Sentence examples for roof drain from inspiring English sources

Rain on the Roof, Drain on the Roof Q.

The only additional costs are for slightly higher waterproofing details and a simple insert in the roof drain.

During our recent downpours we had a few drips in the lab resulting, we think, from a clogged roof drain on the second floor.

No need for such an overflow pipe in our design as when the roof water tank has reached capacity (i.e. the tank float switch is deactivated), any additional rainwater will be drained to the street (or to a ground/underground storage tank) through the overflow of the roof drain and the pump will be off.

The conveyance in our rainwater harvesting system is not as usual as the roof drain conduit, which is usually composed of a series of gutters, downspouts and pipes that conveys precipitation from the roof through the piping and to the cistern.

Additionally, three fatalities occurred, two of which due to drowning, while the third was a man that fell while attempting to unclog a roof drain.

Inflows correspond to storm water entering sewers from inappropriate connections, such as roof drains, storm drains, downspouts and sump pumps.

Attenuating roof drains which store stormwater on a flat roof at a depth of just three inches can reduce the impact of even a big storm.

A recent New York City board calendar included contracts for sawdust and waste paper baskets, new roof drains for one school and a pool filter for another.

Dear had set up a makeshift system to collect rainwater from the roof, draining it through plastic piping into a plastic garbage can, which was overflowing from neglect.

In the case of a flat roof draining into the same system as the plumbing fixtures in a building, a failure would be more serious and the maximum rainfall rate expected once in 30 or 100 years might be used.