Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is actually a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system functions beneath our cities.
In america, this is actually popularly known as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the UK, this is actually also known as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is also known as "stormwater drain".
And there you have it, next time you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", you now know they talk about the exact same thing.
Functions floor drain covers of storm drain include draining excess water (rain or storm water) and ground water from pavement, streets and carparks into rivers and channel drains streams to protect yourself from flooding.
Although storm drains do a amazing job of draining excess water from the urban areas, the inlets are essentially openings where left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will enter the storm drains and cause choking which may eventually cause flooding.
To guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the dangers 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.
Over at Jonite, we specialize in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic aspects of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is basically exactly the same thing as the trench drain. In reality, there are several names such as line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all mean 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. It is important to remember that french drains are not the same as channel or trench drains.
With almost any drains, channel drains (trench drains) too require a cover to serve as a safety precaution and also to prevent large objects from entering the drains which cause choking.
At Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced channel (trench) grates (channel / trench covers) that provides you with the best of steel in its' durability and strength as well as magnificence of stone that floor grating is definitely unmatched by another material you drain grating cover suppliers can find to develop channel (trench) grates.
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