What practical measures are available to help reduce the ingress of water?
The Borough/District Councils may be able to provide filled sandbags, however, in an emergency there may be insufficient sandbags for everyone wanting them. If the Council is unable to help you, you will need to obtain the materials and make your own – local builders’ suppliers may be able to help you with this. However, there is nothing special about sandbags. Grow bags, bin liners, or plastic bags filled with earth will suffice. Flood Boards are better – a piece of 3/4 inch or 18mm ply cut to fit across outside door jambs and temporarily nailed in place, with wet newspaper or any suitable material such as old carpet underlay, sealing the gap. An alternative is heavy duty polythene tacked to the outside jambs and sills. Low air bricks will still need to be plugged.
