Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover? 

Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover? 

Why Do I Need A Window Well Cover?    Home maintenance entails a lot of things, some standard obvious things and some that can fly off your radar especially if you’re unaware of the necessity of them. Basement windows are such a great feature to a home providing...
The Benefits of Moving Your Sump Pump Outside

The Benefits of Moving Your Sump Pump Outside

An Outdoor Sump Pump is your first – and best – line of defence against water damage to your home. A sump pump is an electrical pump that is used to pump excess water out of the basement. Sump pumps are usually located inside your home, under the basement foundation....
How Does an Outdoor Sump Pump System Work?

How Does an Outdoor Sump Pump System Work?

An outdoor sump pump is the best way to keep water out of your home. Here’s how it works.   There are three reasons for a leak in the basement: A crack in the wall Leaks or cracks in a block wall’s mortar joints Compromised weeping tile due to tree roots and silt How...
Re-vamping the Sump Pump

Re-vamping the Sump Pump

Why would you pump water into your house and then back out? PumpSpy now installed with the Outdoor Sump System offers you three lines of defence before your basement floods: 1. the primary pump, if it breaks or fails then your second line of defence is activated 2....
Wet Basement AGAIN?!?

Wet Basement AGAIN?!?

Afraid of your basement getting wet again? The Outdoor Sump System offers 3 lines of defence to protect your basement from water damage.  The first line: rising water level activate the float and kick starts your pump.  If the pump doesn’t work or fails, it will...
How to protect you against a $43, 000 flood in your Basement

How to protect you against a $43, 000 flood in your Basement

The Intact Centre of Climate Adaption at the University of Waterloo continues to report on ways for homeowners to protect their home from flooding. The article below informs home owners of simple steps they can take to help alleviate risks of water damage. For those...