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Michigan builder provides tips on keeping your basement dry

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Now that spring is here, and the warmer temps are chasing away the last traces of the heavy snowfall, homeowners around the state are keeping wary eyes on their basements, worried about flooding.

Ronald Gay knows a thing or two about flooding and Michigan basements.

He's a builder, a former home inspector in Oakland County, and his new book is "5 Steps to a Dry Basement or Crawl Space.”

*Listen to our interview with him above.

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