# Need help with a flow

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [June 7, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761 "2025-06-07T03:15:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peakright](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peakright/32/135254_2.png) [@Peakright](https://community.homey.app/u/Peakright)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761/1 "2025-06-07T03:15:25Z")

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I’m brand new to honey coming from Hubitat. I’m trying to write a flow that monitors a garage freezer using a contact sensor. I want the flow to send me a notification if the freezer door stays open for more than two minutes, but can’t figure out how to write the flow. I have the when wrote as if the contact sensor opens but can’t find the option for if it stays open for two minutes. Can someone help?

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**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761/2 "2025-06-07T04:49:45Z")

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Hi Phil,  
I have linked some topics with the same use case. And of course also with various solutions.

[I need help setting up a smart flow for a timeline alarm when a door is open more then x time](https://community.homey.app/t/i-need-help-setting-up-a-smart-flow-for-a-timeline-alarm-when-a-door-is-open-more-then-x-time/82658)

[Fridge door open](https://community.homey.app/t/fridge-door-open/33206)

[Would like to create a flow which advises me if the fridge door remains open for more than 30sec](https://community.homey.app/t/would-like-to-create-a-flow-which-advises-me-if-the-fridge-door-remains-open-for-more-than-30sec/77923)

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**Author:** ![Kathy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kathy/32/121888_2.png) [@Kathy](https://community.homey.app/u/Kathy)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761/3 "2025-06-07T07:12:51Z")

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Thanks for sharing those links, DirkG, very helpful! I’m following this thread too since I’ve got a similar setup I’m trying to sort out for a balcony door. Seeing how others approached this with timers and conditions is giving me a few ideas to test. Appreciate the pointers!

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**Author:** ![Hugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hugo/32/11530_2.png) [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/need-help-with-a-flow/137761/4 "2025-06-07T10:00:47Z")

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In a advanced flow:

```
       If contact is on
       Wait 2 minutes 
       And contact is still on.
       Then send an alarm

```

Standard flow needs more than one flow.

First add a counter like: freezer is open

1. If contact is on, start a counter for 2 minutes

2. If counter is empty  
And freezer door is open  
Then send an alarm

And Kathy, change freezer for balcony door.  
😀