Proactive preventative measures can lessen the chances of suffering through a water loss in your home.
Following are a series of links that will help to educate you on ways to reduce the risk of flding.
The ICLR is the international body that educates and monitors organisations like ours. Learn what we learn.
http://www.iclr.org/homeownersafety.html
How to install a battery operated back up sump pump system.
How to Install a Sump Pump | Video | This Old House
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,1631605,00.html
The importance of backwater valves.
10 ways to prevent a basement flood.
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