INDIANAPOLIS – This Home Zone is about safety and security and it affects anyone who has a concern with a flooded basement or downstairs. I had a sump pump that was about eight years old. It was still ...

Due to some recent mystery water intrusion in my basement (which I'm in the process of finishing), I've decided to add a sump pump as an additional line of defense. So, I headed out to our local ...

Debbie Wolfe is an author and content creator. In addition to being a contributing writer at Forbes, she writes for other leading online home improvement, DIY, and garden media outlets and online ...

In an ideal world, basements wouldn’t flood, but despite best efforts to address underlying issues, basement moisture remains a sometimes expensive and always exasperating difficulty for many ...

Dear Angie: We've had to replace several sump pumps in just a few years, and I'm wondering why. We initially had a pump with the float on a rod, but the first time our basement flooded, it was because ...

Sump pumps are a key defense against basement and crawl space flooding. Learn how they work and why proper maintenance is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An arbitrator has awarded a settlement to a Rosebank woman who was injured when her leg got stuck in the sump-pump pit in a friend’s basement six years ago. Kathleen Kielb, then ...

FARGO — Recent rainfall is serving as a timely reminder for homeowners to check their sump pumps this spring. According to Laney's, a Fargo-based plumbing and HVAC company, April and May tend to be ...

Question: While doing an online search, I came across an article from the Winnipeg Free Press in which you answered a homeowner’s questions about capping a sump pump pit to combat humidity and radon.

we are looking at putting a submerged sump pump into the basement and wonder what type of grate do people use over the top. Obviously it has to have holes big enough to allow the water etc through and ...