For your beach house floor plans, include flood proofing

Your beach house floor plans likely include bay windows, porches and all the other things you need to enjoy your view. But what about when your gorgeous view starts creeping up on your house and enters your home? Be sure your beach house floor plans include flood proofing.

For your beach house floor plans, think up. Build up to keep most of your rooms off the ground. Put all wiring, heat/AC, and electrical outlets as high as reasonably possible. To flood proof, you need to keep everything as far away from the potential flood as possible.

Always install a backflow valve in your beach house floor plans. This flood proofing measure will keep flood waters from coming in through your sewer. Of course you will want a sump pump, but be sure it is battery operated. During a storm that causes flooding, the power may go out. Then your beach home will be not only dark, but flooded as well.

While you cannot add any measures to your beach home plan from flooding, you can take the above measures to minimize any damage to your home and personal property.

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