A local plumber explains how to test your sump pump, why battery backups matter during power outages, and what upgrades can ...

BETTENDORF, IA (KWQC) -With the heavy rains forecasted, one thing you may need to think about is keeping water from getting in your home. A sump pump takes the water that surrounds your basement and ...

Your basement's last line of defense may already be broken without you knowing.

Weather conditions have been dry for more than a year in parts of North Dakota, and sump pumps may not have run in a while. flooding this spring means homeowners should check their sump pump now to ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

FARGO - For many homeowners, a sump pump is their first line of defense against getting water in the basement. The threat of flooding this spring means homeowners should check their sump pump now to ...

The problem of moving standing water from one place to another has preoccupied engineers for thousands of years. Historians report that even Archimedes worked on the problem. Fortunately for modern ...

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 ...