Locking access to your home

Climate change is causing increasingly heavy rainfall. These heavy rains also increase the risk of flooding. This may require measures to better protect your home against flooding. One such measure is to permanently seal off access to your home.

What does closing off a passageway entail?

Permanently closing off access to your home means removing a door and bricking up the doorway. When closing off a doorway, the door and frame are removed and the walls are bricked up and grouted. This prevents water from entering at that point in the event of flooding. If a door is located in an area prone to flooding, closing off this passageway is an effective solution.

Costs

The average price for bricking up a door is €115 per m².

Use of space

This measure is useful if water enters your home through the front or back door, a door or other opening on the ground floor leading to the basement, or the garage under the house.

What do you need?

If you don't have any DIY or bricklaying experience yourself, it's wise to hire a contractor.

Tips

Have the wall treated by a specialist to make it waterproof.