Spring showers bring beautiful flowers – and basement flooding. When you combine the thawing of the ground and those spring rains, water can easily find its way into your basement. For many property owners, spring’s arrival often shows all of the unfortunate flaws in the foundation of your home or the grading of your land. Coming [...]
Many of us, especially on the East Coast, are thrilled to see the mountains of snow by the side of the road going down as the numbers on the thermometer go up. But the changing of the seasons brings some fresh problems as well. Spring will quickly become summer, and with summer comes hurricane season, [...]
A sump pump is your first line of defense to prevent basement flooding: it forces water back out of your house where it belongs. Unless, of course, your sump pump isn’t working, in which case you may well end up with an unwanted swimming pool in your basement. Don’t worry – it may well be [...]
