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re: Flexseal has just announced their new line of Flood Protection Products. What says the OT?
Posted on 1/5/23 at 6:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 1/5/23 at 6:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
That’s strategy has a single digit chance of success. Maybe if Phil’s product could be sprayed on to coat the bottom 4 feet of a home but who TF is going to take the time to seal up all the cracks and crevices of their house?
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Posted on 1/5/23 at 6:53 pm to LegendInMyMind
A roll of FLEX TAPE 4 in. W X 5 ft. L is $15.
Might be cheaper to rebuild after a flood
Might be cheaper to rebuild after a flood
Posted on 1/5/23 at 8:07 pm to idlewatcher
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I like how they had fish in that water
Bout as stupid as the weather channel idiots standing in knee deep water or even worse, tropical storm winds.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:35 pm to LegendInMyMind
Dumbest thing I’ve seen since Vegematic (which at least worked…for two or three times).
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:47 pm to LegendInMyMind
They ought to get sued for false advertising. Water pressure would bust those windows quickly unless those are some special windows
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:52 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 1/5/23 at 9:55 pm to BeepNode
quote:Didn't he already do this? One of his companies sells shingles made of hardened glass which they connect together as a solar panel. Supposedly, they are impervious to hail and shite like that. I've only seen their demo pictures, nothing in real life, but the specs they were quoting suggested something like an expected 75 year lifespan.
Somebody tell Elon to get on it.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:32 pm to djangochained
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Does it come in white?
You must live in a nice neighborhood
Posted on 1/5/23 at 10:35 pm to Nicky Parrish
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A roll of FLEX TAPE 4 in. W X 5 ft. L is $15. Might be cheaper to rebuild after a flood
Flood Insurance is cheaper.
If you have a storm coming and you know it’s going to be bad, that is why you evacuate and take as many precious memories with you when you leave. You have no idea what you could be coming back home too.
This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 1/6/23 at 1:00 am to BeepNode
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I have always wondered if a waterproof home could be done without jacking the costs up too much. Similar concept to those bath tubs for old people that have doors in them.
The short answer is no. An oversimplified analogy would be try living inside of a Yeti.
I build coastal homes in VE flood zones and I will build one as storm "proof" as the customer is willing to go. At some point, every customer that has pursued that goal inevitability butts up against their definition of livability or cost effectiveness/budget well before we exhaust all methods of the technology available to make the home even more storm "proof". Obviously flood "proof" is a different animal, but the premise remains the same.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:28 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I just wonder how useful it could be?
Perhaps I’m too brand loyal, but I think you’d be better off coating your home in ShamWows
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
I simply just don't have that kind of confidence in residential building enclosure and today's building practices to withstand all that water pressure.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 2:51 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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OMG. "come here little turtle get in my sauce piquant" and I lost it. love this.
That guy does hilarious Cajun dub overs
Back to the Fourchon
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:46 pm to LegendInMyMind
The walls of a house aren't waterproof. As soon as water gets above the foundation it's coming in. When he said it would slow down water, that seems true. But no house that I know if is water proof.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:47 pm to LegendInMyMind
I miss Billy Mays
Posted on 1/6/23 at 3:59 pm to BeepNode
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Somebody tell Elon to get on it.
He's already done that. The Tesla solar roof is supposedly pretty damn durable in addition to its ability to generate power.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 4:09 pm to S1C EM
I envision having like a 5 foot high wall of tarp. IT comes rolled in like 250-500 linear feet that you literally wrap the bottom of your house with.
That way you only have to worry about flex sealing the bottom line of tarp to your house foundation somehow.
That way you only have to worry about flex sealing the bottom line of tarp to your house foundation somehow.
This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:35 pm to Basura Blanco
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The short answer is no. An oversimplified analogy would be try living inside of a Yeti.
I'm not 100% convinced that it's more like a yeti than a maw maw tub. A home can have venting and stuff over 6' high, and just protect against more common floods that are under 4'.
Rebuilding after a flood is pretty costly, not to mention traumatic.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:45 pm to BeepNode
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I'm not 100% convinced that it's more like a yeti than a maw maw tub. A home can have venting and stuff over 6' high, and just protect against more common floods that are under 4'.
At some point the question becomes: if you’re building a home and really want it to be impervious to flooding, why not just elevate the house?
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