FAQs About Big Bags USA® Flood Barriers - Part 1
The Big Bags USA® Flood Barrier was designed to specifically make it faster and easier than ever to deploy and tear down a flood barrier system. So many communities, homes, and businesses are at risk because they aren’t adequately prepared to deal with the numerous types of flooding that can be inflicted on an area. You can’t stop the floodwaters, but you can help prepare for them and redirect them depending on the systems that you have in place. If you haven’t ever heard of Big Bags USA, now is the time to get educated. Check out these frequently asked questions about our systems, you may just find them to be the perfect solution for your state.
Q: Where can the Big Bags USA protective flood barrier system effectively be used?
A: The systems can effectively be used almost anywhere. The flexible design of no rigid bottom structure allows the Big Bags USA sandbags to conform to any sub-surface, making a water-tight seal. Thus, wherever a protective flood barrier is needed, tops of levees, in the streets, surrounding a building, sides of hills, over sewers, Big Bags USA sandbags can adapt to the topography.
Q: Can Big Bags USA be placed on top of levees?
A: Yes, for every layer you will go up, you would want an extra layer on the bottom, similar to a pyramid. This gives you the best defense where the most water pressure will be located.
Q: Can the Big Bags USA protective flood barrier be placed around corners?
A: Yes, Big Bags USA flood barrier can be placed at any angle required. Making sure systems are ‘snugged’ up against each other before filling, a water-tight seal is created. Encircling an area, equipment, buildings is a strategic way to utilize the flood barrier system if floodwaters cannot be stopped or diverted in a given area.
Q: How do Big Bags USA systems connect?
A: Each 15ft. long/5 bag sandbags system connects to the next system with ¾ to 1-inch wood screws inserted on-site once the flood barrier systems are opened and before filling. The screws are only to hold each sandbags system to the next as they are being filled.
Q: How much does a single 5 bag system weigh?
A: Empty, each sandbags system weighs 50lbs.- within the safe handling guidelines for one person. Filled, each sandbags system weighs 15,000lbs (7.5 tons), 5 cubic yards of sand total.
Q: Are Big Bags USA water-proof?
A: The ‘water-side’ of the sandbags are coated with a water-proof resin so water does not enter the sandbags. If water did enter the flood barrier from the top, the sides and bottom are not coated to allow water to flow out of the sandbags and prevent sand from being washed out. If water does not enter the flood barrier, then sand is uncontaminated and re-usable.
Q: What does a deployment team consist of?
A: A typical deployment team would be six men. 2-man system set-up (placing and opening systems on-site in flood control location),System connector (man with screw-gun following set-up crew, connecting systems before filling)Truck operator (carrying sand),Payloader operator (takes sand from truck and dumps into bags), System fill guide (works with payloader operator to guide shovel over bags for filling). Flood barrier systems can be set up in 2 minutes and filled in the same amount of time, thus within 10 minutes a 5 bag system can be set-up and filled in position, the equivalent of 675 sandbags.
Big Bags USA has made so many trips around the country to help communities set up their economical sandbags. We can show you the best way to make this system work, and give you the tips and techniques to get it done FAST. If you are even remotely interested in our fast flood barriers, please reach out. We would love to start talking about the best plan of action for your area.
Q: Where can the Big Bags USA protective flood barrier system effectively be used?
A: The systems can effectively be used almost anywhere. The flexible design of no rigid bottom structure allows the Big Bags USA sandbags to conform to any sub-surface, making a water-tight seal. Thus, wherever a protective flood barrier is needed, tops of levees, in the streets, surrounding a building, sides of hills, over sewers, Big Bags USA sandbags can adapt to the topography.
Q: Can Big Bags USA be placed on top of levees?
A: Yes, for every layer you will go up, you would want an extra layer on the bottom, similar to a pyramid. This gives you the best defense where the most water pressure will be located.
Q: Can the Big Bags USA protective flood barrier be placed around corners?
A: Yes, Big Bags USA flood barrier can be placed at any angle required. Making sure systems are ‘snugged’ up against each other before filling, a water-tight seal is created. Encircling an area, equipment, buildings is a strategic way to utilize the flood barrier system if floodwaters cannot be stopped or diverted in a given area.
Q: How do Big Bags USA systems connect?
A: Each 15ft. long/5 bag sandbags system connects to the next system with ¾ to 1-inch wood screws inserted on-site once the flood barrier systems are opened and before filling. The screws are only to hold each sandbags system to the next as they are being filled.
Q: How much does a single 5 bag system weigh?
A: Empty, each sandbags system weighs 50lbs.- within the safe handling guidelines for one person. Filled, each sandbags system weighs 15,000lbs (7.5 tons), 5 cubic yards of sand total.
Q: Are Big Bags USA water-proof?
A: The ‘water-side’ of the sandbags are coated with a water-proof resin so water does not enter the sandbags. If water did enter the flood barrier from the top, the sides and bottom are not coated to allow water to flow out of the sandbags and prevent sand from being washed out. If water does not enter the flood barrier, then sand is uncontaminated and re-usable.
Q: What does a deployment team consist of?
A: A typical deployment team would be six men. 2-man system set-up (placing and opening systems on-site in flood control location),System connector (man with screw-gun following set-up crew, connecting systems before filling)Truck operator (carrying sand),Payloader operator (takes sand from truck and dumps into bags), System fill guide (works with payloader operator to guide shovel over bags for filling). Flood barrier systems can be set up in 2 minutes and filled in the same amount of time, thus within 10 minutes a 5 bag system can be set-up and filled in position, the equivalent of 675 sandbags.
Now Is The Time
This has been an unusually wet year for many areas of the country, and that doesn’t even include hurricanes and tropical storms. If your town experiences flooding regularly, you don’t have time to lose. Now is the time to prepare your area for how to handle flooding, and stock up on the tools that will protect you.Big Bags USA has made so many trips around the country to help communities set up their economical sandbags. We can show you the best way to make this system work, and give you the tips and techniques to get it done FAST. If you are even remotely interested in our fast flood barriers, please reach out. We would love to start talking about the best plan of action for your area.
MADE IN THE USA ~ 100% Manufactured in Missouri ~ BUY AMERICAN
MADE IN THE USA ~ 100% Manufactured in Missouri ~ BUY AMERICAN
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