It’s not uncommon for us living in Northeast Ohio to experience torrential rains in January. Today’s high temperature is expected to be in the 60s, and total rainfall for the weekend could exceed two inches or more. Unfortunately, under these conditions, many homeowners will experience sump pump problems. What causes your sump pump to fail?…
Mother Nature is handing us torrential downpours as we close out October. The rain is going to wreak havoc on trick-or-treaters who go out tonight, as they do in Hudson. Unfortunately, the rain can also put your sump pump under extreme pressure, possibly to the point of sump pump failure. You’ve probably noticed many times…
This past weekend torrential rains came across Northeast Ohio in waves. According to WKYC-TV Chief Meteorologist Betsy Kling, parts of the region could receive as much as four inches of rain on top of ground that is already saturated with water. Flood warnings and flash-flood warnings were crawled across our TV screens throughout the weekend….
At The Plumbing Source, we get calls every day of the year from homeowners who are having some kind of plumbing, heating or air conditioning problem. While some of these are major problems, many are smaller in nature and often very preventable. So in the spirit of helping you keep your summer problem free, here…
March has been a wet month in Cleveland. So far we’ve had nearly four inches of rain, about 30 percent more than the average for this month. What that means is that if you have a sump pump, it’s been working overtime. Now’s the time to be extra vigilant about sump pump failure. We all…
Every winter and spring we get calls about failed sump pumps. Thawing snow coupled with some rain showers can put a real strain on your pump. Throughout the month we’ve seen stories of storm-related power outages that have affected neighborhoods and cities of northeast Ohio. It seems that winter power outages are becoming more common….
Greater Cleveland has been under a barrage of storms in the last few days. According to WKYC Channel 3 Meteorologist Betsy Kling, we’ve received well over an inch of rain in many areas. When that much rain comes down, it’s very common for homeowners to have their sump pumps fail. The pumps burn out trying…
A properly operating sump pump calls no attention to itself. Even in this era of the Internet of Things, sump pumps do not usually have the ability to alert you to problems. They do not sound horns like smoke detectors, send messages to your smart phone via WiFi, or activate alarms like septic tanks. If,…
With all the rain we’ve gotten over the past week or so, we’re getting more and more calls from customers who have problems with their sump pump. So today we’re going to give you some basic information about how these units operate and when they are likely to fail. Some of the most unglamorous parts…
If we knew when we were going to have a plumbing emergency, it wouldn’t be an emergency. That’s the nature of emergencies: they happen when we least expect them to. And so it was for me when I discovered that my four-year old sump pump had quick working. My wife was in the basement and…
