Accordingly to grating 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 functions beneath our cities.
In the US, this is typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the UK, this is commonly known as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is typically referred to as "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", congratulations, you 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 carparks into rivers and streams in order to avoid 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 danger to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will get into the storm drains and cause choking which can eventually trigger flooding.
To make sure storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the potential risks posed to pedestrians and to prevent choking of the drains, drain covers (gratings) are widely-used 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 plastic drain cover drains floor drain grating while preserving the aesthetic aspects of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is largely the same thing as a trench drain. In actual fact, you'll find names for example line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all refer to exactly the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind of floor drain which has a channel shaped body identified by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are usually mistaken for french drains. Make sure you be aware that french drains aren't the same as channel or trench drains.
With just about any drains, channel drains (trench drains) too demand 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 concentrate on steel reinforced channel (trench) grates (channel / trench covers) which provides you with drainage grate covers the best of steel in its' durability and strength along with the natural charm of stone that is unmatched by another material you'll find to construct channel (trench) grates.
Explore our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
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