Newton Specialist Basement Contractor Stonehouse Basements were praised by the Oxford Mail for having protected a family’s property from flooding for the third year running! Their home remained dry while others in South Hinksey, Oxford flooded.

Owner Adrian Porter, decided to invest in a full flood protection system following extensive flood damage in 2007, and he called on the expertise of Graham Stone, from Stonehouse Basements.

Installation of Newton System 500

Stonehouse installed a series of flood-proofing defences installed at his home including the Newton System 500 Cavity Drain Waterproofing products comprising membranes, drainage and pumps.

Porter explains: “We have a membrane behind the walls which goes up a metre high, and also under the carpets. So when water gets into the house, it is channeled between the membranes and into a basin and pumped out.”

Other precautions the families have put in place include a flood gate, to stop water coming through doorways, and four pressure pumps.

Porter goes on to say: “Last week it held back 45cm-deep floods, which is quite good. The only seepage was through the back door.”

Graham Stone, owner of Stonehouse Basements, said there are a number of ways to help flood-proof homes at risk: “The first thing to do is to try to seal-up the structure of the house. That starts with getting flood gates, concrete floors, installing airbricks – which can prevent water getting through to timber floors – and sealing areas of the house where piping comes in.”