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Everything I did to flood-proof my old house

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Over the past 14 years, Wirecutter contributor Sabine Heinlein has played a sort of water whack-a-mole to deal with the basement of her near 100-year-old home flooding. After losing many major appliances and equipment—not to mention her husband’s irreplaceable paintings—she’s accumulated hundreds of hours’ worth of research and experience. Here is her comprehensive list of inexpensive DIY solutions to prevent, ameliorate, and combat the intrusion of water into your home.

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