The site provides general reading and a form through which a homeowner can invite one independent local contractor to reach out. The site is no contractor, plumber, sewer contractor, electrician or HVAC contractor, and it represents no contractor. Inspecting, pricing, carrying out or guaranteeing work are all outside what it does; it presents no contract, signs none, makes no appointments, holds no deposits, pulls no permits and stays out of insurance matters. You and the contractor decide the scope, price, permits, payments and warranty, with no part played by this site.

The site vouches for no contractor's workmanship, prices, insurance or City registration. Ohio has no state license for waterproofing, so do your own checking before you sign. For permitted work at an Akron address, ask the City's Plans & Permits Center, 330-375-2010, whether the contractor is registered, and ask the contractor for liability insurance and workers' compensation certificates and for recent customers to contact. Sump tie-ins and backwater valves belong to a licensed plumber with the permits; in Akron, the City sends lateral repairs to a licensed sewer contractor.

A flat advertising fee that contractors may choose to pay is the one possible source of income here. Homeowners are never charged, and never given money, gifts or any other thing of value.

Every guide, tool and cost range here is general information provided without warranty. Figures are labeled by source and year, and they can grow stale. None of it counts as legal, financial, engineering or insurance advice.

So far as Ohio law permits, neither the site nor its owner is responsible for losses linked to these pages, to reliance on them or to any dealings with a contractor. False requests, attacks on the site and commercial reuse of its pages are prohibited.

These terms are governed by Ohio law, and Ohio courts are the place to resolve any dispute over them. A revised version applies from the moment it appears here.