Subject to where you are from, different countries have different terms for "storm drain".
Accordingly to Wikipedia, a storm drain is essentially a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system that functions beneath our cities.
In america, this is actually typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In great britan, this floor grate cover is actually best known "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is also known as "stormwater drain".
And there you have it, when you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", congratulations, you know they talk about exactly 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 concrete drain covers left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will get into the storm drains and cause choking which might eventually end up with flooding.
To guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the potential risks posed to pedestrians and to prevent choking of the drains, drain covers (gratings) are used to cover the inlets (openings) of the storm drains to accomplish the two purposes.
Over at Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic areas of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is basically the exact same thing as the trench drain. Actually, there are lots of names like line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all mean the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind 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 important to keep in mind that french drains are not the same as channel or trench grating material drains.
With any type of drains, channel drains (trench drains) too require a cover to serve as a safety precaution and also 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 provides round drain grates you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability and the natural beauty of stone that is unmatched by another material you could find to construct 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 essentially a tunnel that carry runoffs (rain) from urban areas. For a layman, it helps to think along the line of sewage system that functions beneath our cities.
In america, this is actually typically referred to as "storm drain" or "storm sewer".
In great britan, this floor grate cover is actually best known "surface water drain" or "surface water sewer".
In Australia and New Zealand, it is also known as "stormwater drain".
And there you have it, when you hear someone mentioning "storm drain", "storm sewer", "surface water drain","surface water sewer" and "stormwater drain", congratulations, you know they talk about exactly 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 concrete drain covers left uncovered could be a hazard to pedestrians. Left uncovered, rubbish will get into the storm drains and cause choking which might eventually end up with flooding.
To guarantee storm drains serve their purposes while minimizing the potential risks posed to pedestrians and to prevent choking of the drains, drain covers (gratings) are used to cover the inlets (openings) of the storm drains to accomplish the two purposes.
Over at Jonite, we specialise in steel reinforced drain covers (gratings) that cover your storm drains while preserving the aesthetic areas of the architecture around the drain covers.
What is a channel drain?
A channel drain is basically the exact same thing as the trench drain. Actually, there are lots of names like line drain, slot drain, linear drain or strip drain which all mean the same object.
A channel drain (trench drain) is a kind 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 important to keep in mind that french drains are not the same as channel or trench grating material drains.
With any type of drains, channel drains (trench drains) too require a cover to serve as a safety precaution and also 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 provides round drain grates you with the best of steel in its' strength and durability and the natural beauty of stone that is unmatched by another material you could find to construct channel (trench) grates.
Go and visit our range of channel grates (trench grates) here.
Link to: http://www.jonite.us/products/channel-grates