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 ...

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 ...

When heavy seasonal rains start pooling around your house, the last thing you want is to be humming Johnny Cash’s “Five Feet High and Rising” as water creeps up in your basement. But that may be the ...

Sump pumps are essential to keeping your house dry and free of mold and mildew. They come to the rescue for emergency flooding and for groundwater that threatens the basement and foundation. The ...

When the skies open and power lines go down, a reliable backup sump pump could be the difference between a dry basement and thousands of dollars in damage (along with a big headache). And because ...

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 you buy a home, there's always the risk of living next door to neighbors you don’t like. It’s fairly common, too: nearly 75% of Americans dislike at least one of their neighbors, according to a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — With the heavy rain in ...