Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Q. We live on a lake and the water level is high. The house is 13 years old and has a six foot high basement. The basement has some water spots on the walls and in two corners. It seems that the spots ...

I plan to put in a sump and a pump in my cellar to protect against flooding. How can I cut through four inches of concrete to dig a sump? There are concrete cutters out there who will do the job for ...

Racine is giving 100 homeowners up to $5,000 to install a new sump pump in their homes. The goal of this effort is to prevent sanitary sewer system backup into homes. Grant money for the sump pumps ...

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 ...

The best sump pump brands include a built-in backup. These versatile units combine a standard electric sump pump with a battery backup option to provide relief in emergency situations. Combination ...

In an ideal world, there'd be no basement flooding. But in reality, despite our best efforts to address the underlying issue, basement moisture remains a sometimes expensive, always exasperating ...