How Shipshape Works
Key Benefits for Homeowners
Save Time & Money
- Receive proactive “AlertActions” designed to save you time, money, and energy. One customer stated, “This thing saved me big time! I could have been paying $40K in damages without it!” – Steve L, Indiana.
Extend Appliance Life
- Increase the lifespan of your appliances and save energy with timely maintenance reminders
Avoid Surprise Costs
- The system provides estimated maintenance and replacement costs to help you avoid unexpected expenses.
Simplify Maintenance
- Keep your home healthy, efficient, and safe with simplified home maintenance support and reminders
Enjoy Peace of Mind
- Stop worrying about your basement after every storm. “It’s so nice not to feel like I have to go check on my basement after every rainstorm to see if it’s flooded!” – Lucy A, Alabama
The Shipshape App
The intuitive mobile app is your home’s command center, allowing you to:
- View the operational status of monitored systems like your sump pump and dehumidifier.
- Track key performance metrics such as gallons pumped and energy consumption (kWh).
- Check your home’s health scores for reliability, efficiency, and maintenance.
- Receive alerts when issues like “Water Detected & Storm Present” occur.
What Does ShipShape Monitor in Your Home?
The ShipShape home monitoring system uses smart sensors and IoT technology to track the health of your home’s critical systems around the clock. Unlike traditional security systems that only monitor for intrusions, ShipShape focuses on the structural and environmental factors that protect your home’s foundation and basement.
Here is what ShipShape tracks in real time:
- Sump pump performance – Monitors pump cycles, gallons pumped, and operational status. If your sump pump fails or runs excessively, you get an immediate alert.
- Humidity and moisture levels – Tracks basement and crawl space humidity to detect conditions that lead to mold, wood rot, and structural damage.
- Temperature monitoring – Alerts you to freezing conditions that could damage pipes or foundation systems.
- Water leak detection – Sensors detect water presence near your foundation, waterproofing system, or critical equipment.
- Power consumption tracking – Monitors energy use (kWh) of connected equipment to identify inefficiencies or equipment nearing end of life.
- Dehumidifier performance – Tracks your basement or crawl space dehumidifier to confirm it is maintaining safe moisture levels.
All data flows to the ShipShape mobile app, where you can check your home’s health scores for reliability, efficiency, and maintenance at any time.
Who Benefits from Smart Home Monitoring?
ShipShape is designed for homeowners across South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska who want to protect their home’s foundation, basement, and crawl space investment. Whether you have just had a foundation repair or want to prevent future problems, this system gives you 24/7 peace of mind.
Homeowners with Waterproofing Systems
If you have invested in a basement waterproofing system with a sump pump, ShipShape ensures that investment keeps working. You will know immediately if your pump fails during a storm, rather than discovering a flooded basement the next morning.
Crawl Space Encapsulation Customers
After crawl space encapsulation, humidity control is critical. ShipShape monitors your dehumidifier and moisture levels continuously, alerting you before conditions allow mold growth or wood rot in your crawl space.
Foundation Repair Clients
Following foundation repair work such as push piers, helical piers, or wall anchors, monitoring moisture and settlement conditions around your foundation helps protect your repair investment for decades.
Homeowners Preparing to Sell
Real estate buyers increasingly value documented home health data. ShipShape provides a maintenance history and system health record that demonstrates proactive home care, giving potential buyers confidence in your home’s structural condition.
Snowbird and Vacation Homeowners
If you travel or spend winters away from your South Dakota, Wyoming, or Nebraska home, ShipShape monitors conditions while you are gone. Get alerts on your phone from anywhere, so you never return to an unexpected disaster.
Professional Monitoring vs. DIY: Why ShipShape Stands Apart
Many homeowners consider basic water sensors or smart home devices from retail stores. While those tools provide basic alerts, they lack the professional monitoring and expert response that ShipShape delivers.
24/7 Professional Monitoring: U.S.-based ShipShape HomeAssistants monitor your system around the clock. When an alert triggers, trained professionals assess the situation and coordinate a response, not just send a notification you might miss.
Proactive AlertActions: ShipShape does not just tell you something is wrong. The system provides specific, actionable guidance tailored to your equipment and situation. This proactive approach can prevent minor issues from becoming major repairs.
Maintenance Intelligence: The system tracks equipment health over time, providing estimated maintenance and replacement timelines. This helps you plan ahead for routine maintenance and keeps your home systems running reliably.
Integration with Expert Service: Because ShipShape is offered through Blackburn Foundation Repair, your monitoring system is backed by 30+ years of hands-on experience with basement waterproofing, foundation repair, and crawl space systems across South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. If something needs attention, our certified technicians already understand your installed systems.
Available Across South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska
Blackburn Foundation Repair is the first and only contractor in the tri-state region to offer the ShipShape home monitoring system. We install and support ShipShape from our four regional offices:
- Hartford/Sioux Falls, SD – Our primary headquarters serving Eastern South Dakota=
- Spearfish, SD – Black Hills regional center serving Western South Dakota
- Casper, WY – Wyoming operations center
- Pierre, SD – Central South Dakota hub
With over 90 counties and 250,000+ square miles of coverage, no matter where you are in our service area, our team can install, configure, and support your ShipShape monitoring system. Combined with our BBB A+ rating and lifetime transferable warranties on all major work, you can trust that your home is in expert hands.
Ready to protect your home with smart monitoring? Call 1-800-392-3389 or contact us online to schedule your free consultation.