When sanitary sewers back up into basements, the knee-jerk reaction by homeowners (and many insurers) is to blame the state of the local public infrastructure. Homeowners will almost always point the finger at their local government, even before they know…
Read more →The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and the State of California have teamed up to create a pilot program to provide homeowners in parts of the state with a financial incentive to brace and bolt their homes to prevent them from sliding off their foundations or toppling over in the event of an earthquake.
Read more →Chestermere, Alberta, located due east of Calgary on the TransCanada, was hit with fairly severe overland flooding and sewer backup as the result of not one, but two, recent heavy rainfall events within days of each other. The first, early…
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