Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

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

In an ideal world, basements wouldn’t flood, but despite best efforts to address underlying issues, basement moisture remains a sometimes expensive and always exasperating difficulty for many ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Racine is giving 100 homeowners up to $5,000 to install a new sump pump in their homes. The goal of this effort is to prevent sanitary sewer system backup into homes. Grant money for the sump pumps ...

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 ...

Kevin installs wallpaper; Lee explains sprinkler heads; Richard installs a sump pump. Kevin O'Connor teams up with wallpaper expert, Carmen Gonzalez, to help a Miami homeowner create a focal point ...

WEST JEFFERSON STREET AS THE WEATHER GETS WETTER HERE IN IOWA, SO COMES THE RISK FOR FLOODING A LOCAL BUSINESS IS HELPING HOMEOWNERS KEEP WATER OUT OF THEIR BASEMENTS. DEBBIE REINER OWNS REINER WAYNE ...

The typical cost range to install a sump pump is between $1,200 and $2,500, with a national average cost of $1,500. Some of the main factors that affect the cost of sump pump installation include the ...