Helping protect property from flooding
Property Flood Resilience (PFR) is made up from two components: resistance and resilience. Resistance is where we try to physically stop the water from coming into the property or business and may take the form of Flood Doors, Flood Barriers, Non Return Valves etc. Resilience is where we accept that water will be getting into the property and the aim is to get you back into the property as quickly as possible.
Did you know that the average insurance claim for a residential home is £35,000 and you would be expected to be out of your property for about 9 months.
The average insurance claim for a business is £85,000 and it would be typically shut for 3 months.
PFR is a layered approach to reducing the amount of volume and flow into the property.
A Kitemarked door and barrier will still allow seepage. The allowable limit is 0.5 litres / meter / hour. This means that even if you have resistance products fitted the property will not be watertight. It means that by having a flood door for example, you might need to pair that up with water absorbent pads or a puddle pump. By using PFR you will give yourself the best chance to slow the rate and volume of the water entering the property, which will give you the time to manage the water and move valuable items upstairs or evacuate.
Is your property at risk from flooding?
Property owner or landlord, flooding doesn’t discriminate – but we can help protect that most important of all places: your home. We do it all - we even patch lining - let us help protect your property.
Whether your property is one of the six million now said to be at risk in the UK and you want to stop water getting in, or you just wish to make your home more resilient to water damage, we’ve got you covered.
We will follow the six steps to Flood Resilience and offer all six steps:
Step 1 – Understand the Risk
Step 2 – Planning a Scheme
Step 3 – Property Surveying
Step 4 – Design and Specification
Step 5 – Product Installation
Step 6 – Maintenance and Operation
Site Survey and Specification
Premier Water Solutions takes a dual approach in protecting your home – resistance and resilience
Whatever we install in your home, we’ll make sure you understand how to use any equipment properly.The first step to maximising your home’s protection is a to visit the site, tthen produce a flood risk assessment to assess risk of flooding from all sources and undertake a site-specific survey to establish exactly what is needed. We then provide a full breakdown of your options and a no-obligation quote. Being an independent company means we’re free to use the best – and the most cost effective – technology for the job.
We are eagerly awaiting the latest CIRIA Code of Practice and guidance for property resilience C790, which came out in 2020. The Code of Practice will provide guidance for professionals to competently and confidently specify and deliver Property Flood Resilience. Our surveys and specifications will comply with this Code of Practice as soon as it becomes available, which will provide assurance to our clients that you will be receiving the best service and specification
Installation of Flood Protection Products
Looking first at prevention, we aim to stop water from entering the property with the use of flood gates, guards and air bricks
If it’s inevitable some water will get in, our installations will minimise the damage when it does. This can include water-resistant flooring, placing boilers in higher locations and using plastic materials rather than wood.
We work with a number of major product manufacturers to specify the best solution for your home. Where appropriate all of the specified products will carry the BSI Kitemark for Installation of Flood Protection Products and for products that aren’t covered under the BSI Kitemark, they will be the best available product on the market.
Some of the products we specify will be the Kitemarked flood safety doors from Aquabex, Floodtite’s door panel and airbrick cover KM 562762, Kitemarked Floodgate’s and smart bricks, K50 barrier, the Flood Ark temporary flood barrier KM 76513, temporary flood barrier for a double air brick KM 76513.
Prevention of sewage form entering a property will be provided by non-return valves meeting the standard BS EN 13564.
Training and Final Report
Whatever we install in your home, we’ll make sure you understand how to use any equipment properly
We’ll tell you where and how flood gates should be fixed, or stored until needed.
Once we’ve completed the work, we’ll also issue a final report to you to be forwarded to your insurer – evidencing that the property’s defence and resilience to flooding has been optimised.
This can make all the difference with insurance premiums or when buying and selling homes.
FloodFlash provides rapid-payout flood insurance that is changing the way that businesses recover from flooding. Whether you can’t get cover, have a large excess or just want a top-up to your existing policy – there are plenty of reasons to choose FloodFlash for your business or commercial property.
Here's how it works:
Choose up to three trigger depths and payout values for your cover
Install a FloodFlash engineer installs a mobile-connected sensor
Claim when a flood reaches the agreed depth, FloodFlash send the payout
The best news is that if you have taken out resilience measures from PWS you may have the option to choose higher trigger depths for your FloodFlash policy. Enquire to make sure that you have cover if the worst happens and floods overtop your defences.