How they work
WHEN floods strike you may have little time to act.
FloodSax® are transformed from being as mild as a pillowcase to change into as powerful and heavy as sandbags within minutes.
Twenty fit into a cardboard box so might be ready for motion anytime, anyplace, anywhere unlike sandbags that need vast warehouse cupboard space, are heavy and costly to move and require huge manpower and lorries to get them to the scene. For those who think councils will react promptly to a flooding emergency by offering you with sandbags you might be, unfortunately, burying your head within the sand.
International locations worldwide are being devastated by floods and in the UK alone more than 5.5 million – or one in six properties – are susceptible to flooding but anybody can face a flooding emergency of their home corresponding to a burst pipe at any time.
The semi-porous inner liner within FloodSax® contains gelling polymer which take in water to change into taut in just over 3 minutes. Once the water is in there, it stays there and the luggage act identical to sandbags to maintain floods at bay. They are designed in order that they mould into doorways to maintain floodwater out.
In brief, FloodSax® take away the chance and are extremely easy to deploy.
Factfile
· FloodSax® are endorsed by the National Disabled Fireplace Association (NDFA).
· They’re light-weight, just 200 grams (7 ounces) earlier than they are activated, and are UK manufactured and tested.
· FloodSax® take up water to grow to be taut weighing 20kg (44lbs) in just over three minutes after absorbing 20 litres of water.
· May be expanded in water in a bathroom, a sink, a bucket, a hosepipe and even the floodwater
· Can be utilized to divert water away from a constructing and down a drainage pipe.
· FloodSax® develop evenly, in contrast to different related merchandise while in the market.
· Straightforward to store and are vacuumed-packed to save lots of much more room.
· FloodSax® final for 5 years in storage.
· Have them prepared within the home all the time for burst pipes or accidental floods.
· Can be used by people who would not be able to lift sandbags and inflated proper subsequent to the place you want them.
· Biodegradable and so might be dumped in landfill sites.
· Makes a great gift for individuals in flood-risk areas
· Every house and enterprise is doubtlessly at risk from floods – even when it is a burst pipe. FloodSax® can be used anyplace from professional places of work to building sites and from granny’s floor-flooring flats to the top of skyscrapers.
Stopping floods
FloodSax® are exceptionally robust and can stop a robust torrent of water in its tracks. Simply look at the video of how they saved a Yorkshire company from being flooded and take a look at how this highly effective water jet fails to shift FloodSax®. They’ve even been identified to hold back the sea.
Diverting water
After which there are occasions when you would possibly wish to divert water comparable to on this road where it was being pumped out of a flooded residential space and back into a pond or deep. British Waterways use them in canal locks undergoing renovation to keep water seeping in away from its workers carrying out the work. People use FloodSax® exterior their properties to divert water away from airvents and instantly down open manhole covers in to the sewers.
Residence emergencies
But they can be very important in those little home emergencies. If you have a cracked pipe, your toilet has a blockage and is overflowing or water is pouring out of your bath, pop a FloodSax® underneath and it’ll absorb the water. If your washing machine has sprung a leak put a FloodSax® in front to stop it spreading. And after the flood has finished FloodSax® can play an important position while in the clear-up and recovery stage. Pop them on the ground and they’re going to take in all the flilthy floodwater with every bag absorbing 22 litres.