0.5m high Floodstop Flood Barrier

Overview

Our 0.5m high Floodstop barrier provides a proven and effective flood prevention method. The barrier can be assembled to any length and be arranged to suit any direction and opening. The system can be rapidly deployed by one person.

How does it work

When in use the majority of the modular units actually fill with the rising flood waters, which combined with the weighted universal keys ensures the assembled flood barrier holds back flood waters. All units and keys incorporate hard-wearing gaskets to ensure sealing.For acute cornering or wall connection in a Floodstop assembly a Multi-hub unit is simply used.The beauty of this patented flood prevention system is that no bolting to the ground is required. It also means that when the flood waters recede, the pods empty themselves and become light enough to be carried away. They are also a much more cost effective and reliable alternative to flood sandbags.In the above set up a free board is required.

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Applications and Benefits

Uses include

Household flood protection:
- Doorways
- Driveway
- Garage door protection
Businesses flood protection:
- Doorways
- Driveway
- Perimeter
- Roller shutter door protection
Local Authority, Commercial & Utility flood Protection
Spillage Protection:
- Fluid containment
- Tertiary containment for spillage risk
- Slurry containment

Can be deployed in an emergency or in a semi-permanent or permanent scenario.

Key Benefits of Floodstop flood defence barriers

Flood insurance is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, and most home and business owners are aware that they must take responsibility in protecting their properties from the risk of flooding with flood defence barriers. Benefits of Floodstop include:

Rapidly deployable flood defence system
Can be assembled by one person
Not affected by strong winds when deployed
Highly flexible system
More cost effective and versatile flood protection than sandbags
Self-balancing with no bolting required
Multi-hub connection unit allows easy connection to walls and cornering
Units nest into each other for easy storage
Recyclable and reusable.
Can be used as leverage to gain flood insurance

Assembly Instructions

FLOODSTOP barrier assembly

Inspect ground conditions and clear any debris
Position the Floodstop Modular Units out in a linear position for the chosen barrier length
Fully insert connection keys
Apply the required curvature to the barrier
Pre-fill a minimum of every 3rd modular unit (with water ballast) along the assembled flood barrier. Any remaining units (with semi-circular front facing holes) will automatically fill with the rising flood waters. Any units without semi-circle holes must be pre-filled.

Connecting the barrier to a wall:

Connect the Multi-hub pod to end of the assembled FLOODSTOP flood barrier
Rotate the 'cam-like' unit into the in-situ object (typically a wall) ensuring the side gasket is placed under pressure
Fill the pod with water ballast

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
"We are using the system and it is working great; Floodstop is keeping our platform and car park open and safe to our customers and colleagues during recent extreme weather and associated flooding"

Matthew Lee, First Great Western
Customer Testimonials
"We are delighted that we now have an easy to deploy flood prevention system on the island. It will allow us to protect our newly refurbished reception when we have exceptionally high tides. We were completely fed up with deploying sandbags in the past. The barrier was in action today [Sept 2010] and prevented flooding of the walkway and reception. It’s fantastic."
Angela Cott, National Trust Property Manager at Brownsea Island
Customer Testimonials
“The system we purchased from you for use at our house in Downton has proved invaluable over the last couple of months."
“The barriers were severely tested with flood water during Storm Imogen. Everything worked fine and the house remained dry throughout. We were very impressed.“
Mr Hancock, private householder
Customer Testimonials
“We have had to use the Floodstop over the weekend and what a GREAT job it did for us!"
Mr Hunt, private householder
Customer Testimonials
"We discovered that FLOODSTOP barriers are a fraction of the cost of alternative flood prevention products on the market. Knowing we have effective prevention from the threat of flooding is a great weight off our minds. They are easy and simple to use and when the job is done they can be simply picked up and put back in the garage."
A.Pulford, private householder
Customer Testimonials
“Flooding does set us back, we need industry here. With this system (Floodstop) we will give more people the belief they can come and set up businesses here”
Joe Trussler, Mayor of Sandwich
Customer Testimonials
“This was a great opportunity for the community to test the deployment (Floodstop) of the defences whilst also testing the response of the Environment Agency and local Town Council Volunteers. The day was a great success and the exercise has helped us to ensure the process is as efficient as possible to reduce flood risk in the area”
Aysha Musson, the asset performance engineer for the Environment Agency