Robert Scott & Sons Ltd Overcome Flood Damage With Help From Their Own Products

The past couple of years have seen many homes and businesses devastated from the effects of flooding and at Robert Scott & Sons Ltd they have been busy helping with not only products to solve the problems caused by flood water, but also advice on how to cope when the water arrives and the aftermath of flooding. Advice and products that have now, thanks to the arrival of Storm Angus in November 2016, been put to the test in their own back yard.

On November 21st – when the huge amount of water created by the storm blocked a culvert underneath the road in the company’s Heybottom Mill – the entire river flow diverted itself through the mill culminating with more than two feet of water covering the mill floor. As well as wiping out the compressors, some computers and covering the whole floor area with thick mud, over 120 pallets laden with products were also damaged.

The flooding caused major disruption to the site, but thanks to a well organised clean-up operation, the company was back up and running by the end of the week – as Sales and Marketing Director, Alastair Scott explained: “It obviously helps that we have plenty of cleaning products immediately to hand, and our ‘Disaster Planning Policy’ includes multi-site stocking of all our product range so there was no negative impact on our customers.

“The whole episode proved to be, on reflection, a good exercise to not only test some of our product range but also double check that the advice we pass on to customers in similar situations was valid – thankfully it was!

“In general the team followed the clean up procedures to the letter ensuring the electricity had been secured as being safe before work commenced and wearing protective clothing at all times – waterproof jackets, trousers, gloves and face masks, especially when getting rid of the initial volume of water and whilst tackling the mud laden floor. After the initial clean all surfaces affected by the floodwater were disinfected and cleaned using our natural wood yard and hand brushes and a multitude of cloths, scrubbers and sponges.”

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