Just 5cms of floodwater getting into your home or business can rack up tens of thousands of pounds damage in minutes.
The trouble is people leave it far too late and only try to get flood protection when flooding is imminent which usually ends in disaster. By then it's too late to start filling sandbags ... and they can often quickly deteriorate and fall apart anyway when they come into contact with water.
One of the most popular products in the USA are FloodSax alternative sandbags.
It’s down to everyone to be responsible for their own flood protection, but just 5cms (2 inches) of water getting in can cause catastrophic damage, including ruining floors and carpets, wrecking skirting boards and plaster on walls, destroying electrics and damaging appliances such as washing machines, fridges, freezers, dishwashers and tumble dryers.
Flooding will also make the place uninhabitable while the costly repairs are carried out … and then there’s all the hassle of trying to find reputable tradespeople to carry out the work. People are usually forced out of their homes for many months, causing immense strain, anxiety and stress.
Yet all this can be avoided as FloodSax can easily keep 5cms of floodwater at bay.
FloodSax are vacuum-packed in boxes of 20 which one person can easily carry and are space-saving to store and very easy to deploy.
Immerse them fully in water and the gelling polymer inside the FloodSax absorbs and retains the water to become instant sandbags but without any sand in them. They are a uniform shape and size so can quickly be built into highly effective flood barriers to keep water out of homes and businesses or divert it down nearby drains.
In their dry state FloodSax are very flat with a large absorbent surface area so are ideal at soaking up leaks, drips, spills and internal floods, often in hard-to-reach places such as beneath boilers, underneath sinks or below water pipes. Many shopping malls, stores, hospitals and government buildings now use them as they are so versatile and multi-purpose.
FloodSax were invented by Environmental Defence Systems Ltd and Lucy Bailey from the company said: “With sandbags you get just that, a sandbag, which are notoriously bad at keeping water out and can quickly deteriorate and fall apart when they come into contact with floodwater.
“They are a poor one-dimensional flood product whereas we regard FloodSax as a five-dimensional product as it stops or soaks up floodwater both inside and out and can be used in dozens of ways. In terms of value for money, FloodSax are miles ahead of sandbags.
“We also know from experience that when people try to get hold of sandbags in an emergency they are often unavailable.
“FloodSax are vacuum-packed in bags of five so can be easily stored anywhere from garages to under the bed so people are prepared for flooding any time day or night, 365 days a year. It means your worries about being flooded are over.”
To find out more about FloodSax in the US email us at info@floodsaxus.com, phone us on 800 255 4208 ext 121 or visit our website at https://www.floodsaxus.com/