How does sewer backup occur?
Imagine, raw sewage pouring into your basement – yuk!!! Sewage is flowing 15 feet from most homes - with no barrier of entry Most homeowners in detached, semi-detached or townhomes do not realize how close [...]
Cities across North America are waking up to the new flood reality
“On June 25 and 26, 6.5 inches of rain fell over 12 hours in Metro Detroit overwhelming infrastructure and causing freeways to close and residents to dump waterlogged basement belongings on their curbs”. This [...]
Flooding and the impact to your insurance
The flooding we are seeing in British Columbia, while a natural disaster that could not be prevented, should be a wakeup call for all homeowners. Given that these types of events are occurring more regularly [...]
What’s the leading type of flooding in Canada?
Bethan Moorcroft from Insurance Business Canada has published an article highlighting the importance of homeowners and insurance companies to work together with private sector companies to tackle the urgent need to prevent sewer backup floods [...]
Accredited training program for the insurance industry will help limit insurance company losses
Backwater Solutions has pioneered an accredited training program that will help to educate brokers and homeowners on the critical steps to take to protect homes from sewer backups and flooding. This innovative program is only [...]
Water-related damage in Canada costs insurance companies an average of one billion dollars each year
Backwater Solutions Canada is leading the way in the private sector to help the insurance industry reduce payouts TORONTO, ONTARIO – June 29, 2020 – Backwater Solutions Canada has announced that they are pioneering [...]
5 ways insurance brokers can help clients prevent sewer floods
Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive—okay, insurance brokers aren’t actually superheroes. But as an insurance broker, you’re a trusted advisor who can help clients get the right coverage and save them [...]
How combined sewers cause flooded basements
Some unlucky homeowners have their house’s plumbing attached to sewer systems that are “combined.” For these houses, the same municipal sewage pipes that whisk away fecal matter at the flush of a toilet also [...]
April Showers Brings May Floods
While melting snow can cause spring floods, there’s more behind floods than just a heavy snowfall. Eager gardeners who try to dig in their yard in April know the ground can remain frozen long after [...]
Sewer Backup
How to protect your home from sewer backup Do you remember, back in August 2018, when Toronto got slammed with rain? I sure do – I was driving up Yonge Street and saw water [...]