Since my daughter and son-in-law bought their first house in Ohio a couple of years ago, it has provided fodder for many a remedial project for the HomeFixated community. The house is basically sound, but the previous owners were a tad lax on the maintenance front, so they’ve been fixing it up and updating it a bit at a time. One thing I always noticed when we stayed there is that the sump pump kicked on periodically, and when it did, it didn’t sound very healthy. Thunks, buzzing, loud humming—many strange and scary sounds that probably weren’t there when it was new. When the folks at Wayne Pumps dialed us in for this sponsored post and offered to provide one of their Wayne’s AdvanTEXT systems, which sends a text message to alert you to various problems, it seemed like a good opportunity to banish the scary noises – and gain a little peace of mind. Read More