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Preparing for the NEXT big flood.
Posted on 8/21/16 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 8/21/16 at 4:48 pm
Where can I buy the industrial sized cans of flex seal?
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Posted on 8/21/16 at 4:53 pm to omegaman66
GTFO. 
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:00 pm to omegaman66
RA'ed for stupidity.
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:04 pm to omegaman66
Seriously though. I was thinking about making a Great Stuff dam. Auger anchors, chicken wire and great stuff. Could it work or do you think it would be too bouyant?
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:49 pm to ScrapPack
I am not familiar with a great stuff dam but I do know that I only got 1/8 of an inch of water and I could have flex sealed my way out of damage!
I have been pondering building something to prevent flooding from low height water (below 1 foot).
I got flash flood water Friday morning not river level water.
I have been pondering building something to prevent flooding from low height water (below 1 foot).
I got flash flood water Friday morning not river level water.
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:50 pm to omegaman66
This could be a legit thread to spread the word of what everyone is doing.
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:53 pm to omegaman66
Funny joke bro!!
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:53 pm to omegaman66
Posted on 8/21/16 at 5:59 pm to moffettduck
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moffettduck
Sadly, I think that would have saved my place... only got 6 inches of water
Posted on 8/21/16 at 6:44 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
$267 for every 10' of wall space. That can get really expensive quick.
Yeah I started the thread as a half joke but with the hope that it would actually bring up some ways to create a barrier to keep out water when you only get a few inches two a foot or a little more.
You can sand bag your entire house IF you plan way ahead and keep the stuff on hand.
Aqua dam is pretty expensive I believe but they don't list a price.
Both of my neighbors have higher slabs than I do. I could build up the land to form a wall and only close it in (finish it) when needed.
Or maybe a small wall around 66% of my house that is right up against the existing wall. And then use some sort of temporary wall when threatened with flood water.
Yeah I started the thread as a half joke but with the hope that it would actually bring up some ways to create a barrier to keep out water when you only get a few inches two a foot or a little more.
You can sand bag your entire house IF you plan way ahead and keep the stuff on hand.
Aqua dam is pretty expensive I believe but they don't list a price.
Both of my neighbors have higher slabs than I do. I could build up the land to form a wall and only close it in (finish it) when needed.
Or maybe a small wall around 66% of my house that is right up against the existing wall. And then use some sort of temporary wall when threatened with flood water.
Posted on 8/21/16 at 11:24 pm to omegaman66
Well I know I wanted to shoot my dang aunt when she built her home west of Foley, AL a few years ago in a neighborhood that was formerly farmland. Her property was slanted and of course she built the house on a slab right smack dab on the ground (ok, 5 inches up...whoopee) and before they began putting up the walls, I told her to have them stop and raise it up. She didn't listen.. fast forward a couple years and sure enough, in the spring of 2014, she flooded and had the water running into her home like a river. She got probably around 11 inches of rain that day and it didn't help that a warehouse built nearby and thus concreted all of that farmland that could have helped absorb the water somewhat. SHe ended up with nearly 2 feet in her new home.. and over $28,000 in damages. Her words were to me afterwards "I guess I should have raised it" Flood prevention in pre-construction is the most cost effective thing any homeowner can do.
When I lived in Hammond after the 95 flood in St Tammany and Orleans parishes, one of my high school teachers ended up spending over $20,000 raising his house in his neighborhood on the east side of Hammond up about 1 1/2 feet. Sure enough, his neighborhood has flooded a number of times since then and he still is the only house that has remained dry. Its like my coworker who raised his mobile home three feet more than what they advised him to down in Theodore, AL. And literally within a month of moving in, the whole area flooded and he lost his vehicles but his home stayed dry. It cost him less than $1,500 extra and an added day on his mobile home installation but hey...it worked.
When I lived in Hammond after the 95 flood in St Tammany and Orleans parishes, one of my high school teachers ended up spending over $20,000 raising his house in his neighborhood on the east side of Hammond up about 1 1/2 feet. Sure enough, his neighborhood has flooded a number of times since then and he still is the only house that has remained dry. Its like my coworker who raised his mobile home three feet more than what they advised him to down in Theodore, AL. And literally within a month of moving in, the whole area flooded and he lost his vehicles but his home stayed dry. It cost him less than $1,500 extra and an added day on his mobile home installation but hey...it worked.
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