Chicago Plumber Tip #18: Prevent Summer Basement Floods
Late summer rainstorms can be a welcome respite from Chicagoland’s typically hot and humid weather. Many Chicagolanders will be fortunate to find themselves indoors, perched by a window, watching the rainstorm pass. Others might take the opportunity to cool off and play in the rain.
No matter how summer rains make you feel, they are an inevitable aspect of Chicago summers. They may reduce the humidity and cool us down for a while, but summer rains can also have adverse effects on your Chicagoland sewers and drains.
Basement flooding can occur when water enters your basement through cracks in the foundation. While it may seem like your basement is an open space waiting to be filled to the ceiling with incoming rainwater or runoff water, there is actually a handy device that works to alleviate basement floods in your Chicago or Villa Park home.
A Chicago sump pump or Villa Park sump pump is the device that pulls water away from the foundation of your home and channels it into the appropriate storm drain or storm sewer. Sump pumps can reduce considerably the risk of Chicago basement floods and Villa Park basement floods at this time of year.
If your basement is not equipped with a sump pump, please call a Chicago plumber or Chicago plumbing contractor at The Scottish Plumber so we can discuss sump pump installation. For our Villa Park plumbing customers and Chicago plumbing customers who already own basement sump pumps, please feel free to contact us for a sump pump inspection, sump pump maintenance, or battery back up sump pump installation.