Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is basically a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage round drain grates system that works beneath our cities.
In the US, this is often called "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the UK, this is actually often called "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is best known "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", congratulations, you know they talk about 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 perform a amazing job of draining excess water from the urban areas, the inlets floor grate cover are essentially openings where left uncovered can pose a danger to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will enter the storm drains and cause choking which can eventually trigger flooding.
To ensure storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the 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 two purposes.
Over at Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover 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 same thing like a trench drain. In reality, you'll find names such as line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all refer to the identical object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind of floor drain that has a channel shaped body identified by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are commonly mistaken for french drains. It is crucial to keep in mind that french drains are not the same as channel or trench drains.
With any kind of drains, channel drains (trench drains) too need a cover to serve as a safety precaution as well as 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 offers you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability along with the natural beauty of stone that is definitely unmatched grates for drain grates driveway drains 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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