm. If you are… Read More
A water leak detector (or water alarm) is one of the best investments a homeowner can make to protect against the expense and mess of water damage. Water damage is one of the most common and costly disasters affecting U.S. residences to homeowners and renters… Read More
