Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is largely a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system that operates beneath our cities.
In the US, this is also known as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the UK, this is 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, 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 pool grating the exact same thing.
Functions of storm drain include draining excess water (rain or storm water) and ground water floor drain grate covers from pavement, streets bathroom drain cover and carparks into rivers and streams to prevent flooding.
Although storm drains do a amazing job of grating material draining excess water from the urban areas, the inlets are essentially openings where left uncovered can pose a danger to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will get into the storm drains and cause choking which may eventually end up with flooding.
In order 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 the two purposes.
Over at Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that 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 basically the exact same thing like a trench drain. In actual fact, there are other names such as line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all mean the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a type of floor drain which has a channel shaped body identified by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are generally mistaken for french drains. It is crucial to be aware that french drains aren't 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 also to prevent large objects from entering the drains which cause choking.
At Jonite, we concentrate on steel reinforced channel (trench) grates (channel / trench covers) that gives you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability plus the elegance of stone that is unmatched by another material you could find to develop channel (trench) grates.
Take a look at our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
Link to: http://www.jonite.us/products/channel-grates
