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 ...

An emergency sump pump is a back-up sump pump for emergency use during pump failure or power failure for homes with or without a full perimeter drainage system, A.K.A. French Drains. If you have a ...

Basements were once dark, dirt-floored places where canned goods were stored. Today, basements are being completely finished and converted into living space. The challenge with most basements is ...

When we have torrential rains and the power goes out (which it often does here even without a storm) my husband and I have to bail out our sump pump to avoid flooding our basement since we don't have ...

When your primary pump—or the power—fails, these top-rated models are ready to step in In our lab tests, we measured the flow rate and battery draw of 11 sump pump backup systems. By Jesse Will When ...