What is AquaStop FreezeGuard™?

Fargo, ND, experiences extremely harsh weather due to its location. Far away from any mountains or oceans, the winters in the region are harsh and long. Winter is a terrible season for homes because of all the damage caused by the snow and ice. One problematic outcome of this bitter weather is the freezing of exterior discharge lines. When your sump pump pumps out water, if the flow isn’t fast enough, it can freeze on its way out of the discharge line and cause the line to clog.

Without a way to discharge the water, your sump pump can overflow and burn out. You usually can tell when the discharge line is clogged because the pump takes too long to drain water, even while the motor is running. To avoid a wet basement or crawl space and a broken sump pump, Innovative Basement Authority designed AquaStop FreezeGuard™, an anti-freeze fitting that allows water to keep flowing despite the freezing conditions. The fitting is made of thick polymer, a durable material capable of withstanding the harshest of climates. AquaStop FreezeGuard™ is offered upon the installation of any one of our sump pumps from the AquaStop series.

Without AquaStop FreezeGuard™, water can make its way into your basement or crawl space every year. Having proper drainage is important in general, but, during the winter, it’s absolutely paramount for the health of your foundation. When snow falls and melts around your property, all the moisture seeps into the soil around your foundation. A sump pump is capable of draining the groundwater around your home as well, so if it stops working, your foundation is in trouble.