DIY guide
Sump pump checklist for Tacoma homes before winter storms
In Tacoma and the rest of Pierce County, the storms that raise the water table around a basement are the same ones that bring down power lines. A sump pump that has sat idle since spring, a float tangled in its cord or a backup battery that died over the summer is how a dry basement becomes a wet one overnight. This checklist takes about an hour and is worth doing every October.
6 min readUpdated November 1, 2026