Eight years ago, we remodeled our basement, including updating the bathroom. One year ago, the basement toilet clogged. During the repairs, our plumber told us that the backwater flap is broken and if we don't fix it the clogging will return. But before we could fix it, we have to find it. He thought it was under the carpet in the room next to the bathroom. I was pretty sure the contractor mentioned years ago that it was accessible behind the wall. Neither of us could prove it. Nobody wrote it down.

So now we're guessing about something that's going to cost real money to get wrong. Rip up the carpet or tear open the wall.

In hindsight, the problem is it was not installed correctly eight years ago – but that's how owning a home goes sometimes. Not the big disasters you remember. The quiet accumulation of decisions, repairs, and contractor conversations that happen over years of homeownership and then just disappear. Into drawers, old emails, faded receipts, texts that don't survive a phone upgrade.

That's the gap FileFort was built to close.

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FileFort is an independent Mac app. No VC funding, no growth team, no roadmap driven by engagement metrics. Just a tool that does one thing well: keeps your home's history organized and accessible for as long as you own it.

Built and maintained by a small team that believes software for your home should work like the home itself. Quietly reliable, built to last, and entirely yours.

Questions, bug reports, and feedback go to support@myfilefort.com. We read everything.