Sensor House
About Sensor House
Who makes it, what it is not, and the cluster it belongs to.
Sensor House is the recipes and tools site of the Leak and Freeze cluster at Fox River Press. Each recipe is written by code and held by a test that parses it. Its recipes and guides name no sensor brand. The one place that does is the shelf at /shop, where every item is read off its maker's own pages and a store link may earn a commission, said beside the link when it does.
What it is
One Home Assistant recipe for each kind of sensor a house uses to watch for water, cold and damp, and one that watches the sensors themselves. Each recipe is written by this site's code from the names you give it, and a test parses every one. Plus Leak and Freeze's plan builder, embeddable.
What it is not
It is not advice from an electrician or a plumber, and it is not Home Assistant's own documentation; the recipes link to that. Its recipes and guides name no sensor brand; only the shelf at /shop does, and a store link there may earn a commission, said beside the link when it does. Where a threshold is this site's choice, like the 40 degree freeze alert or the 20 percent battery warning, the page says so.
Where the facts come from
Home Assistant's own pages for how sensors and triggers behave, and public agencies for why a threshold sits where it does: EPA for humidity, the Red Cross and Illinois Extension for frozen pipes, NDSU Extension for sump pumps. Each is listed at the foot of the page that uses it.
The cluster
Leak and Freeze carries the guides: where sensors go, how pipes freeze, valves and insurance. Winterize House carries the season's checklist. This site carries the recipes and the widgets.
- Leak and FreezeThe guides: where sensors go, how pipes freeze, valves and insurance.
- CorrectionsEvery correction across Fox River Press, recorded in public.
- Editorial policyHow pages across the network are made, sourced and checked.
Sources
- Home Assistant: Automation triggers Home Assistant
Drafted with a language model on October 26, 2026 from the sources listed above. Every recipe on the page is written by the site's own code and parsed by a test. The editor samples pages after they publish; nothing here is advice from a licensed electrician or plumber.
Found an error? See Corrections.