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 ...

When 2 or more feet of snow melts in a short period of time, followed by heavy spring rains, water can get into our homes in ...

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In St. Louis, we don’t have just a nice spring rain; we have hurricane-like downpours. If your sump pump isn’t working or you don’t have one, that can lead to massive flooding and thousands of dollars ...

When the skies open and power lines go down, a reliable backup sump pump could be the difference between a dry basement and thousands of dollars in damage (along with a big headache). And because ...

How do I maintain my sump pump in the spring? In an article featured in HelloNation, plumbing expert Steve Winters of Winters ...

As of Friday, the flow of water going into the storm and sanitary sewers has increased to about 30% above normal.

Your basement's last line of defense may already be broken without you knowing.