Thank you Sue we try and make it as simple as possible for people to follow!

Thanks for the feedback - would welcome the chance to see your attempt at making this clear.

Thanks, glad it is helpful. Do let us know if we can help in any way.

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Thank you. Glad we could assist.

Hi Sebastian, unfortunately we can't advise on site specifics remotely - especially where the pump hasn't been purchased from ourselves.

Whopps - just found them!🙃

@@katejacksonmusic Anything we can help you with? :)

Walks out into deep flood water? The pump would only be running in a flood scenario when the house is surrounded by water :)

We would recommend setting it up before you went away or giving a trusted person access to the barriers to set it up for you. We'd also advise signing up for flood warnings which can provide time to deploy measures.

Do you have any video link which you think shows the right way? Most videos do show the way but they don't show it being test during flood. Water has already entered my home but will better prepared next time haha

It might be for you, but its a question we are asked a lot!

The test, real world experience, and studies have shown otherwise. I'm glad you've managed to use them with success, but most don't. Sand is a natural rapid filter so without being coupled with sheeting & boards they won't work. Aside, they're not environmentally friendly, not reusable, and not cost effective.

You are a liar

​@@FloodProtectionSol you're a pretentious douche.

lmfao! They "worked" because whatever you used them for, you didn't get the amount of water to cause flooding in or around the home. Bet you deny climate change as well. This is your own personal experience which creates bias. Overall, these bags don't work.

No they don’t. They are a complete waste of time for most flood situations. They may prevent a slow creeping flood that would have put an inch of water in the house. Anything over that it’s pointless

That is correct. It would fill with rainwater, but not overland flow. The area should also be defended against backflow with a Non-Return Valve, see video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHzYaIGPoc6Kmsk . For any water pooling, you can use a puddle pump.

Depends on the height & width. If you use our quote request form we can quote you :) www.floodprotectionsolutions.co.uk/quote-request/

Thanks

Thanks, but there is a sump pump already in place, and the street is flooding

This depends on its usage and how long its run for.

Due to the weight of the water it's holding back holding it down, I imagine

There are places in the world that have floodings without hurricanes.

Thanks for watching!

Yes they can be used in the rain. This model needs electricity. You'd need an engine driven pump otherwise

Our pleasure!

Many Thanks!

These ones in the video are manual so they don't, you'd need an automatic model for that.

Unfortunately this is a common misconception regarding 'capacity', presumably meaning budget, access to resource etc. A common misconception is that sandbags are a cheap cost- effective method of flood defence; however this is not the case. According to Flood PACT (Parishes and communities together) a sandbag flood protection barrier which is 0.6m high requires 50+ filled sandbags per linear metre. Therefore a linear metre of sandbagging costs a staggering £200 (with each filled sandbag costing £4.00). Therefore covering a 15m entrance could cost £3000 in sandbags alone! Sandbags are incredibly labour intensive and time consuming, and there is often not time to construct them for flash flooding. As they are only usable once the investment is high per flood and there is a tax on disposal of used sandbags. Once used, sandbags are classed as contaminated and can harbour diseases and bacteria - so they should not be reused and need to be disposed of. They tend to hold contaminants such as sewage, and so gloves should be warn when handling them. It is important to remain vigilant for symptoms associated with dirty water, such as Hepatitis or Weil’s disease. We strongly recommend being prepared in advance with flood barriers. Sand is naturally porous and can act as a filter, but to help keep water out they should be used with plastic sheeting. Sandbags are ineffective when compared with specially designed flood protection products which can be deployed far quicker. The main issue with sandbags though is that they do not perform their primary role well. In Sir Michael Pitt’s review of the 2007 floods he states ‘The Review was unable to obtain any significant evidence that sandbags were particularly effective during the 2007 summer floods in providing protection to individual households.’

Currently in Hurricane Milton and they're working splendidly 🙂

As a rough approximation yes. If there are any right angles etc this can add another m, so potentially 6. It is best to work our friction calculations, but in most instances this 'rule of thumb' can work well.

Thanks Steve

Thanks!