Domestic Flood Resistant Doors

High performance security thermal sound and water proofing qualities.

Domestic flood resistant doors. With a wide range of styles and finishes including an optional wood grain finish the doors offer flood protection whilst maintaining the existing aesthetics of your property. A popular passive flood defence measure for homes and smaller businesses. This makes the doors difficult to operate and therefore liable to fail due to the excessive strain that is placed on the seals and locking mechanisms. Upvc flood doors are suitable for both single and double doors.

Conventional flood doors use compression passive seals that rely on handle pressure to resist rising floodwater. Flash flood doors limited invented and patented the first flood doors in 2010. Our flood doors have been tested against the standard set of tests as defined in pas 1188 1 2014 which represent typical conditions that might be experienced during a flood in the uk. In march 2011 following extensive research and development and prototype testing the single inward outward opening doors and outward opening double french doors were tested by british standard institution and awarded the flood products pas 1188 1 2009 bsi kitemark certification.

This includes testing the flood door for leakage under static water levels of 600mm above aperture threshold level waves of up to 0 1 m high and parallel currents up to 1 0 mls.