Accordingly to outside drain cover Wikipedia, a storm drain is basically a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For round drain grates a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system operates beneath our cities.
In america, this is also known as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In the united kingdom, 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 it is, the very next time you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", congratulations, you know they mention 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 accomplish a amazing job of draining excess water from the urban areas, the inlets are drainage grates for driveway essentially openings where left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will go into the storm drains and cause choking which might eventually trigger flooding.
To guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the 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 the two purposes.
Over at Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) which cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic aspects of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is actually exactly the same thing as the trench drain. The fact is, you'll find names like line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all mean the exact 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 street and park furniture narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are usually mistaken for french drains. It is important to keep in mind that french drains aren't 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 specialise in steel reinforced channel (trench) grates (channel / trench covers) that offers you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability and also the elegance of stone that is unmatched by another material you could find to construct channel (trench) grates.
Take a look at our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
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