Dear James: Our old house had gutter drainage problems that flooded our landscaping. While we are planning our new house, what are some design tips to avoid similar problems? — Cory T. Dear Cory: You ...

Spring rains are welcome for daffodils and lawns but not always to homeowners. This is the time of year when winter-storm damage, faulty sump pumps and clogged drainage systems reveal themselves. So ...

Surprisingly, mold from icicles and ice dams can spread around your house. Prevention lies in maintenance of the problem ...

The person who coined the phrase “saving for a rainy day” must have been a property owner with home drainage problems. The financial costs of poor drainage can be substantial, and the human health ...

Hedi Garcia was fast asleep in her Smithtown home when her husband screamed up the stairs, "We're getting water." The living room, bathroom and kitchen took on inches of it, during the recent flooding ...

You move through your home every day guided by a quiet infrastructure of comfort: water that appears on demand, air that arrives at the right temperature, gutters that whisk away storms. Most of the ...