Water can be such a destructive force in the home that, often, the thought of an undetected leak keeps me up at night. And for me, it's not an unfounded fear. I've had suspicious plumbing under kitchen sinks warp cabinetry; radiator valves burst open, only to be noticed when water started dripping through the ceiling; and a problem with an intermittently leaking shower that's so hard to detect exactly where it's coming from. Of course, like so many things, you get the problem 'fixed', but I have never really taken any precautionary measures, so I could catch it before it happens again. Well, until scoping out IKEA's smart home sensor collection and spotting the IKEA KLIPPBOK Water Leak Sensor for a princely sum of £7. I could instantly think of a hundred places in my home where a water leak sensor would offer peace of mind, but how exactly I could use them would depend on how exactly they work. So, I popped along to an IKEA on my lunch break (thank you, Oxford Street store), and picked up a few to try. Here's what I found out, and the hacks you can use to make these sensors work better for you.
