Sandbags

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1. Is Sharp Sand ok to use?
2. Would 20ish kg bags of Sharp Sand from places like B&Q work?
3. Can I just store the sand in the bags as it comes from B&Q and then transfer to strong rubble-black bags and use these rubble-black bags as my sand bags when I need to use them?
4. If I need Hessian bags, should I just store these dry (i.e. unpacked without sand) and then just transfer the sand into these Hessian bags when needed?
5. I've seen folks also put plastic sheeting around the bottom of doorways and then put the sand bags on the sheeting. Advisable?
6. I've also seen folks store their sand bags on a raised pallet rather than directly on the floor (for outside storage). Is this required? I was assuming that the standard B&Q type bags of sand would store outside in all weathers without issue. Should they themselves be covered outside too?

... but I also welcome additional comments or recommendations. As always, I don't want to spent a fortune on sand and sand bags, so an effective but low-cost solution works best.

Thanks in advance.

Hi mate not sure what you want to block off , have you checked if the area has flooded before and if so how much and when , we found a lovely house in wales and i mean it was beautiful huge garden lovely view and so on then my wife said wow it looks so new for an older bungalow so we looked around and started to do searches the house sold 6 times in 4 years when we looked round more we found the land sandy and looked a few miles away and it was a flood plain yup that was why no flower beds just plain flat gardens of lawn , so worht checking that first you might be over thinking it i do that to .
Next my point onthe flooding if it is doorways ytou are looking to protect i would look at the flood door barriers if you think it could happen more than once , these are runners that fit outside the main door frame and you keep the metal drop in doors in the garage there are rubber seals in the tracks and you slide the steel door down and as the water pushs harder on the plate it just pushs in to the rubber hence no way water gets in but others here may know more on these as i say i only looked in to it as the wife wanted that house so bad until we found out more and more as i said it had 3 owners in 1 year that was the worst flood year it was hit hard in the december then in the feb and then the next autumn winter time , after seeing what my wife's family went through inthe major floods in north wales that one year my wife in the end said ok may be not .

Whatever you decided mate talk to other locals and at the worst get a firm to quote on the flood doors they are only i think 2 ft high so you can still cock a leg over but i guess you could get deepr ones

Good luck and stay dry and move all your valuable stuff ie family photos and anything like that upstairs

This its the type you can get them cheaper look round
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262424099411 ... 46daa0ed92