Protecting your home in winter

Security for your second home

Along with owning a second home comes a great deal of worries about maintaining two homes, security when you’re not there and what do you do when something happens to the property when you’re away from either your primary residence or your second home or vacation property.

More hints for protecting your home

What tools are you using to protect your home, or in many cases homes, while you're away? According to an FBI report in 2001, on the average, a burglar enters a U.S. home every 14 seconds. So if your answer is 'nothing', you may want to reconsider.

Frozen pipes

Damage from frozen water pipes alone has caused more than $4 billion in damages in the past decade according to the Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction. A large majority of these homes and cabins are second homes, where the owner leaves it unoccupied for weeks or months at a time. Damages from frozen, burst pipes have propelled the problem into the top ten of insurance claims.

Freeze Alarm to prevent frozen pipes

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FreezeAlarm™ is the #1 freeze protection device in the world. It monitors the temperature and power status in an unoccupied home and calls out to warn the owner, neighbor or a relative of a low temperature alarm, a prolonged power outage or even if the back-up battery needs replacing. There is even a model that allows cabin owners the ability to turn up the heat before heading up for a winter weekend of fun. Worry warts can call their second home and check the current temperature or power status from any phone in the world. This type of peace of mind is affordable, starting at $110.00.