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Flood Risk & Drainage


there wanted to go through that again. “One man did have regular sandbags in his garage but he didn’t want to go through all the hassle of moving them outside again. He was very satisfied with how the Floodsax® worked.’’


Jonathan said one resident used Floodsax® to stop the water from reaching his home and they worked fine. But he lives in a terraced house and his next door neighbour didn’t have Floodsax® and his basement was so badly flooded the water seeped through to his neighbour’s basement. Jonathan added: “The man who used the Floodsax® said that if his neighbour didn’t deploy Floodsax® the next time


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there was a flood risk, he’d buy them for him!’’


Working in the construction industry means Jonathan has discovered other uses for Floodsax®. If it is raining heavily he uses them as a barrier to stop filthy water from the construction site running off into other properties.


“The neighbours next to construction sites would get real mad if we let muddy water get on to their properties,’’ he said. “They make a highly effective diversionary barrier.’’


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