im trying to find some sure fire method to prevent floods as i want to
finish my basement and make it into the ULTIMATE game room. and i
cannot afford to have a single flood!

thanks in advance for your help.


Some houses are destined to flood no matter what you do. You can
mitigate the possibility of power failure with a standby generator,
but then you have to keep it maintained and ready to go at a seconds
notice. If you just have one sump pump and one generator, a simple
failure of either one can leave you (literally) up-the-creek.

If your just buying a house, look at the elevations. Do the other
hourses around yours flood? Is the whole lot in a lowlying area?

Perhaps its better to buy the house at the top of the hill.

Beachcomber