ProTen Services offer advice on flooding to South Somerset community

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Having developed and recently launched Wetaway, a remediation system for flooded buildings, ProTen Services attended a Flood Awareness day in Crewkerne, South Somerset.

The event in February was organised by the Local Authority's Civil Contingencies Unit, and was publicised on local BBC radio.

Residents in Crewkerne and the surrounding villages were hit by severe flooding in May 2008, and many are still waiting to return to their properties. The Local Authority arranged the Flood Awareness event to give residents and local business owners the opportunity to meet contractors and manufacturers involved in flood remediation and defence systems.

Rebecca Kench of ProTen Services attended the event, and discussed The Wetaway System with those who attended.

Rebecca said, "Many of the people I met had spent several months living in alternative accommodation whilst they waited for a drying certificate to be issued for their property. When I explained that we had developed a system that would allow flood victims to return to their properties within weeks, they were very enthusiastic."

The Wetaway System has been designed to eliminate the need for a drying certificate. By isolating the moisture in the walls from the internal accommodation (through the use of waterproof membranes) and installing a specialist air management unit to control humidity levels and ensure the moisture dries towards the outside of the building, The Wetaway System can create a quickly return a property to a habitable state following flood damage.

Rebecca continued, "The Wetaway Resistance door barrier was also admired by many attendees, due to its robust yet lightweight qualities."

Reporters from the local press attended and a photograph of the event appeared in the Western Gazette. (Rebecca Kench, centre back row, with the Wetaway Resistance door barrier)