Depending on where you are from, different countries have different terms for "storm drain".
Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is basically 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 actually typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm garage floor drain cover sewer".
In great britan, this is popularly known as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is popularly known 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 refer to the same thing.
Functions of storm grates drain 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 essentially openings where left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will enter the storm drains and cause choking which might eventually trigger flooding.
In order to guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the dangers 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.
At Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) for drain grate your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic drain gratings aspects of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is largely the exact same thing as the 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 same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a type of floor drain that features a channel shaped body portrayed by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are commonly mistaken for french drains. It is important to remember that french floor drain grate drains are not 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 and 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 gives you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability also, the natural beauty of stone which is unmatched by another material you could find to develop channel (trench) grates.
Go and visit our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
Link to: http://www.jonite.us/products/channel-grates
Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is basically 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 actually typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm garage floor drain cover sewer".
In great britan, this is popularly known as "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is popularly known 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 refer to the same thing.
Functions of storm grates drain 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 essentially openings where left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will enter the storm drains and cause choking which might eventually trigger flooding.
In order to guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the dangers 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.
At Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) for drain grate your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic drain gratings aspects of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is largely the exact same thing as the 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 same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a type of floor drain that features a channel shaped body portrayed by its long length and narrow width.
Channel drains (trench drains) are commonly mistaken for french drains. It is important to remember that french floor drain grate drains are not 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 and 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 gives you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability also, the natural beauty of stone which is unmatched by another material you could find to develop channel (trench) grates.
Go and visit our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
Link to: http://www.jonite.us/products/channel-grates