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FloodSax pop up in the most unexpected places to prevent floods, leaks, spills and even drips

There are countless ways super absorbent FloodSax can be used to prevent water damage … and one of them is to protect the floor or carpet at water dispensers.

Many public buildings have water dispensers where staff and visitors fill up their water bottles.

Often water is spilled, either making the floor slippy or else soaking into the carpet and making it grubby and unhygienic when other people then walk on it.

Some facilities management companies are now using FloodSax in their dry state to soak up the drops and spills. The FloodSax can be fully opened out as on the photo or could be folded in two so they are nearer the dispenser.

FloodSax are made by Environmental Defence Systems Ltd based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Lucy Bailey from EDS said: “It never ceases to amaze us the ways FloodSax are used, especially to soak up leaks, drips, spills and internal floods. We’ve drawn up a list of 20 ways FloodSax can be used both inside and out … but if people have any more ways they’ve used them then we’d love to know.”

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FloodSax are way more multi-purpose and flexible than traditional sandbags.

In their dry state Floodsax have a large surface area yet are very thin so can soak up water from internal floods, especially in hard-to-reach places such as underneath sinks, beneath floorboards or below radiators.

Yet immerse them fully in water and the gelling polymer inside them absorbs up to 20 litres and retains it, turning them into instant sandbags but without any sand. They are largely biodegradable by weight so are more environmentally friendly and more effective than traditional sandbags.

These are just some of the ways FloodSax have been used in action. 

  1. Preventing floodwater getting into homes
  2. Instant flash flood protection for commercial properties
  3. Facilities management keeping them in buildings for internal flooding emergencies
  4. Soaking up water from leaking sink
  5. Leaking toilet
  6. Washing machine overflow
  7. Dishwasher overflow
  8. Bath and shower overflowing
  9. Leaking central heating boiler
  10.  Water heater leak
  11.  Sink overflow
  12.  Leaking pipes
  13.  Redirecting the flow of a stream
  14.  Directing floodwater away from buildings and down drains
  15.  Protection from ruptured water mains
  16.  Mopping up after a fire sprinkler has been activated
  17.  Containing contaminated water on an industrial site
  18.  Warehouse spill management
  19.  Soaking up water in outside drains so a blockage can be reached
  20.  Plumbers use them to absorb water leaks while repairing pipes, radiators and boilers

For more on Floodsax go to www.floodsax.co.uk