Buying a house is a dream come true for many people. It's the ultimate badge of adulthood. The moment you stop throwing away ...

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A sharp freeze does more than lower the thermostat. When water inside a pipe drops below 0°C, it expands by about 9 percent ...

Your home is supposed to be a refuge, but some of the features you add to make it more comfortable, stylish, or fun can ...

From maintaining your furnace to testing your sump pump, these home maintenance tasks are easy to ignore but play a major ...

A Spokane woman whose furnished basement was flooded with sewage following city maintenance behind her home will receive a $62,000 settlement, which the City Council unanimously approved Monday. City ...

Anacostia High School students were dismissed early at noon on Monday due to a sewage spill that flooded the school over the weekend. In a letter sent home to families on Monday, Principal Kenneth ...

A program aimed at helping homeowners protect their properties from basement flooding may be receiving a substantial expansion, Mayor Olivia Chow announced at a news conference Wednesday. The Basement ...

When the skies open and power lines go down, a reliable backup sump pump could be the difference between a dry basement and thousands of dollars in damage (along with a big headache). And because ...

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Some Milwaukee residents are beginning a long clean-up process Aug. 11 after historic rainfall flooded homes across southeast Wisconsin over the weekend. If you're clearing out a flooded basement or ...

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