You may not need to plug drains because many new homes have anti-backflow or backwater check valves in the main sewer line that reduce the potential for sewage backup.

She says drain backup insurance, or sewer backup coverage, is an optional add-on to many homeowners' insurance policies for a few dollars a month.

Such policies typically exclude coverage of basement sewage backups unless the policyholder pays considerably more for supplemental coverage.

If residents have notified the city of basement backups, the city can use surveying equipment to know the elevation of their floor drain and at what water level they must bypass the sewer system ...

MSD has a program to assist customers who experience a sewer backup in their home related to a capacity issue in the MSD public sewer system. This involves sewage backing up through a floor drain ...

A: I have often seen the arrangement you describe with a basement laundry under a kitchen. In most cases, the main sewer drain is halfway up on the basement wall near the laundry equipment.

The smell of sewer water invading their basements won’t be soon forgotten by a pair of Southwest Omaha families near 106th and Y Streets.

Of all the things that can happen to damage a person’s home, a sewer backup is one of the worst. Foul water bubbles up from drains and fixtures and contaminates everything it touches. The water ...