Taking Care of Your Home’s Sump Pump

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Preparing and protecting your home

• Depending on where you live you might get a lot of precipitation that can cost damage at your home

• Typically the basement is the largest threat area for water damage

• A sump pump can protect your home, but you have to take proper care of your pump

The life of your pump

• The average life span of a sump pump is 10 years

• The main issue that generally leads to needing to replace a sump pump is the pump switch

• Don’t get stuck with a pump that isn’t working because you didn’t pay attention to how it was working in the 10th year of its life

Pay attention to your pump

• Don’t avoid your sump pump when it is coming to the end of its life

• If you monitor your pump you will be able to replace it before it no longer can run

• Replacing a pump at the right time will prevent your home from

having a flooding issue

Replacement advice

• When your pump is coming towards the end of its life you might want to avoid having to buy a new one

• The price of a new sump pump is cheaper than having to pay for damage repairs

• Don’t assume that your pump will live past 10 years just because it makes it that long

Time for a new sump pump• If you don’t replace your pump in time you will have a time

where your home might not have a sump pump to prevent flooding

• A amount of water that can accumulate from one storm can cost thousands of dollars worth of damage to your house

• Don’t let your home get hit with a large damage price tag when you could’ve simply replaced the sump pump

Water damage cost vs. sump pump cost

• When you compare the cost of having to buy a new pump and fixing water damage at your home, the pump will be cheaper

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