Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain 4 inch drain cover is essentially 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 the states, this is typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the united kingdom, this is actually typically referred to as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is best known "stormwater drain".
And there it is, 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 of storm drain include draining excess water (rain or storm water) and ground water from pavement, streets and floor drain covers carparks into rivers and 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 can pose a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will get into the storm drains grated channel drains and cause choking which may eventually end up with flooding.
In order to guarantee stormwater drain covers storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the risks posed to pedestrians and to prevent choking of the drains, drain covers (gratings) are used to cover the inlets (openings) of the storm drains to achieve two purposes.
At Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) which cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic components of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is essentially the exact same thing like a trench drain. In actual fact, there are numerous names such as line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all refer to the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind of floor drain that has a channel shaped body recognized by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are usually mistaken for french drains. It is advisable to be aware that french drains aren't the same as channel or trench drains.
With any kind of drains, channel drains (trench drains) too require a cover to serve as a safety precaution and to prevent large objects from entering the drains which cause choking.
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