Patent ID: 7849645

Claim:
A flood protection system for a building, comprising: the building; waterproof flexible sheeting of a size at least sufficient to cover a region to be protected on one or more faces of the building, the sheeting being adapted to withstand water pressure at least with a head as great as the difference in height from the lowest to the highest point of the said region, the sheeting having a first side and an opposite side on the side of the sheeting opposite the first side, the first side being arranged to bear against the surface of said one or more faces of the building at least around the periphery of said region; a frame of similar dimension to said sheeting and adapted to mount said sheeting with said first side of said sheeting against the face of the building; compressible sealing means; the frame co-operating with said compressible sealing means, said compressible sealing means being adapted to bear against the opposite side of the sheeting to thereby press said first side against the face of the building; and fixing means adapted to allow fixing of the frame to the surface of the one or more faces of the building when a flood is threatened to cause the compressible sealing means to bear against the said opposite side of the sheeting without the fixing means piercing the sealing means; the fixing means being uncovered by the sheeting and accessible when the frame, compressible sealing means and sheeting are fixed to the one or more faces of the building to allow subsequent removal of said sheeting, frame and compressible sealing means from the one or more faces of the building when the threat of flood has passed.