Water Getting Into Your Home?
South Florida flood season
Flood barriers for your home. Reusable aluminum barriers for front doors, garages and French doors. Cut to size in North Miami, installed by our crew and deployed by you in about 10 minutes.
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Your estimate in 20 seconds
What does your property need?
See your price now. Count the openings where water can enter: list prices per opening, by width, clear and complete, installation included. From there we handle the rest: measurement, fabrication to size and installation.
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Standard 26 in protection. Most clients protect the front door and the garage.
Your estimate
Installation included.
Buy nowThe total is paid today. The follow-up visit confirms every measurement before any cutting; if a measurement changes the price, the difference is adjusted and communicated in advance.
5-YEAR WARRANTY · SGS TESTED · NORTH MIAMI
Next step: the measurement confirmation visit. Each measurement is verified on site and, once confirmed, the installation date is coordinated.
Card installments are available at checkout. PACE financing is a separate application; our team can guide you through it.
Call to schedule the measurement confirmation visitFastest way to keep it: by text
Your estimate
Installation included.
Fastest way to keep it: by text
Several openings on the same property are quoted as one project.
One project for the whole property: one visit, one crew, one price. We measure every opening, including the ones no list price covers, and coordinate the complete installation.
Call (305) 239-2761Or have us call you. Your list travels with it.
Next step: the measurement confirmation visit. Each measurement is verified on site and, once confirmed, the installation date is coordinated.
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Call to schedule the measurement confirmation visitReal footage from a South Florida home during the June 12, 2024 flood.
Where water gets in
Front doors
The opening water reaches first. A barrier cut to your exact door, ready before the storm, invisible the rest of the year.
Garage entrances
Single and double garages, up to 18 ft with a center post. No more building a sandbag wall in the rain.
French doors and patios
Wide sliders and French doors at the back of the house, where canal and yard water comes in first.
Other home installations
This is a recent install at a South Florida home: three panels across the garage, below the hurricane shutter, locked with our patent-pending two-clamp system, one clamp on each side. One person deploys it in about 10 minutes.
Two clamps seal the whole stack.
Other flood barrier systems secure every panel separately: stack a panel, fasten it, stack the next. Their own instructions put deployment at about an hour. Our patent-pending two-clamp system works the other way: one clamp on each side compresses the whole stack at once, whatever the height. Slide the numbered panels in, tighten the two clamps, and the opening is sealed. One person. About 10 minutes.
One clamp on each side locks the whole stack down.
Materials and performance
- Panels: 6063-T5 anodized aluminum, 220 x 35 mm profile, 2 mm wall.
- Seals: EPDM compression seals at the sill, on the sides and between panels.
- Hardware: stainless steel, marine grade, built for Florida coastal humidity.
- Water held back: 26 in standard with 3 panels.
- Leakage: 0.02 to 0.20 L/h per meter in the SGS-witnessed test to BS 851188-2. The limit is 40 L/h.
- Impact: 0 mm deformation after a 50 kg impact.
Installed by our own crew across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, and shipped nationwide from North Miami, FL. The seal is not a claim: it is the one SGS measured at 0.02 to 0.20 L/h against a 40 L/h limit.
Before you buy any flood barrier, ask these six questions
Any seller should answer all six with numbers, not adjectives. Here are ours.
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What is the panel wall thickness?
Ours: 2 mm, in a 220 x 35 mm profile of 6063-T5 anodized aluminum. -
Was it tested to a published standard, witnessed by an independent lab?
Ours: yes. SGS witnessed the test to BS 851188-2; the summary is public and the full package is sent on request. -
Who cuts it to size, and where?
Ours: cut to your exact opening in our North Miami shop, after your measurements are confirmed. -
Who installs it, and who do you call if something goes wrong?
Ours: our own crew installs locally, and we are at 1851 NE 146th St, North Miami, with a phone that gets answered. -
What warranty backs it, and can you still get parts in five years?
Ours: 5 years on panels, posts and hardware, 3 years on seals and 1 year on our installation, in writing, and parts from our own stock. -
What water height was actually tested, not just claimed?
Ours: witnessed by SGS under BS 851188-2, with 0 mm deformation after a 50 kg impact.
Still using sandbags?
South Florida homes now flood several times a year outside hurricane season, and the worst flood in Fort Lauderdale's recorded history was an April rain event. A house that relies on sandbags pays in labor, storage and disposal every single time, and the seal still leaks at every joint.
| Sandbags | WDS barrier | |
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| Deployment | Several people, hours, every event | One person, about 10 minutes |
| Seal | Leaks at every joint, no compression | EPDM compression seal on sill, sides and between panels |
| Reuse | Single use, wet bags go to the dumpster | Rinse, dry, store. Reusable for years |
| Storage | Piles of bags and sand in the garage | Numbered panels stored flat, channels on the frame |
| Appearance | Sandbags at the front door | Slim channels on the frame, nothing else visible |
How it works
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Measuring visit
We measure every door and opening at your home, and confirm your estimate before anything is cut.
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Cut to size and installed
We cut the panels in North Miami and our crew mounts the permanent side channels on each opening.
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You deploy it yourself
Storm coming? Slide the numbered panels into the channels and tighten the clamps. One person, about 10 minutes.
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Remove and reuse
After the storm, take the panels out, rinse and store them. Nothing blocks the door the rest of the year.
What stays on your house
Almost nothing. Only the slim side channels stay on the frame, in a neutral aluminum finish. The numbered panels live in storage and come out only when water threatens. Nothing blocks your door the rest of the year.
You put it up yourself. One person seals an opening in about 10 minutes with the two-clamp system we supply, and we walk you through the first deployment at installation.
What it costs. Barriers start at $1,590 per opening. Most homes protect the front door and the garage: typically $5,000 to $6,000 for several openings. The estimator above gives the price; the measurement confirmation visit verifies every measurement before fabrication, and the installation date is coordinated at that visit. For scale, FEMA estimates about $25,000 in damage from just 1 inch of floodwater inside a home.
Starting prices
Door, up to 4 ft
From $1,590
Single garage, up to 9 ft
From $2,290
Double garage, up to 18 ft
From $3,990
Homes with several openings get one estimate for the whole house.
Technical documentation
Dimensioned drawings of the panel, side post and middle post, material specifications and the summary of the SGS witnessed test to BS 851188-2 (0.02 to 0.20 L/h per meter leakage against a 40 L/h limit, 0 mm deformation after a 50 kg impact). View specifications and request the drawings package.
Sample sheet from the technical package: the 220 x 35 mm panel profile. The full 5-sheet package is sent on request.
5-YEAR WARRANTY
Panels, posts and hardware: 5 years. Seals: 3 years. Installation: 1 year when installed by Water Defense.
This warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship. If a part is defective, we repair or replace that part.
Installed by you or your contractor? The product coverage above still applies to manufacturing defects. Installation workmanship is covered by your installer.
Not covered: misuse or abuse; water rising above the barrier's design height; loads beyond the design specification; unauthorized modifications or attachments; damage in storage or handling; deployment that does not follow the installation guide.
A canal home that flooded, now protected
On June 12, 2024, a summer storm put a South Florida canal home under water, front and back. The owner filmed it. Today both ends of that house are protected. See the before and after.
Check if it fits your home
Measuring visits across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. We confirm every measurement before anything is cut.
Request your measuring visit
Leave your number and we will call you. If you have a photo of your door or garage, we use it to confirm the right barrier for your opening. Your price comes from the estimator above; the visit confirms every measurement before fabrication.