HVY DTY GRATE ATRM12"GRN

We had a flat grate on a 6" round, backyard drain. We have a bald cypress tree not too far from the drain. During heavy rains, or even melting snow, the drain would periodically plug up with grass clippings, leaves, and from the fall until the next spring- bald cypress needles, flooding the back yard. Would have to wade out in 6" deep water and try to clear it off, which typically only worked temporarily. Replaced it with a 12" square drain and this cover. The cover fit perfectly and after a couple months of use, we've had zero issues. Those fine bald cypress needles have packed themselves around the very bottom layer, but doesn't seem to have slowed the water flow over the top of it a bit. No more wading into hand-numbing water or during thunderstorms to clear the drain!

Bought this dome drain top because the flat grate that was on my catch basin would get all clogged up with leaves and mulch whenever it rained a lot, creating a huge puddle. At one point after more than 2 days of steady rain the puddle became a lake and was almost up to my front door! One could go out and remove the debris and it would drain just fine, until the drain clogged up again. Though I couldn't find a 10" dome drain like this to fit my particular catch basin, this 12" version fit over it just fine, and snug as well. So even if the debris clogs up around the bottom of it the water will still drain through the dome.

Works perfectly for drain in driveway. Tall enough for water to still drain and collect the leaf debris around base.

I had a couple of garden drains with flat grates that got clogged with leaves and pine needles. The crew that cleaned out the drains recommended I get these atrium grates. So far they work well. But I was told that I will need to rake the grate periodically to ensure a good flow into the drain. I am looking though for a slightly bigger drain grate of this kind (to replace a 15 inch grate). So far no luck finding one.

I should have purchased this years ago for my 12x12 flat drainage grate. Every time we had a fast rain, my flat grate would quickly clog with mulch & leaves from my nearby landscaping bed. In extreme downpours, it required me to physically go out with a rake or shovel to clear the debris out multiple times. If I did not, it would clog and water would get in my house. I purchased this hoping this would fix the problem, and it sure did! Debris will still accumulate at the bottom but the water had multiple paths to still get in the drainage grate. It still requires manual cleaning between storms, but it sure beats having to run out in a downpour with thunder and lightning to try to clear the drain every time it rains hard.

This is heavy duty and fits a standard 12" square drain perfectly. Keep in mind the same design that keeps leaves from blocking the flow and slowing water drainage is the same design that allows less water to drain at one time (you have fewer holes for the water to drain thru until the sides actually back up high enough to use the higher holes) so if you want faster drainage this is a bit of a risk you've added. In a perfect world you'd add a couple of these instead of just one flat drain, but a good drain design always includes extra drains...

A 5” drain with an easy to remove cover was fun for our 2 year-old granddaughter to drop rocks down. Adding this 12”, very sturdy cover over the drain and smaller cover will keep the small rocks out of the drain pipe. Problem solved!

I purchased this to replace a flat grate in the overflow area of my rain garden. This style was not locally available in this size, so purchased at Amazon. It allows leaves & debris to accumulate at the lower portion while allowing the excess water to flow in through the upper portion of the dome. The flat style plugs up with leaves and won't allow the system to drain. This works very well.