Category: Basement Flooding
Benefits of a Sump Pump Installation
Keeping your home flood – free may not always be on your mind. However, as a homeowner, it’s important to take all possibilities into consideration! Heavy rains or sporadic storms can easily cause water buildup in your basement. Sometimes, keeping your plumbing properly maintained isn’t enough – so you should consider a sump pump installation.
Precautions You Can Take to Prevent Basement Flooding
Basement flooding is quite common throughout the country. With the seasons switching from winter to spring, snowmelt and increased rain can cause water to leak into your basement or back up through your plumbing. Any house can be at risk, and water flooding can result in costly repairs due to water damage or mold and
Plumber in Portland Explains: How to Prevent Basement Flooding
As a homeowner in Portland, you may be aware of the City of Portland HYDRA Rainfall Network. Maintained by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, this network tracks rainfall data. Why is this important to you? Because with potential heavy rainfalls comes the responsibility for you to prepare your home’s basement for any
Basement Water Leak Portland
Portland Plumber: Water Leaks Damage Your Home and Your Wallet The owner of a restaurant reported a major basement leak where water was beginning to drip onto the building’s electrical panel. Everyone knows that water and electricity don’t mix, so we sent a technician out immediately. It’s extremely important that when you notice water leaking,
Back Up Sump Pumps in Portland
Portland Plumber: Don’t Gamble With Your Main Pump If you have a sump pump in your basement, you may think that you will not need anything else. You’re sure that your pump will get the job done if flooding rains enter your basement, or water enters that space for any other reason. You may think
Sump Pump Maintenance Portland
Keep Your Pump Working When You Need it Most In order to make sure your sump pump will work when you need it the most, you need to perform some simple maintenance, just like you would for any sort of appliance. Here are some steps you can take to make sure your pump is in
Sump Pump Installation in Portland
Portland Plumber: Benefits of a Sump Pump A basement is a place where many homeowners store their precious mementos. In addition, that’s often where expensive appliances like furnaces and water heaters are located. Having water flood your basement will not only destroy those pieces of equipment, but it will also wash away the keepsakes you
Emergency Plumbing Portland
3 Mountains Plumbing: Open 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week Water main break? Toilet or sink clog? Leaking ceiling? Basement or crawlspace flooding? These things may seem scary, but we see and repair these types of plumbing emergencies every day. We understand that you want to protect your home and maintain a sanitary
Ask a Portland Plumber How to Avoid Basement Flooding
It’s Easy! Check Your Sump Pump It’s springtime! And in Portland spring means rain, lots of it. 3 Mountains Plumbing recommends that homeowners check that their basement or crawlspace sump pumps are in proper working order before an emergency occurs. 3 Mountains Plumbing has same day service available to meet all of your emergency plumbing needs, basement
Basement Flooding in Portland
Portland Plumbers Help Cure Winter Flooding Woes Living in the Pacific Northwest, we are all accustomed to those rainy days that seem to last forever. As any Portland plumber can tell you, when the dreary weather continues for long periods of time, causing local rivers and streets to flood, many homeowners also find their home drainage systems
