Flood-resilient kitchens

When the flood clears,
your kitchen stays.

Sealwise makes WCB — a waterproof board. A kitchen built from it doesn’t get ripped out after a flood. You wash it down, dry the house and move back in sooner — with smaller claims and homes that stay insurable.

Flood-resilient kitchens

A kitchen you’d never guess could survive a flood.

This is a Sealwise flood-resilient kitchen. Behind the paint, the doors and the marble, every carcass is built from WCB — a waterproof board. So when a flood comes, the kitchen doesn’t end up in a skip. It dries out, cleans up and stays.

Here’s what that means when the water comes in.

Real install · a flood-resilient kitchen

A real flood · the upheaval we cut short

Back home sooner

Weeks, not months.

After a flood, families are often out of the house for months — waiting on a brand-new kitchen while the building dries. Keep the kitchen you already have and that wait shrinks. The house still needs to dry, but the kitchen isn’t holding you up.

No rip-out, no rebuildThere’s no kitchen to strip out and re-order, so one of the longest jobs in the recovery simply disappears.

Less time displacedFamilies spend less time in temporary housing waiting on a new kitchen while the building dries out.

Less disruptionBirthdays, the school run, normal life — all back on track far sooner.

Cleans up after dirty water

Floodwater is filthy. This wipes clean.

Floodwater carries mud, sewage and bacteria. WCB has antibacterial protection built right into the board, and a sealed, non-porous surface. Wash it down — strong bleach included — sanitise it, and it’s safe to use again.

Antibacterial built inBiomaster silver-ion protection kills 99.99% of MRSA and E. coli — a second line of defence against floodwater bugs.

Sealed, wipe-clean surfaceNon-porous faces don’t soak up mud or sewage. It wipes off the surface instead of sinking in.

Bleach-safeSanitise hard — strong bleach included — without staining, crazing or wearing the board down.

Cleaned, sanitised, back in service

A real flood · the units stayed put

Survives the flood

Goes under. Comes back.

Ordinary kitchens soak up floodwater, swell and fall apart — so they get torn out and binned. WCB can’t take water in. The carcasses sit in the flood, dry out, and carry on.

0% water ingressThe closed-cell core and sealed skins don’t let water in — not at the face, the edge or a screw hole.

Nothing swells or warpsNo soaked chipboard, no blown doors. The carcasses hold their shape through the flood and after it.

Dry it out, don’t tear it outWhen the water drops, the units stay where they are. The room dries instead of being demolished.

A real story from our director

“In 2025 my own home flooded. We woke in the early hours to water pouring through the ceiling, and my wife, our five-year-old son and I were out of the house for six months while it dried — birthdays and Christmas included. The kitchen was the one thing we didn’t lose. The carcasses were WCB, built by Floodcabs. Once the house dried we cleaned them down, sanitised them and carried on — thousands saved on the claim, and no months waiting for a new kitchen. I know exactly why this board matters. I’ve lived it.”

Ben · Director, Sealwise

Waterproof

0% ingress. Floodwater can’t get into the closed-cell core or sealed skins — at the face, the edge or a drilled hole.

Antibacterial

Biomaster silver-ion stops 99.99% of MRSA and E. coli — a second line of defence against floodwater bacteria.

Guaranteed

Fifteen years in production, zero water-ingress callbacks, and a lifetime waterproof guarantee in writing.

Smaller claims. More insurable.

The kitchen you don’t replace every flood.

For homeowners and the insurers who back them, a WCB kitchen changes the maths. There’s no full kitchen to rip out and replace after every flood — so claims are smaller, repairs are faster, and homes in high-risk areas stay insurable instead of being priced out.

Smaller claimsNo full kitchen replacement after every flood means the single biggest line on the claim shrinks.

Faster reinstatementLess to source and less to fit — insurers settle and close claims quicker.

High-risk homes stay insurableRebuild to resist the next flood and properties that were becoming uninsurable stay on cover.

Specified under the Build Back Better flood-resilient reinstatement scheme.

The insurer-backed route to a home that resists the next flood — not just repairs the last one.

Your project

Building or insuring in a flood-risk area?

Tell us about the property. We’ll tell you straight how a WCB kitchen would stand up to a flood — and what it saves when one comes.

A Somerset family business

When the flood clears,your kitchen stays.