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Types of Basement Floor Drains and Their Best Uses

Getting rid of water in a basement with persistent flooding issues is a special kind of problem. These types of floor drains ...
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5 Professionals Who Install French Drains, and Which One to Call Based on Your Issue

A French drain system can be an effective long-term solution to water drainage problems both inside and outside the home. French drain installation specialists, landscapers, foundation repair ...
Canadian Underwriter

Perimeter drain maintenance can go far to prevent basement flooding: expert

VICTORIA – Waking up to the sound of rushing water in the house can be pretty unnerving. For Madeleine Bragg and her husband Mike, they faced a flooded basement. “Mike gets up at 5 a.m. to go to work ...
Capital Gazette

On the Level: Advice concerning areaway drain and basement flooding

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 ...
Times Colonist

Clear drains, redirect water to help prevent flooding: experts

Melting snow, especially after freezing temperatures, can mean flooded basements for homeowners, warn Victoria housing-repair specialists. Geoff Styba, owner of Raintek, said the first and easiest ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Jerry Ludwig: More advice on dealing with a wet basement

Last week, I started an answer to L.G. about his wet basement. His house was built in 2008, so I have a pretty good idea about how the foundation and drainage system was supposed to be built. Whether ...