Architects and surveyors increasingly need to consider the risk of flooding in designs and incorporate reliable flood products.
Building towns and cities can alter the environment within a drainage basin, significantly increasing the risk of flash flooding. This, along with many other factors, needs to be considered.
This page provides a resource center with flood product specification sheets and .DWG files for download.
Download our Architect Guide to Flood Protection
Product Specifications
Buffalo Barrier
Buffalo HD Barrier
4 Inch Buffalo Water & Rodent Non-Return Valve
6 Inch Buffalo Water & Rodent Non-Return Valve
Buffalo Steel Flood Door
Buffalo Steel Flood Gates
Buffalo UPVC Flood Door
Buffalo Wooden Flood Door
Buffalo Block
Flood Angel Airbrick
Architect Flood Mitigation FAQs
The Buffalo range includes products for commercial, industrial and residential buildings, which can be installed in new build properties or retro-fitted to existing buildings.
We make our designs as aesthetically pleasing as possible, as can be seen by our beautiful wooden flood doors (link to wooden door page) for residential properties or our innovative Buffalo Panel System (link to page) for commercial properties or Buffalo Glass for coastlines, listed buildings or areas of beauty.
All of our products are custom made and tested to BS PAS 1188. Which represent typical conditions that might be experienced during a flood in the UK. Our Buffalo UPVC and Composite door are Kitemarked.
It is important to consider in your design whether you require passive (no human intervention) or reactive flood defences (requires human intervention). The Buffalo range has products to complement both passive and reactive flood defences, and we recommend you speak to one of our distributors if you have any questions regarding the most suitable product.
Yes, we recommend products are serviced on an annual basis and we offer an annual maintenance program.
As all products are made to measure the price varies considerably, however if you contact us, we aim to give you a price back within 24 hours. Key considerations in the cost are:
- Height
- Length
- Number of demountable posts
- Number of compression posts
- Are packers required?
- What the ground conditions are like
Dependent on order size and stock levels, most commercial products are around 6-8 weeks.
Property owners, private companies, PLCs, construction companies, homeowners, water and utility companies, environment agencies, local councils.
Residential
- Buffalo UPVC Flood Doors
- Buffalo Barrier (600mm high)
- Hydroshield Barrier
Commercial
- Buffalo HD Barrier (800mm high)
- Buffalo Steel Flood Door
Yes, we can arrange for delivery to any country. We also offer an installation service if required.
Yes, we have digital instructions, we also train the user of the product at the time of installation, or we can arrange for a training day.