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What Others Are Saying about the FloodStopper System
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Home Builders |
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Insurers |
You know one of the things that insurers always advocate are protective devices and prevention material.
Prevention is obviously the preferred choice on anything and that's not even just from our own interest but
from a consumer's interest because invariably when a loss occurs, people lose things that can't be replaced.
From a monetary standpoint we can try and restore your home to pre-loss conditions, we can help you recover
damaged goods, but invariably there are items of sentimental value that really only prevention would have helped.
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Nancy Anderson,
Allstate Insurance
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Of the interior floods that insurance companies have claims records on, somewhere between 60 and 70 percent
are due to pipe breakage. We've found for example that one medium size company here in the United States had
national damage figures for interior flooding totaling 36,000 claims over the last year that totaled about $95
million in damage, so this isn't insignificant.
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Candysse Miller,
Western Insurance Information Service
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Home Builders |
We believe that mold and mildew from water leaks is becoming a major issue in the industry today and we are
installing the FloodStopper System in all of our new homes. We are hoping it will also assist our homeowners in
insurance cost reductions. On the economy of scale, for what it costs us to put in a FloodStopper System, it just
doesn't make sense not to do it. It would be like not putting carpet in the bedroom.
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Mike Robertson,
VP of Sales and Marketing,
Mann Custom Homes/San Antonio, Texas
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Recently your system saved me from a major insurance claim. At midnight I was asleep in bed when the security
company phoned and alerted me to a silent alarm that indicated there was a water leak in the house. The
high-pressure hot water line had blown out from its connection to the dishwasher.
The water supply to the house had been automatically turned off and there was no water coming from the line.
I corrected the problem and reactivated the system. Had this leak continued all night, or even for a few hours,
the damage would have been very serious. Hardwood floors and expensive photographic and computer equipment
on the lower level would have been ruined. I am sure the insurance claim would have been in the region of
$15,000 to $20,000. With your system there was absolutely no damage. This is an excellent product, which
should probably be installed in every home. I have no hesitation to recommend it to my friends and to anyone
who might read this letter.
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R.W. Ellett, M.D.
FRCSC
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My daughter came home one evening late, did a clothes wash and put in too much soap, resulting in a bubble bath
for the sensor. The system shut the water off immediately. The money invested in your system is the most valued
home investment one could make and I highly recommend it for retrofit as well as new construction.
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David Smith,
President,
Fleetwood Development Corp.
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Shortly after we had a FloodStopper installed in our North Central San Antonio home, my wife called me at
work to say the water in the house was turned off. I told her to go around the house and check, that we
probably had something leaking. She did, but couldn't find anything, not around the sinks or toilet, so I
told her to go out in the garage and hit the reset button. Moments later she called back, saying the water
had shut off again.
It was then that I remembered that there were sensors placed underneath our A/C pans. I told my wife to
look under the A/C unit in the hallway closet. She pulled off the grate, and sure enough, she said it was
chock full of water under the air conditioner. It was starting to come out onto the carpet and seep out. When
I got home from work we mopped up the water with a sponge and contacted the air conditioning repairman,
who cleared out the clogged condensation line in the unit. If we didn't have the FloodStopper System, we
would have run the air conditioner all day and night and woken up to find water in the hallway, in the baby's
room, everywhere. We would have lost carpet in the back half of the house, for sure. Instead of costing me
a $500 deductible, we were out a 35-cent sponge.
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Brian McLoughlin,
Insurance Agent,
San Antonio , Texas
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I was anxious to get the FloodStopper System installed as quickly as possible. We had just
experienced extensive water damage to over two-thirds of our home when a commode malfunctioned
and overtaxed the septic system. In fact, the malfunctioning commode ran continuously for 13
hours while we were away from home. Water depth in two "step-down" living areas seriously
compromised expensive "judges paneling" on the walls.
After installing the FloodStopper, a grandchild accidentally plugged up another one of our
commodes. We found out about it when we noticed the water in the entire house was shut off;
the sensor, which was a remote, had done it's job and had prevented a miserable, frustrating,
and expensive in-house flooding experience.
Based on past experiences and present peace of mind, I cannot understand why this system is not
mandatory for builders and homeowners, just like fire and smoke alarms. It could save hundreds of
thousands of dollars in water damage. I have been a homeowner for well over 50 years, and I can
say without reservation that every house has the threat of water damage due to malfunctioning
plumbing during its lifetime.
I absolutely would not be without the FloodStopper System in any home I owned.
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Guy H. Owensby
Garden Ridge, TX
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My wife and I decided to purchase the FloodStopper System after we experienced the near flooding of
our house one night while we slept. The water came from the hot water supply line under the kitchen
sink. Fortunately, I discovered the problem before there was any major flooding and all the water
was confined to the kitchen floor. If I had not gotten up to let our dog outside, I would have not
discovered the problem before morning. By then, our entire house would have been flooded.
After this episode, I shut off the house water supply each time upon leaving home and before
retiring each night. This is why we bought the FloodStopper System.
Shortly after we installed the FloodStopper System in our home, my wife found that the water supply
to our house had inexplicably shut off. Upon investigation, I found that a leak had occurred in the
water supply line to the toilet in the master bedroom. The FloodStopper System had alerted us to this
problem by shutting off the house water supply when it detected the leak. I only had to clean up a
small puddle of water and make minor plumbing repairs before restoring the water supply to the house.
The FloodStopper System gives us a great deal of peace of mind, especially when we are sleeping or
away from home. We thank you for installing this system in our home and we applaud you for developing
such a great product.
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John W. Bell
Garden Ridge, TX
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When I heard about FloodStopper, I decided to check it out. I discovered that for a reasonable fee,
I could protect my home from water damage caused by broken pipes or damaged appliances. I purchased
the system, and I recommend every homeowner also do so. This system will protect your home from most
water damage caused by leaking pipes and appliances. I am hoping that insurance companies will not
only recommend FloodStopper Systems, but also give their customers a discount when purchasing them."
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Gene Townsend
Colonel, USAF (Retired)
San Antonio
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