SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - With continuous rain on Wednesday, sump pumps across mid-Michigan are working overtime. If your sump pump is working like it should, water should stay away from your basement.

When those summer storms bring deluges and gusting wind, it’s time to check your sump pump. Whether in a sump pit or set on a pedestal, the summer storms can overwhelm it. Many sump pump users know ...

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In our weekly meetings our inspectors and crew have stories about the various fix it jobs they see in the course of their work. This is one of them and is a good summary of what many of the home- made ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - People living in the Rivers Edge neighborhood in Horace are concerned with the water level outside of their homes, and with it inside too. “If you stand in the bottom ...

Sump pumps are devices that will keep your basement or crawl space from flooding or, even worse, damage your home foundation. Sump pumps activate once the water has reached a certain level in your ...

The problem of how to move standing water from one place to another preoccupied scientists for thousands of years. Historians report that even the great Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes ...

Rob Traister of Front Royal, Va., recently renovated and moved into his childhood home, a 1940s Cape Cod with an underground basement and a sump pit. "That hole terrified me when I was a kid," he said ...

The best sump pumps are heavy-duty, have a strong manufacturer’s warranty, and will keep your home from flooding. All our picks come from reliable and trusted sump pump brands, have a reasonable price ...