drought concerns to homeowner headaches now all this recent rain causing some basements to flood caught fractions Keith King shows us what to do so your valuables donut up getting soaked the owners of this Overland Park home are dealing with this mess water seeping into their basement after their sump pump suddenly shut down and they are not alone the customers has pump was making a humming noise technicians with Bob Hamilton plumbing are busy and when he came down he discovered that his some phone could failed this week's rain is giving plenty of homeowners a surprise mark van Voss had noticed a problem Tuesday morning tried to get it to work and obviously didn't so went to work and hoped for the best at that point the pump quit causing water to pool not a catastrophe just enough to damage carpet and create an inconvenience there's water going through the carpet in few different areas obviously you're on the sump pump we're getting heavy water and then a few different areas just draining through the foundation who avoid headaches technicians recommend cleaning any debris out of the water pit consider replacing the motor every five to seven years and to keep water from seeping through the basement walls put dirt outside to divert water away from the foundation by you know putting dirt around it to divert that water to flow away from the house is going to help definitely cleaning the gutters yearly also have your sump pump checked on a regular basis to help avoid any unexpected surprises during the next downpour for call for action I'm Keith King