Protect Your Home with These Smart Water Mitigation Devices
PNW Insurance Group, LLC
[{'start': '3.760', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'thanks for joining insurance talk today\nactually want to do a little storytelling today'}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '15.600', 'text': 'a long time ago I was made aware of devices that\xa0\nwould detect the presence of water where water'}, {'start': '15.600', 'end': '20.320', 'text': "shouldn't be so they're leak detectors\nsome of these systems they call them a"}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'smart home type system\nsome of these systems'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '26.960', 'text': 'also come with an audio element\nso I bought these smart home devices'}, {'start': '26.960', 'end': '32.080', 'text': 'that would then alert me to my phone if\xa0\ncertain conditions were met in the house'}, {'start': '32.080', 'end': '38.880', 'text': 'for example if the smoke alarm went off\nthe device itself did not detect smoke it'}, {'start': '38.880', 'end': '45.120', 'text': 'simply sent an alert to my phone because\xa0\nit heard the smoke alarm going off'}, {'start': '45.120', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'so I wanted that feature so I\xa0\nbought these smart home devices'}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '53.040', 'text': 'and installed them in the house now\xa0\nfast forward several months later'}, {'start': '53.040', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'I am driving with my husband away for\xa0\na 5-day trip camping towing the trailer'}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '63.360', 'text': "headed up a mountain pass we're going to\xa0\nbe gone for like I said four or 5 days"}, {'start': '63.360', 'end': '68.000', 'text': "and this thing starts going off on my\xa0\nphone i know I'm about to lose reception"}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.640', 'text': "so I quick grab the phone and it wasn't a\xa0\nnotification I was familiar with so I start"}, {'start': '72.640', 'end': '77.280', 'text': "to look into it on the phone and I realize\nokay that's alarming this is actually saying"}, {'start': '77.280', 'end': '82.720', 'text': "there's water going there's water present\xa0\nin my house where water shouldn't be"}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '88.800', 'text': 'so I had my daughter who lived nearby to our house\nrun up to the house before she left town so she'}, {'start': '88.800', 'end': '93.760', 'text': 'could go check the situation and let me know\xa0\nwhat the problem was and what was going on and'}, {'start': '93.760', 'end': '98.320', 'text': 'I just bought the device not that long before\xa0\nso for all I knew it was just a false alarm so'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '102.960', 'text': 'I get her to go up to the house she gets to the\xa0\nhouse and puts me on speaker phone as she walks'}, {'start': '102.960', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'into the house and as she gets closer to the\xa0\nroom where my water heater is I can hear the'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '113.920', 'text': 'water in the background so of course I handled\xa0\nit very calmly when I completely freaked out'}, {'start': '113.920', 'end': '120.400', 'text': 'and said "Oh my god you got to move that is water\xa0\nthat is water running." And so now I\'m you know'}, {'start': '120.400', 'end': '126.080', 'text': 'trying to tell her quickly how to shut off the\xa0\nwater man and shut off the gas and all the rest'}, {'start': '126.080', 'end': '130.400', 'text': "of it cuz she's never had to deal with any of\xa0\nthat in her own house let alone in my house so"}, {'start': '130.400', 'end': '135.120', 'text': 'and she was able to clean up some of it and get\xa0\nit to the point where honestly we just decided'}, {'start': '135.120', 'end': '139.280', 'text': 'to leave it over the weekend and go camping\xa0\nanyway and deal with it when we came back'}, {'start': '139.280', 'end': '144.000', 'text': "so we went ahead and went on our camping trip we\xa0\ncome back and you know now I've got to go finish"}, {'start': '144.000', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'cleaning up so I come downstairs to where the\xa0\nwhole incident occurred and realized that just'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '159.280', 'text': 'about 3 feet from where the water had stopped\xa0\nwas a box sitting on the floor that was pictures'}, {'start': '159.280', 'end': '167.200', 'text': "pictures of not only my parents' wedding\nbut pictures from their parents as well"}, {'start': '167.200', 'end': '175.840', 'text': 'my parents are deep into their 80s so to say these\xa0\npictures are very old and very irreplaceable was'}, {'start': '175.840', 'end': '178.560', 'text': 'a very big understatement\ngives me a lump in my'}, {'start': '178.560', 'end': '186.480', 'text': 'throat to this day to talk about it because\nI literally just cried happy tears for this little'}, {'start': '186.480', 'end': '194.400', 'text': 'device when I saw how close I came to losing\xa0\nsomething that was so completely irreplaceable'}, {'start': '194.400', 'end': '200.480', 'text': "and granted it's not human loss not even a pet\xa0\nloss like I know all that but just sometimes"}, {'start': '200.480', 'end': '206.400', 'text': "the memories that's important too so anyhow\nso I wanted to talk to you today about these"}, {'start': '206.400', 'end': '210.080', 'text': 'water mitigation devices because\xa0\nI think every home should have one'}, {'start': '210.080', 'end': '215.520', 'text': "every home should become a smart home right\nso here's what they are and what they do this"}, {'start': '215.520', 'end': '220.800', 'text': 'is the one that I had installed at at the\xa0\ntime in question it tripped an alarm to my'}, {'start': '220.800', 'end': '226.080', 'text': 'phone which enabled me to prevent the problem\xa0\nwhich enabled me to prevent water from flowing'}, {'start': '226.080', 'end': '231.200', 'text': 'into my house for 5 days while I was out of\xa0\ntown cuz that is what would have happened'}, {'start': '231.200', 'end': '236.000', 'text': 'my entire downstairs of my house would\xa0\nhave been flooded and the water would'}, {'start': '236.000', 'end': '241.760', 'text': 'have sat here for 5 days so hugely grateful\xa0\nthis one is made by a company called Notion'}, {'start': '241.760', 'end': '248.320', 'text': "i think it's getnotion.com no issues with it\nas an insurance agent I just then decided I"}, {'start': '248.320', 'end': '254.960', 'text': "wanted to test out a variety of them so this one's\xa0\ngood they just have a couple of little sensors and"}, {'start': '254.960', 'end': '260.160', 'text': 'when those sensors hit water they tell you about\xa0\nit alert to your phone all of them have batteries'}, {'start': '260.160', 'end': '265.520', 'text': "and things that need to be maintained but they're\xa0\nall reusable basically once the device is dry it"}, {'start': '265.520', 'end': '269.760', 'text': 'will tell you that water is no longer present\xa0\nand you just put them back in place to where'}, {'start': '269.760', 'end': '273.760', 'text': 'they were they can also some of them\xa0\ncan also detect things like temperature'}, {'start': '273.760', 'end': '280.320', 'text': "so for example if you're someone who has a home in\xa0\na cold area and maybe you travel for an extended"}, {'start': '280.320', 'end': '285.360', 'text': 'time in the cold months it can tell you if for\xa0\nsome reason the heat went off in your house and'}, {'start': '285.360', 'end': '289.600', 'text': 'it was too cold and everything is about to\xa0\nfreeze it can also alert you to temperature'}, {'start': '289.600', 'end': '294.560', 'text': 'changes and things like that so very handy\nthis is another one i have so many of them that'}, {'start': '294.560', 'end': '300.400', 'text': "I now mark where they belong just so it helps me\xa0\nkeep track when I'm replacing batteries and things"}, {'start': '300.400', 'end': '307.680', 'text': 'this one is made by a company called Wyze WYZE\xa0\nagain super easy to install these are the ones'}, {'start': '307.680', 'end': '313.760', 'text': "I'm currently more dependent on they have\xa0\nalso detected water much smaller incidents"}, {'start': '313.760', 'end': '318.720', 'text': 'than that other one mind you but you know like\xa0\nsometimes when your your washing machine just'}, {'start': '318.720', 'end': '321.520', 'text': "does a little something weird and there's\xa0\nwater on the floor and things like that"}, {'start': '321.520', 'end': '328.160', 'text': 'and then this one is made by um a company\xa0\ncalled Roost conceptually the same thing'}, {'start': '328.160', 'end': '332.000', 'text': "i don't have much experience with this one\nand there's a ton of them out ton of others out"}, {'start': '332.000', 'end': '336.720', 'text': "there there's different kinds there's some that\xa0\nattach to your water mane that comes into your"}, {'start': '336.720', 'end': '340.960', 'text': "house and they can detect movement or temperature\xa0\nchanges there's all sorts of them out there"}, {'start': '340.960', 'end': '344.400', 'text': "the important thing is if\xa0\nyou don't have one why not"}, {'start': '344.400', 'end': '349.680', 'text': 'because saving your home from\xa0\na water claim is tremendous'}, {'start': '349.680', 'end': '357.040', 'text': 'the impact imagine your dishwasher leaked while\xa0\nyou were out on a day trip with your family and'}, {'start': '357.040', 'end': '362.080', 'text': "now your floor is warped and the water sat there\xa0\nall day and there's all this damage cuz no one"}, {'start': '362.080', 'end': '367.600', 'text': "knew it was happening and now you don't have a\xa0\nkitchen for maybe 3 months maybe 4 months heck"}, {'start': '367.600', 'end': '372.240', 'text': "if you live in the Seattle area it could take you\xa0\na long time to find a contractor so everybody's"}, {'start': '372.240', 'end': '377.200', 'text': 'so busy contractors are backed up in their jobs\xa0\ni mean you could be 6 months without a kitchen'}, {'start': '377.200', 'end': '382.960', 'text': 'and no matter who lives in your house not having\xa0\na kitchen is a pretty big inconvenience so if you'}, {'start': '382.960', 'end': '390.480', 'text': 'can take one of these small devices and put\xa0\nit somewhere to alert you and update recharge'}, {'start': '390.480', 'end': '395.840', 'text': "replace batteries the same time you do when\xa0\nyou do your smoke alarms why wouldn't you do it"}, {'start': '395.840', 'end': '402.960', 'text': 'so I just wanted to sing their praises i have them\xa0\nby my washing machine dishwasher under sinks your'}, {'start': '402.960', 'end': '408.320', 'text': 'hot water tank toilets bathtubs think of all\xa0\nthese areas where water could just slowly drip'}, {'start': '408.320', 'end': '414.800', 'text': "and accumulate and you might not see it or again\xa0\nheaded out of town they're really great devices"}, {'start': '414.800', 'end': '420.640', 'text': 'saved a bunch of family memories that I would\xa0\nnot have been able to replace and super easy to'}, {'start': '420.640', 'end': '425.280', 'text': 'install and fairly inexpensive so talked about\xa0\nsome of these products but no matter which one'}, {'start': '425.280', 'end': '430.000', 'text': "you choose check it out today and don't forget to\xa0\ncall your insurance company after you do it some"}, {'start': '430.000', 'end': '434.320', 'text': 'of them offer a discount on your policy when\xa0\nyou have installed a water mitigation device'}, {'start': '434.320', 'end': '441.520', 'text': 'have a great day and thanks for stopping by\xa0\nthe extended version of insurance talk today'}]