Have you experienced a flood garage or water seeping into your house? Then chances are you have a poorly designed Jonite channel drain covers .

Ideally your driveway ought to be downward sloping away from your house carrying any excess water out of your house (not towards it). This could prevent flooding in your garage or house.

If water is flooding your driveway or house frequently, consider installing driveway drain in between your garage and your driveway to protect your garage from flooding.

You can think about installing a french drain or driveway drainage (link to Blog Post 3: Channel Drains and Trench Drains).

For more about trench drain, click here: Blog Post 3: Channel Drains and Trench Drains

Created by the French and popular in France back in the 1800s, a French drain (also known as weeping tile. blind drain, rubble drain, rock drain, drain tile, perimeter drain, land drain, French ditch, sub-surface drain, sub-soil drain or agricultural drain) is a trench jam-packed with rock or gravel or containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. A French drain can have perforated hollow pipes along the bottom to quickly vent water that seeps down through the upper gravel or rock.

Depending on the seriousness of the flooding you have in your driveway, talk to a landscaping expert to advise you on the types of drains you need to install to prevent yourself from further flooding.

To take care of the aesthetics of your driveway when you install a french drain or trench drain, consider our Jonite array of products where our steel reinforced drain covers (gratings for french drains or trench drains) can blend into the existing interior or exterior landscaping design of your driveway, garage and home.

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