Edenside Barn is a real-life demonstration property in the Cumbria Flood Resilient Showcase Project. The idea behind the Flood Resilient Showcase Project was to use products and materials that will try to keep water out of properties prone to flooding.  In a flooding event that is less severe, those products (all of which have been tested to a high specification) are expected to reduce water ingress. It is acknowledged that when flooding…

Delta Membrane Systems Ltd’s Technical Director, David J Symes produced a specification with the assistance from John O’Brien, BRE Associate Director Construction Innovation and Delta registered installers Proten Services Ltd. The specification for resilience was simple, using the same technology Delta have used for many years in Basements or below ground situations with additional consideration as to how we could adapt this…

Although primarily designed to waterproof basements, the range of Delta products were used at ground level on a semi-detached property in Hertfordshire that suffered from severe flooding. This is not the first contract where the Delta system has been selected for ‘Flood Recovery’ and Delta has long been highlighting the economic and speed of application benefits for the products in such situations. After the flood at…

A housing unit within the BRE Victorian Terrace demonstration project is being refurbished with a range of materials, products and innovations that will make it flood resilient. The aim of the project is to raise awareness amongst contractors and householders of the most effective ways to repair and refurbish a house that has been flooded which may be at risk of being flooded again. The main components of the system are the cavity…