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 ...

Summer storms have made their way across the United States over the past weeks with more on the horizon. For homeowners with below-ground basements, it’s also the perfect time of year to check that ...

Your faithful sump pump is waiting to save your basement from stormwater damage. But it may not be able to do the job alone. It needs a sidekick, a helpmate, a partner. It needs a battery backup sump ...

The typical cost range to install a sump pump is between $1,200 and $2,500, with a national average cost of $1,500. Some of the main factors that affect the cost of sump pump installation include the ...

Q: 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 lime ...

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 ...

Dear Ken: The builder put in a sump pump pit in the basement, but there isn’t a pump inside. Do you think I need one? It’s about a third full now. — Frank Answer: Generally, builders don’t install a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...