You won't find legal, insurance, engineering or tax advice anywhere on the site. Cost figures show a source and year and come from national tables, since no Indiana or Indianapolis cost source was found. An actual price arrives in writing from a contractor who has been inside the basement.

Licensing, permit, sewer and plumbing rules get revised. When a page sums up what the City of Indianapolis, its Department of Business and Neighborhood Services, Citizens Energy Group, the Indiana Attorney General, the Indiana Plumbing Commission or your own city or town has published, check with that office before you rely on it. DigIndy and Correct Connect are programs of Citizens Energy. No government office or utility endorses, funds or cooperates with this site.

Rainfall and river details cite the National Weather Service, the USGS or the news outlet that reported them, and they are background only. Comments about glacial soil and groundwater speak in general terms and say nothing about any one lot.

Results from the cost calculator and the wet-basement checker are broad approximations. Neither tool sees your basement, and neither makes a diagnosis.

A contractor that receives a request is an independent business that answers for its own estimates, workmanship and conduct. Advertising here earns it no endorsement, and the site makes none. Homeowners pay the site nothing and get nothing from it.

About insurance: Citizens Energy says most homeowner policies omit sewer backups unless an endorsement has been bought. Your policy, insurer or agent is the only reliable answer for your home. The law of Indiana applies to this disclaimer.