Water barriers might be the most affordable way to protect homes from flood damage
NBC6 South Florida recently highlighted affordable flood protection solutions for homeowners as flood risks continue to rise across Florida. The feature showcased water barriers as one of the most accessible and cost-effective ways to help reduce flood damage during heavy rain and storm events.
Quick Dam Flood Bags were recognized as an easy-to-deploy alternative to traditional sandbags, offering fast protection without the mess, heavy lifting, or need for sand. Designed to activate with water, Quick Dam barriers help homeowners quickly block and divert incoming water around doors, garages, and entry points when severe weather strikes.
View the recent ASP/Quick Dam segment and gain insight into the leading innovator in preventing costly water damage. Since 2012, Quick Dam has been providing innovative tools to manage problem water efficiently and effectively. Everything from leaks and overflows to serious flood events can slow productivity, cause injuries and costly damage. Quick Dam has created compact, easy to store and easy to deploy solutions to keep damage from every day to extreme water problems to a minimum. Homeowners, as well as Commercial, Healthcare, Education, and Government customers rely on Quick Dam for daily Facility Maintenance as well as Extreme Weather Protection.
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Ms. Dancer has distinguished herself as the owner and president of her self-built company, Absorbent Specialty Products, founded in 2004 and specializing in flood control merchandise. Launched in 2012, the company’s core brand,Quick Dam, helps protect homes and business establishments’ water-resistant needs through flood bags and barriers, pump kits, acid neutralizers, assimilative socks and pillows and more.
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"This barrier provides a quick-deploying design for entryways. Designed somewhat like a baby gate, its 26-inch height expands to the width of your doorway or wall opening—from 25 to 50 inches—and uses a steel frame that fixes into place with no tools required. It works in doors that open both in and out, and the slide rails provide a smooth surface for uneven openings. Although the neoprene construction lacks the durability of heavy-duty plastic, this product does provide the option to purchase replacement sleeves for around $100."
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These 1ft x 2ft activated flood bags are compact and lightweight, making them easy to store away. They are also highly absorbent, swelling, and gelling when wet, helping to contain and divert flood water.
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We also picked up some water-activated Quick Dam Flood Bags. These are essentially flat bags filled with a polymer that reacts with water, containing the liquid in a gel form (they aren’t designed for salt water). Quick Dam Flood Bags are flat when purchased, and they activate when they come in contact with water.
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Quick Dam Grab-and-Go Buckets contain flood bags and barriers—stored in a high visibility orange bucket—that absorb, contain and divert problem flood water. Products within Buckets are water-activated and provide ongoing protection.
