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 ...

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 ...

Q: I hope you can help me decide on a good backup power system for my basement sump pumps. We recently invested a lot of money to finish out our basement, and it’s beautiful. We would be devastated ...

Flood sensors remain one of the best small investments into smart home tech you can make. Placing a few cheap gadgets strategically around your home can save you thousands of dollars in water damage ...

We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Home. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Two is better than one, especially if you’re talking about sump pumps. If you ...

WILD WEATHER typically drags mechanical contractors out to face unprecedented dangers: subzero temperatures that invite frostbite; bone-chilling, rain-soaked emergency calls; and torrential downpours ...

Water seeping into a basement or crawl space erodes masonry on its way through, then fosters mold, bad odors and wood rot. To stop it, the first line of defense is a combination waterproofing and ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Think of your home’s foundation as a cracked concrete cup half-sunk in a mud puddle. Water wants to seep in from the surrounding soil, and the only thing that keeps it at bay is a sump pump hidden in ...