Airbrick covers against flood ingress

A question about : Airbrick covers against flood ingress

Does anyone know whether Wickes (or similar) offer an in-house brand of airbrick cover?

There are some designs available commercially but at jaw-dropping prices which I'm trying to avoid. As we're now coming up on the British monsoon season, it's time I sorted this one out!

Best answers:

• not that i'm aware of
  list of commercial type ones here from the ea
  https://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...77272/?lang=_e
  flood sentry seems to be the cheapest (has been kitemarked) - but i think it can only be used once
  https://www.floodsentry.com/
• www.Airbrickcover.co.uk is by far the most affordable airbrick cover at about a fiver each cover and they may be used over an over again, unlike some covers, also they can be put on the air brick in about 2mins, no drilling or anything very user friendly.
• One thing to bear in mind about covering airbricks to stop flood water coming in
  how do they stop water naturally rising up through the sub floor under the house?
  If your garden floods or holds water, it is extremely likely that your sub floor void under your house (which is usually lower than your garden) will fill up too
• we were flooded in June 2007. 12 inches of water inside. Afterwards the Council promoted a flood forum with all sorts of companies trying to sell flood prevention equipment. Mostly these were to seal off the front and back doors. Had a big argument with a guy who would not accept that flood water will seep through the dampcourse, especially through the modern pvc/vinyl type.
• You can also try companies I found on The Construction Centre website by typing in Airbrick covers and vent covers. You can ask for a quote from all companies in one go.
  Companies Listed were:
  Flood Ark
  Floodtite
  Floodgate
  Floodstoppers
• Hi
  I have been doing a bit of research into this since my moms house flooded last year. Water only made it into the house through the air vents but the house stunk for ages afterwards.
  Most air brick flood defenses have to be activate before a flood....not very helpful if the flood happens when you're asleep or at work
  I found 2 that dont need to be though.
  The first one is a thing called Snorkelvent??? Its a casing that fits over the air vent/brick to raise the flood line. It just needs to be sealed to the wall and away you go, instant flood protection.
  The second is the SMART airbrick which looks just like an airbrick but it has something inside that stops flood water coming in. Two things about this one is that you have to take it out and clean it after a flood. Not very nice when god knows what is in the flood water. Also it needs a builder to install which could be pricey.
  I dont think either are very expensive and as one of the websites said it a fit and forget solution.
  Just type Snorkelvent or Smart Brick into google and it should bring up their websites
  Hope this helps
• I had this experience with in 2008 and found the removable air vent guards really served purpose. In the first instance the water gets under the floorboards through the air vent (I watched it!) and then the house smells damp and you get little black midges in the house. Screwing on the covers worked. I didn`t lift the floorboards to check the `sub floor void`as there was no damp smell and no little black midges that we used to get before when this happened. Since then the council have re-dug a ditch and opened up a culvert so we are structurally fixed and not at risk now. I used put them on when heavy rain was forecast and removed them afterwards - it only takes a few minutes to do, is no effort and doesn`t damage the house. They are simply attached with a bolt from the center of the cover going through the center of the air brick. If the water level had reached the floor joists it would have been a very expensive exercise to fix so I don`t think the guards are expensive and you can keep re-using them. Now, does anyone want 7 air vent guards!!!!
• The only problem with that is that you actually have be in the house when you get a weather forecast or know that a flood is coming. I don't know about anyone else but I don't like to be worrying and stress at work everytime I hear the weather forecast on the radio.
  I'd rather have something fitted that I know will work even if I wasn't there becasue if I count the hours in my day chances are I'm either at work or asleep.
  Personally for me the best solution is one that I stick on and don't have to think about after.
• Do you mean a 'Air Brick Flood defence'?
  try toolstation.com code 87124
• May be digging up an old post, but if it's useful...
  The National Flood Forum has a directory of suppliers of property resilience products called the Blue Pages. Air brick covers can be useful, but as with lots of these things, they're best if used in combination with other flood protection products (floodgates, modern sandbags, etc).
  As a new poster I can't post a link, but if you look up blue pages dot org dot uk you should find it!
• Anyone found flood covers for 9x6" Victorian metal louvre style air vents? thanks in anticipation.