Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is essentially a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system that works beneath our cities.
In america, this is typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In great britan, this is actually channel grate drain also known as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is often called "stormwater drain".
And there you have it, the next time you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", you now know they refer to exactly the same thing.
Functions of storm drain include draining excess water (rain or storm water) and ground water from pavement, streets and carparks into rivers and streams to avoid flooding.
Although storm drains accomplish a amazing job of draining excess water from the urban areas, the inlets are essentially openings where left uncovered can pose a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will enter the storm drains and cause choking which may eventually cause flooding.
In order to ensure storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the potential risks posed to pedestrians and to prevent choking of the drains, drain covers (gratings) are employed to cover the inlets (openings) of the storm drains to achieve the two purposes.
At Jonite, we specialize in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) for your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic areas of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is actually the exact same thing as the trench drain. In reality, there are concrete trench drain lots of names such as line drain, slot drain, linear drain or grating supplier strip drain which all refer to exactly the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind of floor drain that features a channel shaped body characterized by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are commonly mistaken for french drains. Make sure you remember that french drains are double seal drain cover not the same as channel or trench drains.
With any type of drains, channel drains (trench drains) too need a cover to serve as a safety precaution and to prevent large objects from entering the drains which cause choking.
At Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced channel (trench) grates (channel / trench covers) which provides you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability and the elegance of stone that is unmatched by another material you can find to develop channel (trench) grates.
Find out more about our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
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