Monday, 10 July 2023

Announcement of a new initiative, provisionally called FRRAPS - Flood Recovery Repair and Preparation Supplies . It will supply buckets, walking platforms , hardware and fixings, tools at half price or below to help charities and small businesses prepare and recover from flooded buildings and land liable to flood.

I announce a new initiative, provisionally called FRRAPS - Flood Recovery Repair and Preparation Supplies . It will supply buckets, walking platforms , hardware and fixings, tools at

half price or below to help charities and small businesses prepare and recover from flooded building and land liable to flood. 


initial materials offered with stock of several thousand, often repeatable items are: 

 

1. 2m long Rot proof plastic & grp Door edge strips (DES) to raise floors above flood levels (recently used to raise shed floors by a shed manufacturer )

2. Heavy duty plastic buckets from 5 to 25 litres in capacity (I gave you samples of these before)

3. Walking platforms of aluminium framed buffalo boards to walk across flooded areas 1.5 to 2.8m long,
 30, 40, 50cm wide

4, grp roof sheets in 1.6 to 2.5 m length x 1m wide to repair roofs or divert water away from damaged gutters

5, cans of expanding foam to plug gaps , insulate etc

6. New kitchen cupboard doors to replace damaged ones (mixed styles & sizes)

7. Insulated panels 

8. Related screws & fixings  

9. Plastic Guttering & fixings

10. Tanninised treated timber of various lengths

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 Open Email sent a month ago to various USA orgs who work for stronger  / better buildings such as : BuildStrong Coalition, National Institu...