Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is largely a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps grates and drains to think along the line of sewage system that operates beneath our cities.
In the US, this is actually popularly known 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 often called "stormwater drain".
And driveway drain grate 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 refer to 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 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 could be a danger to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will go into the storm drains and cause choking which can eventually end up with flooding.
To ensure 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 accomplish the two purposes.
At Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic components of storm drains 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 refer to the swimming pool grates same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a type of floor drain that has a channel shaped body identified by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) tend to be mistaken for french drains. It is crucial to keep in mind that french drains recessed drain cover 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 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 also, the natural beauty of stone that is unmatched by another material you'll find to develop channel (trench) grates.
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