Nothing on these pages is legal, insurance, engineering or tax advice. Cost figures show where they came from and the year, and national figures are marked as national. The real price of work on your basement comes only from a contractor's written estimate after a visit to the house.

Permit, sewer and contractor registration rules change over time. Where the site summarizes what the City of Cleveland, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, a suburb or the State of Ohio publishes, confirm the point with that office before you rely on it. The site is independent of all of them, and none of them endorses or works with it.

Rainfall figures are credited to the National Weather Service or to local news reports and are included only as background.

The cost calculator and the wet-basement checker give broad, general results. They cannot see your basement and do not diagnose anything.

Contractors who receive requests are independent businesses. We do not vouch for them and are not responsible for their estimates, workmanship or conduct. Contractors may pay this site for advertising; homeowners pay it nothing and receive nothing from it. Plenty of homeowners policies leave seeping groundwater out entirely, and protection against sewer backups usually has to be added on; your policy and your agent are the places to check.

This disclaimer is to be read under Ohio law.