Oversized Sand-Filled Flood Bag Barriers
Protect Your Property From Flood Damage With Sand Filled Flood Bags
The Beluga™ Bag barrier is a unique flood control system that is ideal for protection of important property and infrastructure.
Beluga is a concertina style, big bag, flood barrier consisting of a heavy duty oversized bag, divided into 5 distinct chambers. Use sand or other aggregate or fill material to fill bags and to create a heavy duty levee to hold back water.
Beluga bags ship flattened on pallets, ready to be opened, positioned and filled on site. Each bag is 15ft long, 3ft deep, and 40” high and replaces approximately 750 standard sandbags. Because there’s no wasted space, Beluga Barriers use roughly 1/2 the amount of sand required for an equivalent sandbag barrier and significantly less labor to position and fill.
Beluga bag barriers can be installed and filled by a relatively small crew and deployed quickly in advance of an expected flood.
Ships Flat
Conveniently shipped flat on pallets for easy transport to flood sites.
Sand-Filled
Filled with sand, gravel, cement or any applicable fill material.
Protection Height
Achieve 40” of heavy duty flood protection height when filled.
Why Beluga?
Deployment Speed
- Designed for easy deployment by unskilled labor
Each complete 5 chamber Beluga weighs only 50lbs
With proper filling equipment and 2 persons, expect to install a 100ft berm in approximately 2.5 hours.
Bag Capacity
Bags have a capacity of 30 cubic feet of sand per section x 5 sections = 150 cubic feet of sand per 5 compartment bag
4,500lbs (Safe Working Load) per chamber
22,500lbs (Safe Working Load) per 5 chamber system
Damming Ability
A single layer of Beluga Bags can withstand 3ft of water.
Stack multiple bags to create up to a 9ft high barrier (Engineer sign-off required for stacking).
Ground conforming design will contour to the surface below
Use on concrete, asphalt, sand, grass, mud and more
- When a flood is expected, insert planks into the U channels on either side of the door opening.
- It is important to loosen the tightening bolts and the top locking bracket, in order to get slats into the opening.
- Be sure that rubber seal is facing downwards in order to make a good seal with the ground below. Apply some pressure to the lower slat to create a good seal.
- Continue to insert slats until all flood barrier slats are in position, ready for tightening.
- Note: If reflective warning tape was selected with your order, place the slat with tape last (at the top).
Material
5.6oz, coated (impermeable) polypropylene fabric on 1 side and an uncoated 5.0 oz (water permeable) fabric on the other sides (allowing slow water drainage)
100% Polypropylene, RIC Code 5, SPI Code PP
2200 Hour UV Protection
NAICS Code: 314910
- Use the included Allen wrench to tighten flood planks into position and against the internal rubber seals.
- Insert top locking clamps into the post top slot. Use the Allen wrench to tighten down the clamps and to apply pressure to flood planks below, enhancing the seal between slats.
- Use the tightening bolts on the posts to tighten down the planks within the U-channel and to ensure a seal with the neoprene strips within the channel.
- When a flood is over, simply remove planks in the reverse order, clean off any debris, dry and store your flood barrier for future use.
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