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 ...

GLENDALE -- Heavy rain can cause issues for your sump pump -- and so can sub-zero temperatures. FOX6 News on Tuesday, January 19th tagged along with a plumber responding to calls he only gets when ...

CHASKA, Minn. (WCCO) - Snowfall should officially be behind us but the melt from the recent blizzard is revealing some problems for homeowners. Faulty sump pumps are causing basements to flood just as ...

Q: My home is 23 years old. A friend replaced my sump pumps last October and told me that in the front corner of my crawlspace there was water but the sump pump should take care of it. In January, I ...

Q: I have two questions regarding sump pumps. I have a pump in action in the basement of a rental house but have been told that it should have a battery backup, particularly because it is in a rental ...

Nearly three weeks of constant rain in Colorado Springs have brought to the surface a new problem from homeowners on the westside - incorrectly connected sump pumps. Heavy rains and the threat of ...

Rain gardens are just the tip of the iceberg better known as Blueprint Columbus. The next step is installing sump pumps in hundreds of homes. "It’s kind of an ongoing process," said Susan Ashbrook, ...

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 ...