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The various types of grateing explained
Based upon where you are from, different countries have different terms for "storm drain".

Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm floor grills 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 which works beneath our cities.

In the US, this is actually best known "storm drain" or "storm sewer".

In great britan, this is actually best known "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".

In Australia and New Zealand, it is commonly known as "stormwater drain".

And there it is, the next time you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water steel floor grating drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", you now know they mean 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 to prevent flooding.

Although storm grates and drains drains perform 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 go into the storm drains and cause choking which may eventually trigger flooding.

In order to guarantee storm drains pool overflow grating 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.

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At Jonite, we focus on steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover your storm drains while preserving walkway grating the aesthetic components of the architecture around the drain covers.

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What is a channel drain?

A channel drain is basically the exact same thing as the trench drain. In fact, there are several names including line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all refer to 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 narrow width.

Channel drains (trench drains) are generally mistaken for french drains. It is crucial to note that french drains are not the same as channel or trench drains.

With just about any 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) which provides you with the best of steel in its' durability and strength plus the natural charm of stone that is definitely unmatched by another material you could find to construct channel (trench) grates.

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Take a look at our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.

Link to: http://www.jonite.us/products/channel-grates




 
 
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