If water has ever flooded your house or business, you’ll sympathize with this home owner. Notice how the door leading from his basement to his garage bends under the water’s pressure.
You may already be familiar with how flood vents help minimize damage from flood water pressure, but have you thought about installing a flood vent in your garage door?
This may seem counter intuitive. After all, can’t you just raise or lower your garage door as needed to alleviate pressure from rising flood water?
Probably not. Unlike flood vents, garage doors require human intervention to raise or lower them. When flood waters are rapidly rising (and you’ve moved to higher ground), you can’t count on being able to raise or lower your garage door as needed.
Flood vents are specifically designed to allow water to move freely through buildings to minimize damage. Without flood vents, unequal water pressure from inside or outside the home can cause windows, doors, and even garage doors to blow out. They can also cause structure damage to the building.
FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program don’t consider garage doors to be “flood openings.” These organizations have design and installation requirements for flood vents. Once properly installed, FEMA compliant flood vents can reduce your flood insurance premiums.
At Flood Solutions, all of our flood vents are FEMA compliant and satisfy NFIP requirements. We have a selection of flood vent models, sizes and colors to choose from, including our “F” model which is ideal for garage door applications. Flood vents are easy to install in new building constructions or into existing homes and commercial properties. We manufacture all our flood vents in the U.S.A.
Want to learn more about protecting your garage and home with flood vents? Contact Flood Solutions.
