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Underfloor heating with flood risk


Sjk

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Hi,

 

Haven’t begun building the house yet, but I am thinking of ufh, I like the warm floors, reduced clutter and radiators take up room. 

 

Okay, so the problem is the house will be in a flood risk area, personally I think the chances are low as it’s never flooded before. However, I still want to be cautious, is it only the insulation which could cause a problem if it were to flood?

 

if so does anyone know if there are any flood resistant insulation I could use?

 

thank you in advance 

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There was a story about a passive esque house that flooded from a burst pipe INSIDE when the owners were. So well sealed was the house that they couldn't open the inward opening door to get in. All they could do was look through the windows at their possessions floating. I wonder how resistant the houses are to flooding from outside?

 

I think I posed the question ages ago whether such a house could FLOAT in a flood! :) (The consensus was it shouldn't).

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On ‎3‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 14:16, Onoff said:

I wonder how resistant the houses are to flooding from outside?

 

OK until the water level goes above the top of the down stairs loo ?

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