Category Archive: Flood Solutions News

Flood Solutions Flood Vents Now ICC-ES Certified!

March 27, 2015

We’re excited and pleased to announce we now offer FEMA compliant ICC-ES Certified Engineered flood vents!

What does this mean for you? A cost-effective and easy method for meeting FEMA/NFIP requirements – in all 50 states – when the vents are installed properly.

FEMA/NFIP requirements state that to use the engineered calculations to determine the number of flood vents required, you must have either:

An Engineered Certification from the state in which property is located, along with the specific property address listed on the certification.

OR

An ICC-ES certification and ICC-ES evaluation report from the flood vent manufacturer.

We’re glad you asked. Here’s our ICC-ES Certification – hot off the press! You can also view and download the full ICC-ES Evaluation Report.

ICC-ES Certified Flood Vents

The ICC-ES Certification and Evaluation Report are good for all 50 states.

By using the engineered calculations to determine how many vents you need, versus the net free air calculation, you ultimately need fewer vents – which means more cash left in your wallet.

All Flood Solutions Flood Vents are manufactured in the USA using heavy-duty aluminum. Rot, rust and rodent resistant, our flood vents come in two models and various sizes and are ready to install.

Have questions? Please call – we answer our phone! You can also read through our Info Center where you’ll find FAQs, certification documents, and installation instructions.

Welcome to our new website!

January 5, 2015

If you’ve visited Flood Solutions before and have just returned . . . and have noticed things look a little different, it’s because we’ve completely updated this website.

You will love the changes — we do!

New flood vent models

We completely redesigned our flood vents to be able to offer the most cost effective FEMA Compliant vents on the market. You get the same rugged, rust and rodent resistant vents . . . at a much lower price. Yes, they’re FEMA compliant! And yes, they’re made in the USA (in New Hampshire, to be precise).

As always, you do not have to use engineered or ICC certified vents. Non-engineered vents are totally FEMA Compliant so long as you install them properly. And, our new vents are easy to install!

Keep in mind, you can have a standard air vent, screen, grate, grille or louvered vent in the opening and the vent DOES NOT need to have a 3″ opening in it, only the HOLE in the wall needs to be at least 3″ in diameter.

Mobile friendly shopping cart

When we first built the Flood Solutions website about four years ago, Foxy Cart, our shopping cart, was still relatively new. The cart served us well but customers kept asking why it wasn’t mobile-friendly.

It is now! Foxy Cart has completely revamped their cart, which integrates with WordPress and works on any mobile device. So, if you’re on your smartphone or tablet, please, place an order!

Our credit transactions occur in a secure area of our site, to protect you from any loss, misuse or alteration of information collected. We have put in place the appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online and to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information.

We use Secure Socket Layers (SSL), the industry standard in transferring information, to process your orders. The SSL encrypts, or translates, your order information into a highly indecipherable code, which is processed immediately.

Updated FEMA information

We’ve updated all of our information regarding FEMA and NFIP so that you have the latest regarding requirements. View our FAQs and other resource pages.

Complete redesign of the website

In addition to the shopping cart being mobile-friendly, safe and easy to use, we completely redesigned the entire site to give it a fresh look and feel. Like the shopping cart, it’s designed to work on mobile devices, too.

Take a look around and let us know what you think. If you run into any glitches, let us know and we’ll fix them, pronto.

Thank you!