Trench & Driveway Channel Drain with Galvanized Steel Grate - 3 Pack

Really like these trench drains. I put them encased in concrete so I had to grind the little tabs off the metal covers as I wouldn’t be able to remove them if I didn’t. You won’t have to do that to put them in your yard buried with just dirt or rocks. But even grinding the tabs off worked due to gravity holding the covers down. These are great quality. They are very sturdy and I love how wide they are. I live in a desert so I have lots of blowing sand that gets in them. The large width allows easy access to clean out the sand. I used these to replace other 1 1/2 inch drains that were difficult to clean out. I’m very happy with these as they look and work great.

Awesome drains (beat cheap deco drains that cannot support vehicle traffic). My 9K lb truck goes over them without any problem. Followed installation and set 1/8" below concrete and they are perfect. Grates are removeable for cleaning if necessary.

7-1/2 years later….Great product, easy to install. Reasonably durable.Passenger vehicle traffic and the periodic Amazon sprinter van. Pretty well torn up and needing replacement.Modest 4 season weather.Drain function is fine, periodic cleaning from being in a gravel driveway is necessary.I think if the grates could be fastened to the HDPE drain “U’s”, they would be far more robust.

They work great keeping the water draining and out of my Barn.

I bought two 3-packs (6 lengths) of this channel drain product and snapped them together to make a bit more than 19.5 feet of total length. it is important to follow installation instructions precisely. These drain units connect easily to each other. The installed drain DOES need to be fixed in place with concrete, with the proper downward grade, and there are holes in the outer hard plastic casing, along the length of the drain channel, for driving rebar or large pins to anchor the drain before the concrete work.I have a long concrete drive that slopes upward over its last 30 feet or so in front of my barn. I have a crushed stone drive just to the right (west) of the concrete drive, which slopes down only at the end. During heavy rainstorms and spring thaws, storm water running south down the crushed stone drive would naturally take a left turn across my concrete drive, run into my yard, and flood my flower garden.I solved this problem by digging a trench where the concrete drive and crushed stone drive meet, and by placing the 19.5 feet of drain channel in that trench, positioning it with a sufficient downward grade and with the high north) end of the drain just below the level of the concrete and the crushed stone. I anchored the drain channel with concrete (finished to slope down from the crushed stone drive's surface) along the right/west side, and I used expanding foam sealant in the slight gap between the other side of the drain channel and the edge of the concrete drive. I sealed the top edges along the length of the drain channel with exterior-grade sealant, and I attached a 3-inch Sch. 40 PVC pipe, with a cleanout tee (second photo) at the lower end of the drain, so that I can occasionally use a hose to clean debris out of the drain channel and the buried PVC pipe at the far end (third photo).I am extremely pleased with this product. I can back my car and van across the drain channel as I move them in and out of the barn and the drain channel is not damaged.

This product works perfectly. We were having problems with rain coming off our metal roof and draining back into our garage. My husband cut into the cement and plopped this right in and no more water running into our garage!! Problem solved! Thanks for a simple solution!!!

Got tired of my garage flooding everytime it rained. This section of concrete was added on a couple years after connecting concrete and unfortunately slanted lower causing water to drain down and flood garage. This solved the problem!

I installed this in front of my garage to catch water during heavy rains, as the garage is downhill from the driveway. This product went together easily and after installing it, withstands my tractor driving over it regularly and doea the job of catching the water. It has rained heavily several times since installation and has stopped all water from getting into the garage.. I definitely would recommend to embed it in concrete on the edges at least too for added strength. I Would buy this again.