How a Whole-Home Water Shut-Off System Can Prevent Water Damage

Smart whole-home water shut-off valve installed on a copper main water line

A whole-home water shut-off system is a motorized valve installed on your main water line that turns off your home’s water automatically when it detects a leak or abnormal flow. It pairs that valve with either flow monitoring that learns your household’s usage patterns or wireless sensors placed near high-risk appliances, and it alerts your […]

Common Plumbing Problems in Older Massachusetts Homes

Older colonial-style home in Massachusetts with aging plumbing

Massachusetts has some of the oldest housing stock in the country. Triple-deckers in Somerville, Capes on the South Shore, Victorians in Salem, colonials in the suburbs. These homes were built to last, and most of them have. Their plumbing, though, was installed with materials and methods that made sense decades ago and are now reaching […]