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 ...

Q. We live on a lake and the water level is high. The house is 13 years old and has a six foot high basement. The basement has some water spots on the walls and in two corners. It seems that the spots ...

Spring brings more than sunny days and blooming flowers. This is also the season of rapid snowmelt, swollen rivers, and frequent rainstorms that raise the groundwater table and floods basements and ...

Ah, there’s nothing like a spring shower . . . the way the air gets washed fresh and clean, the way the grass perks up, the way the water fills the basement . . . Sometimes a basement water problem is ...

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 ...

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 ...

A sump pump keeps basements dry. It's absolutely essential if your basement floor pad was poured close to the natural water table. Installing one is pretty simple, but requires some forethought. First ...

In an ideal world, there'd be no basement flooding. But in reality, despite our best efforts to address the underlying issue, basement moisture remains a sometimes expensive, always exasperating ...