Category Climate & seasonal

Frozen ground can't absorb meltwater, the water table peaks, and your sump discharge may still be iced. Here is why spring floods basements and how to prepare.

Two feet of snow around a house holds thousands of gallons. Where it sits when it melts decides whether it soaks away or ends up in your basement.

Water expands 9 percent when it freezes, and concrete is full of it. Here is how spalling and scaling actually develop, and what genuinely prevents them.

Everything worth doing before the ground freezes, in the order it should happen — outside first, then the sump system, plumbing, humidity and monitoring.