How To Test Your Sump Pump – Preparing For The Spring Melt

Prepare for the Spring Melt

During the spring melt, it’s common for Canadian homes to flood. Every year, countless homes will deal with water damage and pay thousands of dollars in damages and repairs. Many of these homeowners have sump pumps and feel safe, not realizing that they’re in for an unpleasant surprise. But if they have a sump pump, how do their homes flood?

Listen Up Oshawa! Sump Pumps 101

Sump Pumps

Here at John the plumber Oshawa, we always call the spring season the flood season. We recieve many questions about sump pumps and we are here to expand your knowledge of them. You may be buying a new home and wondering whether you need to have a sump pump. Or you may have a sump pump in your existing home and have always wondered exactly what the heck they do. Just because you never had flooding in your home doesn’t mean that your sump pump doesn’t need to be inspected on a regular basis. An ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure in this case.