Plumbing contractors across the country are receiving more calls than ever before from prospective customers who are looking to have a flow-based smart leak control system installed in their home or business. 

Moen and Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, are joining forces to put the Flo by Moen Smart Water Shutoff in Lennar homes nationwide.

The SensXtend by LeakSmart extension kit with water sensor includes a SensXtend dock, rope sensor, extension cable and LeakSmart water sensor. 

This is an exciting time in the water heater industry.

The halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center were filled with innovative, intuitive and automated kitchen and bath products during the 2020 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show this past January. 

From celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2018 to investing another $6 million to its joint venture company, Phyn, in 2019 to the release of the Phyn Plus Pro Edition at the 2020 International Builders Show, Uponor has certainly been busy the past few years.

The last 10 years has seen an explosion of connected smart home devices controlling everything in the home from lighting to security to climate. 

Resideo announced the launch of the Resideo Home app, which will make whole-home monitoring possible for the four critical networks of the home – water, air, energy and security – during its Resideo Live event, held in Austin, Texas, this past December. 

Niccolo de Masi, who previously served as Resideo's Products & Solutions president, chief innovation officer and board member, will remain as chief innovation officer but will resign his role as board member.

Though smart home technologies have been around for quite some time, it is only over the past five years or so that the market has really taken off.