The tightly wrapped fill tubes and hoses are pulled up through the holes so that the fill tubes extend out approximately 5 feet. Do not pull the blue hoses out of the fill tubes! There are many extra feet of blue fill hose inside the AquaDam® to prevent them from slipping out, but some pulling may be necessary to pass water through a kinked blue hose when the filling process starts.

The fill tubes (with the blue fill hoses already inside) are bent over carefully to ensure that water flow will not be restricted in any way. Special care is taken not to kink the fill hoses inside the black fill tubes.

When the fill tubes are pulled through far enough, the inner tubes should just fit inside the outer tube with a foot or more of extra slack.

The AquaDam® is then zipped completely closed. The zipper allows for easy access for relining and draining. The duct tape can be removed from the fill tubes, they can be laid out flat, and all of the water inside can be drained from the AquaDam®. Once the AquaDam® is drained, the process described above should be followed to prepare the AquaDam® for the next use.

This double closed –ended AquaDam® is designed to abut into the cement wall of a building. On each side and in the middle of the zippered end loops are sewn into the AquaDam®. These are used to help secure the AquaDam® to the wall. Hooks should be placed into the wall so that the loops of the AquaDam® can hold it in place at least 3’ up the wall.

The AquaDam® should extend up the wall it abuts into at least ¾ the height of the AquaDam® when it is completely full of water. You can hold it by hand, or you can tie it up. It is very important that this end stays elevated! Otherwise the AquaDam® will pull off the wall and allow a space to be created between the AquaDam® and the wall, which will allow leakage.