Having a home with a basement comes with its own set of challenges, particularly when it comes to managing excess water. Basements are naturally prone to water accumulation from moisture, leaks, and ...

Q. Our house, built in the 1920s, has basement walls made of telephone tile (a type of clay blocks). We have quite a bit of seepage with rain. My husband wants to solve this problem by having interior ...

This consists of a gravel-embedded perforated pipe installed in a trench that slopes toward a drainage point. It’s a good solution for flooding caused by groundwater. Typically installed six to 24 ...

Editor’s note: In light of recent rains, we are reprinting a timely column originally published June 6, 2009. We have a 1973 two-story house with a basement that we’ve owned for about two years. The ...

A hard rain a few weeks ago exposed a weakness in our basement waterproofing system, just the third time this has happened since we had the house built in 1992. One entire end of the basement flooded, ...

With an expected freeze Monday night, here is how to quickly drain your sprinkler system to prevent freeze damage, if you don't have time to blow it out. 1. Locate the main shut-off valve to your ...

Having your drain back up is one of the most frustrating, dirty and expensive problems any homeowner can face. If it's happened to you once, you never want to have it happen again. Every drain in your ...

Q: I live on a low-lying lot. My crawl space is always wet, even though I have a dehumidifier and a sump pump down there. People have suggested I use French drains; one said exterior ones, another ...