With flooding in Belfast, close to our factory, many customers are now taking a look at our Snorkel Vents before purchasing. With our new display area in mid-construction, we will soon also be able to show customers our Flood Door in action. Our purpose built tank will be easily accessible, and show how easy it is [...]
Flood Door / Snorkel Vent have been supplying flood protection products to residents in Belfast after severe flooding. Many are greatly distressed after having their pocessions destroyed. Flash floods can create havoc in a very short space of time. The best time to prepare for a Flood happening is before it happens. All our customers just [...]
The Snorkel Vent has been seeking to move into new territory, and we have found that our customers are using them for lots of new applications.
In as far away as Australia, customers are attaching the Snorkel Vents to their homes, and then raising the level of their driveway. If the vents/airbricks had just been covered all [...]
Continue Reading →Snorkel Vent has recently supplied Hundreds of the Snorkel Vent products to a Scottish building project. As the Snorkel Vent is the only product of its kind on the market, it was specified by the architect working on the scheme.
The Snorkel Vent was used in the retrofitting of Tower Blocks to allow ventilation after [...]
Continue Reading →This album shows Queen’s University of Belfast testing the Snorkel Vent and Flood Door to requirements set out in PAS 1188 standard.
Continue Reading →This album shows Queen’s University of Belfast testing the Snorkel Vent and Flood Door above and beyond the requirements of the PAS 1188 standard.
Continue Reading →Its good to know sometimes that you don’t have to be outside all the time. The tests which the Flood Door and Snorkel Vent are subjected too, are being carried out in the Hydraulics laboratory at Queens University, Belfast. The facility is indoors and is being carried out by the experienced test technicians and research staff. With tests [...]
Continue Reading →The Rivers Agency has recently updated there online flood maps which have outlined possible areas that could flood in future. It is suggested that there are 46,000 homes in Northern Ireland that are at risk from flooding. Over recent months there have been a number of serious flood incidents in Northern Ireland, and hopefully now, [...]
Continue Reading →Snorkel Vent and Flood Door products have commenced independent testing! The testing is being carried out by Queen’s University, Belfast, a leading university in Environmental and Coastal Engineering with their own hydrology lab. The three main areas of testing to be carried out are static, wave and current, simulating conditions present during a flooding event. [...]
Continue Reading →Snorkel Vent and Flood Door products were on display in Dublin for the first time on Friday 18/11/11. An information day was held in the Sean O’Casey community centre to raise awareness of flood protection measures. Paul Hendy, Director of the Scottish Flood Forum, was aiming to inform residents of progress in Scotland and show [...]
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