Well, that certainly was a lot of rain. We saw a lot of tragic circumstances in the last month, but at least one of them was averted by a sump pump!! Yes, some sump pumps can do the job.

I got a phone call from my office manager one day to tell me that my customer had no power to their house, in the middle of that first 10 inch rainfall. And how did she know this?? The SUMP PUMP notification ..read more

I have a friend who depends on her sump pump. I mean, it’s really vital that it works. When it failed last week, the top of her oil burner was 6 inches UNDER the water, and since her hot water comes from the boiler, her water heater also stopped working.

That’s an expensive inconvenience! And dangerous because the oil tank was under water as well.

I don’t know yet what this latest episode is going to cost her. She was lucky to have ..read more