There are many ways to prevent damage to your home or business and your belongings even if water does come inside the building. It is important to decide which parts of your home and business to protect against damage and which may have to be replaced if there is a flood. How you proceed will depend on a lot of personal factors such as your lifestyle, the sort of home you have and how often and severely you expect to be flooded and the amount of warning you have before water may enter your building.

Many people are daunted at the thought of protecting their own homes from the effects of flooding. The following case studies give an account of what people have done to protect their properties, these hopefully will give you some ideas should you decide to follow this route.

One word of warning, always seek professional advice before making alterations to your home.

Basically there are two different ways to protect your home or business. One is called ‘flood resistance’ (trying to keep the flood water out of your home by using flood protection products) and the other is called  ‘flood resilience’~ which means modifying the inside of your home to reduce the impact any future flood will have, by significantly reducing the damage caused and  it will also cut down on the length of time you have to be out of your home. Some people use a combination of both ‘flood resistance’ and ‘flood resilience’.

Mary Dhonau,
Chief Executive, 
The National Flood Forum,

To read a case study please click on the links below

Case Studies previously published in NFF newsletters

Case Study 2 -  Mr & Mrs S from Worcestershire

Case Study 3 - Dr R from Oxfordshire

Case Study 4 - from Oxford

Case Study 5 - Semi Detached property in Evesham

Case Study 7 - Mrs D from Northampton 

Case Study 8 - Mrs L from Northamptonshire

Case Study 9 - Mr X using SMART airbricks

Case Study 10 - Business Property in Ottery St Mary

Case Study 11 - Mr K in Shropshire

Case Study 12 - Business Property in Dunstable

Case Study 13 - Mrs E from Shropshire