Most homeowners don't think much about their sump pump or a battery backup system until it's too late and water seeps into the basement. These systems are the focus of a growing company that recently ...

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 ...

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 ...

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They are largely unnoticed and underappreciated. They may rest quietly for days or weeks on end in the bottom of a pit until conditions demand they do their work to save our basements and crawl spaces ...

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 ...

The truth of the matter is that most basement water problems are not basement problems at all, but exterior drainage problems. So before you consider a sump-pump installation, take a good look (in the ...

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 ...

Selecting and installing a pump for a homeowner’s sump and waste-management system is never a one-size-fits-all project. For the professional installer, multiple factors need to be considered before ...