Flood Gate

Saved my home from a small storm we had last year! i was able to install these one on my front and one on my back door. No water came in!! Worked well and saved me from having to submit a claim on my insurance. At first i thought it was too expensive but now that it saved my home its worth every penny! Strong and fast to install and isnt heavy i think my dog is more heavy than this haha.

I’m writing this review solely on the initial quality of the door dam. It is solid and fit the door openings that I need to protect. Out of the box it was easy to put it together. I dried fit one and it was put in place and seemed to be sealed as advertised. Although I hope I never have to use it, I am confident that if I have to do a follow up review it will stay at its current rating I gave.

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This was a house saver. We had six or seven strong storm cells in one night with over 8 inches of rain in 5 hours. When we thought the storm was over another one would pop up and drop a lot of rain. We had this water dam gate in our door and it kept the floods of rain waters out. I am very pleased with this product. It was easy to put in, just take the ratchet wrench tool that comes with it and tighten it between your door post, then to take it out use the same tool and loosen it to release it from the door post and put it away. I would buy again if I needed one.

We installed two of these in preparation for the Hurricane Milton: one for our front door, the other for the back door. We tested it by shooting water jet through on all 3 sides to make sure no water was coming through the sides. We placed about 30 jumbo quick dams outside of our sliding door as well. They didn’t work. As the water started backing up from the storm drain due to excessive rain, the water seeped through the bottom. Our whole house was flooded with 10 inches of water.

This product seems very well built, and I had high hopes for it. I was planning to use it at our house, which is in a flood zone. However, I decided to first try it out at our condo, which is fairly newly built, and has completely straight steel door frames. To my surprise, it had a sizable gap in the lower-right corner (see photo). I contacted the manufacturer, and provided photos that show the gap, etc. They asked me to measure the door width at the bottom and 26" up, which I did and I provided them with this information. They said that they had sent the issue to the engineering department. This was over 3 weeks ago, and I have not heard a word back. Another, more minor issue, is that the outer bolts on the bottom are covered by the sleeve (see photo). This makes it difficult to properly tighten these bolts "by one full turn" using the included wrench. I suspect that the issue that I had with this unit is not the usual situation, and that most of them work well, but the fact that the company showed so little interest in handling the issue was quite disappointing. I have returned the unit.

Six months after we bought our house Hurricane Ian put 12 inches of flood water in our house. After that we had a wall built around our house with 3 openings. 2 at 48 inches and 1 at 36 inches. Specs bases on these gates. Last Thursday after Hurricane Milton, at high tide, my wife and I sat on our back patio as over 16 inches of flood water surrounded our home. A home FEMA has labeled as a severe repetitive loss property. Not a drop of water entered our home. One big gate came with the bottom loose, but it was still functional. Thank you so much. These gates saved us months of heartache.

Have had basement flooding from an overflowing walkway that leads to a basement door in a house we moved into recently. I bought this QuickDam FloodGate for extra security as I try to figure out the drainage issues (but there were signs that this was an issue before we moved in). During a heavy rain storm where the walkway overflowed, the water started to flow into the basement, but after tightening the bottom screws a bit more, it worked great. I could open my door, look out, and see a pool in the walkway but nothing was coming through. Installation is simple but the bottom screws for the floor seal are a bit flimsy. It comes with a wrench that works well for the side wall pressure but annoying for the floor seal. there was really no way to know if it was sealed enough until I saw the water come through. Nevertheless, I recommend this product. $100 less than an alternative I saw, and despite some flooding, saved me a lot of clean-up with some adjustments. Great purchase.

Installed this on my back door after a basement flood leading from this door down staircase of my raised bungalow during a spring thaw. Would recommend this to anyone who needs this added protect. Solid, easy to install and is a life saver. Excellent quality and gives me peace of mind.

Hope to never have to put it to use. I installed to protect our electrical room in case of a flood. Was very easy to install in under 5 minutes. Appears to create a very good seal. Looks clean and neat.