Second flood accreditation
1st August 2017

Halo customer WATERGATE FLOOD SOLUTIONS, based in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, has been certified with the recently-revised PAS1188 BSI Kitemark for Flood Protection Products for its composite flood door.

Watergate, which fabricates up to 50 doors a week, subjected products to rigorous testing in order to achieve the accreditation, with support from VEKA Group. The company uses Halo outerframes since switching in 2015.

The latest PAS1188 certificate will be the company's second, alongside one for its PVC-U doors.

Watergate sales manager Gerard Hiscock said: “The PAS1188 standard was updated in 2014 with even more stringent guidelines and particular attention being paid to the amount of leakage that would be deemed acceptable for any products requesting the certification, so to hold this official safety standard means our clients can share our absolute confidence in this product and Watergate as a whole. After receiving the official Kitemark certificate in March, we also obtained confirmation from the BSI in June that we were the only company in the UK to have the accreditation for that type of composite flood door at that time, which was even more of a celebration.”

Picture, l to r: Paul Briggs MD of Watergate Flood Solutions Ltd inspects one of the new composite flood defence doors alongside Martin Porter Head of Production.

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