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…

An existing structure was demolished to allow for the purpose-built dwelling that includes a boat house on the ground floor, with Delta Membrane Systems supplying various materials for the project. The area is at risk from flooding, and regularly floods during spring tides and winter storms. Other properties in the neighbourhood have a ready supply of sandbags, which indicates the regularity with which adverse conditions have to…