Flood
Test your sump pump before storm season, not during a storm
#Nature 🌱 Spring
A sump pump that sits unused for months can fail quietly — a stuck float switch, a clogged intake, a battery backup that's been dead for a year — and you usually only find out when water's already rising in the basement. Pour a bucket of water into the pit and watch it actually kick on and clear the water before storm season starts, and check the backup battery separately if you have one; it's a five-minute test that catches most of the common failure points.