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Flood Barriers
A flood barrier is a protective system designed to prevent entry of water from storm surges, high tides, or flooding. Sandbags are among the oldest and simplest flood protection solutions. Used for years in emergency situations, they can quickly create a temporary barrier against water ingress. Never 100% effective, their advantage being sandbags are readily available, inexpensive and can be used quickly by people without specialist training to protect vulnerable entry points on residential and commercial properties, such as doorways, driveways, garage openings, and air vents. More effective solutions are provided by proprietary flood barriers which can be permanent or removable structures where protection is required for entranceways.
Permanent flood barriers can be by means of fixed panels, often of aluminium or glass. Glass flood barriers can be used to effect along riverbanks to provide flood protection whilst not spoiling the view. More often though, aluminium panels are used in removable or demountable flood barriers. The aluminium panels slide into fixed side tracks or channels permanently fixed to door or window frames. Wider flood barriers, for example for driveways can have removeable centre tracks or posts and as such can provide flood protection for a range of wide openings.
Other flood barrier options include inflatable rubber or neoprene bags, ideal where storage space is limited or where the property owner doesn’t want to have fixed tracks or side channels. Depending on which proprietary solution is chosen inflation can be by air source or by the floodwater.
Flood Barrier Research and Development.
The flood barrier developed by StormMeister® to meet the challenge was the Rapid Assembly Flood Barrier.
A substantial flood barrier more than able to protect against floodwater, impact by floating debris, and as the name suggests, quick, simple and easy to deploy.
The Rapid Assembly Flood Barrier was tested to PAS 1188 600 mm, the industry standard, and more recently has been tested to a simulated flood height of 1.8 metres, as required for the flood barriers for two new hotel developments in Paignton, Devon.
Flood Barrier Testing
Flood Barrier Features & Benefits
- Flood Protection: The Rapid Assembly Flood Barrier has been tested in accordance with PAS 1188 to 600 mm simulated flood height. More recently further testing of the flood barrier to a maximum simulated flood height of 1.8m.
- Impact resistance: A flood barrier with high impact resistance was required, to withstand floodwater AND withstand collision by floating debris. Our Rapid Assembly Flood Barrier meets both requirements.
- User Friendly: As the name suggests the StormMeister® Rapid Assembly Flood Barrier is easy assemble and easy to disassemble. Typically, assembly from storage racks to full flood barrier in as little as two minutes!
- Nothing to Lose: Unlike other flood barriers there are NO grub screws, spanners or wrenches required.
- Sustainability: A flood barrier that when properly stored can be used time and time again over many years.
- Security: Lockable options available, including lockable flood barrier containers for outside storage.
- Height Options: Flood barrier height comes in multiples of 200 mm to a maximum of 1.8m.
- Bespoke Finishes: All StormMeister® Rapid Assembly Flood Barriers can be colour finished to any RAL Classic colour.
- Type Testing: For specific projects we can type test flood barrier configurations to a maximum width of 4.6m in our large testing tank.
Technical Information
Aluminium side channels are fixed permanently to the property in front or inside of any existing opening. Flood barrier sections come in multiples of 200 mm as shown in the photographs above, giving a flood barrier height range of 200 mm to 1800 mm.
As shown in the photographs above, wide flood barriers can be divided into manageable sections by using removable centre posts.
StormMeister® Rapid Assembly Flood Barriers are employed extensively to protect residential and commercial properties throughout the UK and worldwide.
10 Years Warranty available with all StormMeister® Flood Protection Products with Annual Care Plan.
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