Property level flood protection

Property level flood protection

There are lots of ways to adapt your home to make it less likely to flood and to make it much easier, faster and cheaper to recover if it does flood. ‘Property flood resistance’ means ways to try and stop water entering your home, such as self-closing air bricks and flood-proof doors. ‘Property flood resilience’ means adaptations that enable recovery, such as flood proof kitchens and floor surfaces.

The Flood Hub property flood resilience ooklet

A basic guide to the measures that can be installed in your home: https://thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Property-Flood-Resilience-PFR-booklet.pdf

Know your flood risk – Homeowners’ guide to property flood resilience

A more detailed guide including case studies, and with a directory of suppliers: https://thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/KnowYourFloodRisk-Homeowners-Guide-to-PFR.pdf

A more detailed guide including case studies, and with a directory of suppliers.

Property flood resilience case studies

Inspirational stories from homes and businesses who have made adaptations to help them recover more quickly after a flood: https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=b3dddc3f-8c89-4711-86f3-4f0f9ce9a713

National Flood Forum Blue Pages

This is the UK’s leading independent flood directory: http://bluepages.org.uk/

Please note that inclusion does not mean endorsement – always do your homework on suppliers first. For a handy list of questions you might want to ask, see http://www.somersetprepared.org.uk/get-support/property-level-flood-protection/