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 ...

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 ...

Selecting and installing a pump for a homeowner’s sump and waste-management system is never a one-size-fits-all project. For the professional installer, multiple factors need to be considered before ...

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 ...

Our basement has only flooded twice in 15 years. Would it be wise--or a waste of money--to install a sump pump? This is a matter of personal preference, and depends on the cost of installing the sump ...

WILD WEATHER typically drags mechanical contractors out to face unprecedented dangers: subzero temperatures that invite frostbite; bone-chilling, rain-soaked emergency calls; and torrential downpours ...