HACKER Q&A
📣 asimjalis

How can we prevent flooding in houses using technology?


1/ Waterproof wall or dyke that shields the house.

2/ Waterproof doors and windows.

3/ Vent-like holes in the floor at the entrances that suck water and reroute it out of the house through a pump.

4/ Spray-on substance that can be used to seal doors and windows temporarily.

5/ Structural frame below the house that can lift it.

6/ House is mobile home which can be lifted by a crane.

7/ House is a house boat which can be untethered from the ground so it floats.

Do these sound workable? Any other ideas?


  👤 chmaynard Accepted Answer ✓
Don't build a house on a flood plain.

👤 aurizon
Some people saved their houses with soil berms 3-4 feet high, fronted by plastic and a pump inside to remove infiltration.

https://www.google.com/search?q=save+home+from+flood&rlz=1C1...


👤 FiggyPudding
Might need to worry about crane or boat house exploding against the neighbors

👤 slater
Stilts.