We have been having some awful storms recently and lots of people around us have been losing power. My neighborhood has been good as all our power lines are buried except for a larger (array???) or ...

[Matt] literally finds himself in a sticky situation. There’s an oil slick in his sump well. These wells work in conjunction with drain tiles to pump water away from the foundation of a house.

Derek Cleveland was at home during a power outage in a rainstorm last winter when a message popped up on his cellphone warning him he was about to have expensive damage done to his home. It was his ...

[Stephen] has a basement that depends on a sump pump. What that means is if the pump fails or the power goes out, the basement floods—which is rather undesirable. Not wanting to rely on a single point ...

Flood preparedness is important this time of year, when late-winter and early-spring showers can be more like hard, overwhelming downpours that pose the threat of water-filled basements. Should your ...

In the Northeast, where I live, many houses have basements and rely on sump pumps to keep the basement dry. The basement sump pump’s job is to pump ground water from a sump pit that extends below the ...

Finding water in your basement can be a real nightmare for homeowners, especially if this exact scene has already happened before and you thought you’d taken all the precautions to prevent water from ...

“Many homes today are designed in such a way that the basement is a primary gathering place. Gone are the years where basements are dark, damp storage areas. The need to monitor the basement sump pump ...

Our basement has only flooded twice in 15 years. Would it be wise--or a waste of money--to install a sump pump? This is a matter of personal preference, and depends on the cost of installing the sump ...

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