Flood barriers are the most popular modern flood control solution for homes and businesses. They have proven their efficiency against massive tropical storms and floods as well as seasonal snowmelt flooding that may seem minor but cause severe long-term consequences.

One of the biggest benefits of flood barriers is that they are universal. You can install and adjust your flood barrier for any door and passage, connect several flood barriers using an extension pole and even use your flood barriers as window shutters to protect the windows during hurricane season.

However, people often ask whether they need to do some preparation before they install their flood barriers securely. And while we usually say that in 90% of cases, our flood gates can be deployed and removed in a matter of several minutes, sometimes you will have to make some preparations and arrangements to make sure that your house or business is fully protected from the disaster and water damage.

In this article, we shall provide several flood barrier hacks that will help you take new blood at modern flood control and discover new ways to preserve your property.

Connect several flood-barriers 

The main body of a flood barrier is 780mm (~30 inches), which can extend up to 1100mm (~43 inches). It is perfectly enough to protect any standard door passage from the front door to the kitchen backdoor.

However, statistically, the main damage is caused by floods when the water reaches the garage, basement, or storage units in your property. Those are the areas where we keep our cars, electric appliances, and tools and store the off-season wardrobe and documents. If we are talking about a business, the storage area is the one that contains the main value of your business assets, products, documents, etc.

These areas usually have wider door passages and gates, which makes it pretty hard to seal them with flood barriers thoroughly. 

In this case, people usually compromise and try using old gold sandbags as a more adjustable method to protect such areas. However, they don't provide 100%, to say the least. As a result, you may still have to deal with a certain level of water damage and its consequences.

However, flood barriers have a solution for such situations as well, so you can enjoy all the benefits and efficiency of this modern flood control solution.

If you need to protect a garage gate, a basement, or a storage unit, use an extension pole to connect two or more flood barriers and seal the area entirely. An extension pole works as a connector and an anchor that will hold the whole construction intact.

To install an extension pole, you need to core a hole 55mm thick by 160mm deep. A stainless steel rod is placed in this hole, runs flush with the ground, and acts as an anchor for the pole. You don't need any costly installation or sophisticated equipment to do it. Moreover, you only have to do it once. After the water retreats, you remove your flood barriers and the extension pole and cover the hole in the ground with a special cap to make it invisible and protect it from dirt.

Next time you need to install your flood barriers dike, you simply put the extension pole back and deploy your flood barriers. No special tools, skills, or additional time is needed anymore.

Using the extension poles, you can connect as many flood barriers as you want, building massive dikes and whole constructions. It can be used to protect a swimming pool, a flowerbed, an outdoor summer kitchen, or any other outdoor construction that may not have any door passages at all.

Make sure that your flood barrier always has something to latch on.

Another issue we frequently hear about is that many people have their doors running flat with the wall, which means that they simply cannot install a dam easy flood barrier safely. The construction simply has nothing to latch on in this case.

That is why we came up with Dam Jam - the latest development that will help you create the necessary "anchoring" area in your door passage to install and secure your flood barrier in a matter of several minutes.

The dam jam can be screwed directly to the wall, as shown in one of our customers` review photos. It has a Velcro layer on the back that seals the unit securely, preventing any leakage or dripping. At the same time, the layer protects the wall itself from damage.

Once not in use, the Dam Jam, as well as your whole Dam Easy flood barriers construction, can be easily removed and stored away until the next flood warning. In case you live in a waterfront area and have a part of your property that should be constantly protected from water, dam easy flood barriers as well as the extension poles and dam jams can be used permanently with just an annual replacement of the replacement seal to make sure that the water won't leak in.

Do you want to know more about flood barriers and different ways to use and install them to protect your property from flooding and water damage?

Contact Dam Easy today and discover the most modern flood control solutions and devices that will guarantee your safety and the security of your belongings in the face of any flooding.