A sump pump keeps basements dry. It's absolutely essential if your basement floor pad was poured close to the natural water ...

But a replacement won't help you if you're on vacation during a power outage, or if your pump dies while you're slumbering ...

When a storm hits hard and the power cuts out, the last thing you want is to be humming Johnny Cash’s “Five Feet High and Rising” while water creeps up in your basement. But that may be the ...