Custom Storm Surge Protection For your Home
Let me help you sleep soundly as hurricane season approaches.
Custom Storm Surge Protection For your Home
Let me help you sleep soundly as hurricane season approaches.
Let me help you sleep soundly as hurricane season approaches.
Let me help you sleep soundly as hurricane season approaches.
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My name is Kurt Kehlenbeck. My wife Thairys and I are homeowners in Cape Coral. Like many in Southwest Florida, our lives were dramatically altered by Hurricane Ian in September 2022. Our home in the Yacht Club neighborhood suffered 12 inches of interior flooding. After completing the restoration, I became determined to ensure that it never happened again.
Through careful analysis and hands-on work, I designed and built a system of custom flood barriers to protect our home—and give us peace of mind. In 2024, those barriers were put to the test during both Hurricanes Helene and Milton. They successfully prevented flooding in our garage, and had the water risen to Ian levels or higher, I am confident the rest of the house would have been protected as well.
Since then, I have continued refining the design and recently completed a successful installation for my first customer in St. James City. While my original barriers were effective, they require significant time to deploy and rely on tape and sealants. The latest version, however, features a proprietary system using custom 3D-printed hardware that applies pressure on both sides of the barrier. This creates a watertight seal and keeps the barriers firmly in place—even in high winds. I am currently developing a method for my next project that utilizes waterproof cloth because solid barriers in each doorway is not practical for the home in need of protection.
My barriers are:
But I am not just offering a product—I am offering a comprehensive flood protection service. I will thoroughly examine your home and help you understand and identify potential water intrusion paths, like holes in your walls for plumbing utility lines and sewer, so these paths can be eliminated. This is something installers of commercial barriers often ignore while drilling holes in your home for bulky, unsightly barriers and anchors. I am continually improving my design and construction methods, with the objective of creating custom flood barriers that can be deployed in minutes and will seal tight in the most trying storm conditions.
Call today for a free evaluation. I will provide everything you need to face hurricane season with confidence—knowing that your home and everything in it will stay dry and protected. You don’t need to tear down or lift a perfectly good house to prevent storm surge flooding. You just need to understand how water enters your home and be ready when the time comes to confidently keep it out.
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Please reach us at kurt@neveragainflood.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
I specialize in designing and building custom flood barrier systems to protect homes from flooding. Every barrier is tailored to your specific property and risk level to provide reliable, long-term peace of mind. I will visit your home, examine your doorways, windows, utility lines, and sewer. I will then develop an effective plan to keep your home dry in storm surges as high as four feet above your threshold. I will devise a storage plan for your garage and carefully store your barriers and hardware in a convenient spot. I will label everything and provide custom written and video instructions for deployment. This way, anyone tasked with pre storm deployment will have everything needed to get the job done quickly, without excessive mess from sealants or tape.
Pricing varies based on your home’s size, layout, and specific needs. I provide free consultations and custom quotes that include design, construction, storage, and the creation of highly detailed written and video deployment instructions. One thing you can assume is that the price we quote you will be highly competitive with corporate installers of generic off-the-shelf products, that may or not fit your needs. Contact us today for a quote on your home. If you already have received a quote from an installer of generic products, we will beat it by at least 10%.
I understand the appeal of those prefab systems—they’re widely available and heavily marketed. But they come with a cost: large holes drilled into your walls and floors to anchor permanent posts on both sides of every door. Those posts stay in place year-round—always visible, always in the way.
What I offer is a different approach. After experiencing flooding firsthand and working to protect our own home, I developed a comprehensive system that avoids invasive installation. My barriers are custom-built, easy to deploy, and leave your home untouched when not in use. No permanent fixtures. No damage. Just reliable protection, tailored to your specific home and doorways.
If you’re looking for flood defense that respects your home's current charm and doesn't deface your doorways with a constant reminder of hurricanes and floods, I can help you.
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