Property Flood Resilience Measures Register

Who this is for

Know what protects your home from flooding and how to use it. The register lists each measure with its location, installer, storage, upkeep and papers; page two sets out the order you put them in place, in your own words, and logs each practice run.

Owners of homes at risk of flooding who have fitted, or are planning, door barriers, airbrick covers, non-return valves, pumps or resilient finishes, and anyone who wants others in the household able to put them in place.

What this helps you track

• Every flood resistance and resilience measure fitted, and where it is
• Who supplied or fitted each one, and where it is stored
• The upkeep each one needs, from its manual, and when it was last checked
• The order and steps for putting them in place, written your way
• Practice runs: how long they took and what went wrong

How to use it

1. Write the property, the flood sources you checked and when, and any survey or report reference at the top.
2. List each measure with its location, supplier or installer, date fitted, storage place and upkeep from the manual; tick Docs when you hold its paperwork.
3. On page two, put the measures in the order you would fit them and write the steps in your own words, with who does each.
4. Practise when the weather is calm, log how long it took and what went wrong, and sort out each problem.
5. Keep the sheet with the barriers or by the door; the browser version saves in your own browser.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

What counts as a flood resilience measure?

Anything fitted to keep water out, such as door barriers, airbrick covers and non-return valves, or to limit the damage when it gets in, such as raised sockets, tiled floors or a pump. List whatever your home has.

Why write the steps in my own words?

In a flood warning the barriers may go in at night, in a hurry or by someone else. Steps written the way you actually do them, in the order you do them, are quicker to follow than a manual.

How often should the measures be checked?

As often as the maker or installer says; the sheet has no interval of its own. Copy the upkeep from each manual into the register and date every check.

Will my insurer or lender want this?

Some ask what measures a home has and for evidence such as surveys, certificates and receipts. Ask yours what they need; the register keeps the details and shows that the papers exist.

How is this different from the flood and storm preparation checklist?

That checklist covers what to do when bad weather is forecast. This register records the protection permanently fitted to your home, how to put it in place, how it is kept in order and the papers behind it.