House on Lake Constance: water leak sensors report water at the screed

Challenge

When does the water reach the screed?

In a house on Lake Constance, the operator and the expert surveyor wanted to know when water rises from below through the floor slab and reaches the screed. An inspection only shows the condition on the day of the visit. What was needed was monitoring that reports around the clock, without anyone having to check regularly, and that shows in which room the water arrives.

Solution

Water leak sensors in several rooms

Infrasolute equipped several rooms with water leak sensors. Each sensor sits close to the floor at the screed, where water entering from below arrives first, and is assigned to its room on the platform. The sensor measures the electrical resistance via two probes: when water arrives, it drops sharply. It also records the moisture at its location.

The sensors are connected by cable to the gateway. It reads them every 15 minutes and transmits the values to the Infrasolute platform. If a value exceeds the threshold, the alert goes out by SMS and email. The technology behind it: the water leak sensor.

Result

Informed and alerted as soon as water enters

If water enters, the operator and the expert surveyor are reliably informed and alerted by SMS and email, naming the affected room. Nobody has to check on site to know whether and where water has arrived. The history and alert log of every sensor are available on the platform, as a basis for assessing the cause and deciding on further action.

The project shows leak monitoring with water leak sensors at individual, known points. For runs and areas there is the leak detection cable, which is sensitive along its entire length.