How To Flood Proof a Door
Flooding can be devastating for both you and your property. In the UK, intense rainfall and rising groundwater levels present an ever-increasing risk to homeowners and business-owners. Even relatively small flood events can result in thousands of pounds worth of damage if protective measures are not in place.
At Lakeside Flood Solutions, we believe that taking preventative action is vital if you wish to protect your property and belongings from the devastating effects of flood water. One of the most vulnerable access points for any property is doorways, and so these deserve adequate protection.
In this article, we’ll guide you through some of the most effective ways to flood-proof your door. This includes our advanced flood barrier systems; a temporary solution that can be deployed quickly and easily in the event of a flood.
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1. Install a Flood Barrier 
Flood barriers are by far one of the most effective ways to flood-proof your door. At Lakeside, we have developed one of the most advanced flood barrier systems for doorways and entrances available on the UK market.
Our flood barriers are perfect for doors, as they can be installed and demounted easily with minimal fuss. In the event of a flood, you can quickly deploy your barrier to protect your door, and then remove and put away with ease when no longer required.
Feature strong interlocking aluminium panels, our barriers form a continuous watertight seal around doorways and entrances, stopping water in its tracks. Our barriers therefore provide both a highly convenient and dependable means of protecting your property from floodwater, acting as a robust yet non-permanent first-line of defence.
As leading global providers of flood defence solutions, we design and manufacture all of our barriers in-house, ensuring consistent quality along every stage of production.
Thanks to their modular construction, we can also customise our barriers to fit the exact size of your door, for a truly bespoke solution for your property. Using the barrier’s modular aluminium panels and middle/ corner posts, your barrier’s height and width can be tailored for a perfect fit.
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Key Features of Our Demountable Flood Barriers:
- Robust Protection: Withstands forces up to 7.92 ton and tested up to 2.1m H with zero leakage.
- Rapid deployment: Requires no tools for setup, allowing it to be deployed in seconds, ideal for urgent flood alerts.
- Custom ground U channel: Provides a flawless watertight seal, stopping water from entering.
- Anodized aluminium: Built from premium materials to ensure durability, while remaining surprisingly lightweight.
- Limitless scalability: no limits on width or height.
- Real-world proven: Our barriers have been proven to work in real-life flood events.
- Certified to the latest British Standard BS 851188 and approved for use under Environment Agency 2018 Framework Specification.
How Our Flood Barriers for Doors Work:
Our demountable flood barriers feature lightweight yet robust panels that slide into a custom-installed ground U channel.
The panels lock together securely, which creates a continuous, watertight barrier. For larger openings, optional centre and corner posts provide additional strength and support.
When an alert is issued, the barrier can be set up in just minutes, no tools required, no fuss. Once the threat has passed, it can then be quickly taken down and stored neatly away until it’s needed again.
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Key Benefits 
Our demountable flood barriers have been designed to provide maximum protection for the doors of your property, keeping your premises protected from the damaging effects flooding can bring. Here’s all the benefits to choosing our barriers:
- Fully Demountable: As a non-permanent solution, our barriers provide outstanding protection without requiring major changes to your property, ensuring your doors maintain their aesthetic appeal.
- User-Friendly and Easy to Install: Constructed from aluminium, the system is both strong and lightweight, making installation straightforward. It can be deployed in seconds with no tools needed.
- Low Maintenance: The anodized finish ensures the system is extremely low-maintenance, offering a design life of over 50 years.
- Versatile: With modular panels and no height restrictions, this system suits a wide variety of doorways and entry points.
- Bespoke Designs: Thanks to their modular design, we can design barriers tailored specifically to the dimensions of your door.
For reliable flood protection without the hassle, Lakeside’s demountable barriers are the perfect choice. Choosing a barrier means choosing a flexible yet highly robust and dependable prevention measure for your property.
With the one-off cost of a barrier, you can save yourself thousands in potential flood damages, making these systems a smart, cost-effective choice if you’re concerned about your property’s risk level.
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2. Install Anti-Flood Doors
Another highly effective solution is to have an anti-flood door installed on your property. Unlike barriers, these products are permanent installations, acting as regular doors but featuring anti-flood properties that make them highly resistant to floodwater.
They are ideal for those seeking an always-ready defence measure that doesn’t require deployment each time a flood alert is issued.
At Lakeside, we offer high-quality flood doors in a range of different designs and finishes. This ensures you’ll be able to find an option that blends seamlessly with the aesthetic of your property, allowing you to achieve robust flood protection without compromising on style. Each of our products is fully certified to BS 851188, and tested to protect against water up to 600mm high, delivering exceptional protection.
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uPVC Flood Doors
Our uPVC flood doors offer robust protection without compromising your property’s aesthetics. With a wide variety of finishes, including an optional wood grain effect, they are designed to blend effortlessly with the rest of your property.
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Suitable for both single and double door configurations.
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Lightweight and easy to use, with a reinforced steel frame and sash.
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Ideal for residential properties, garages, and outbuildings.
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Feature security locking and a customised gasket arrangement.
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Certified to British Standard BS 851188 and fully DDA compliant.
Composite Flood Doors
Composite flood doors provide a reliable, and fully certified solution against the threats of flooding. Their double-rebated, high-strength construction ensures they hold firm under pressure.
- These products are suitable for single doors only.
- These provide the added benefit of superb thermal efficiency, independently tested to be superior to traditional timber composites.
- Unlike traditional timber doors, composite variants are resistant to warping and rotting, making them a low-maintenance solution.
- Include high-security locking and customised gasket arrangement.
- British Standard 851188 certification, DDA Compliant.
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Why Choose Anti-flood Doors over Barriers?
Although our barriers are highly lightweight and easy to install, many property-owners may still prefer the ultra-low hassle of installing an anti-flood door. As a permanent solution, there’s no need to do anything in the event of an emergency, they are built-in and ready to protect at all times. This makes them ideal for properties which have little time to respond in the event of a flood, are subject to regular flooding, or for those who are less mobile, and do not want the hassle of installation and removal each time.
Flood barriers on the other hand may be preferred by home-owners who do not like the aesthetic design of the anti-flood doors available, as it allows them to retain the appearance the appearance of their property exactly as it is. They may also be preferred by those who have lots of doorways and entrances to protect, where permanent installations would not be time or cost-effective.
Many property owners choose a combination of both however. Flood doors for the main entrances that are regularly used, and then flood door barriers for secondary access points. This ensures complete and flexible flood coverage.
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3. Invest in Multi-Layer Sealing
Multilayer sealing provides an additional level of protection for areas prone to water exposure. By combining multiple layers of sealing materials, it creates a highly effective, continuous barrier that helps prevent water from penetrating through vulnerable points such as door frames, thresholds, or other access points.
This type of sealing is particularly useful for properties in high-risk zones, buildings with unusual or complex entrances, or locations where water exposure is frequent and unpredictable. It adds resilience by addressing potential weak points in a property’s structure, giving owners extra confidence that water will be kept out.
While multilayer sealing works independently as a protective measure, it’s especially suited to those who want to enhance the robustness of their property’s defence. It provides additional peace of mind in areas where water ingress could cause repeated disruption or damage, as no single defence product can guarantee 100% protection.
How to Flood Proof a Door: Contact Lakeside Today
For tailored advice and bespoke product recommendations, get in touch with Lakeside today. As a global leader in flood protection, we have helped countless homeowners and business owners flood proof their property. As we design, manufacture and install all of our products ourselves, you can be assured we’ll have a solution that’s perfect for your property. Don’t wait until it’s too late, get robust protection today and safeguard what matters most.