Canadian Barbara McInerney says a few FloodSax saved her a fortune in water damage.
The 79-year-old had suffered severe flooding in the basement of her home in High Water, Alberta, in 2013 which was very expensive to repair.
She’s kept some FloodSax ever since for emergencies and had to use them in June 2025 when water started to seep into her utility room from torrential rain outside.
She said: “Our 2,000 square feet basement was flooded with 5.5ft of water. We lost everything and the basement had to be torn out to the concrete walls and rebuilt which was a very expensive proposition.
She said: “When water started to seep into the house in June I threw old towels down, but they became overwhelmed after a while. Then I remembered the FloodSax, still in unopened boxes. I threw down about half a dozen on the basement floor in the utility room and was delighted to see them cope with the seepage with no seepage to other areas.
“Fortunately, this was only in our utility room. The basement is developed with a bedroom, bathroom and gym and big screen TV room so it would have been quite costly had the water travelled further.”
Barbara added: “I will be 80 in a couple of months and my husband has dementia so I had to cope with this alone. I was able to manage the FloodSax by myself and found them very, very easy to use and very effective.
“FloodSax are a great product.”