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What is Load Class and Why Is It Important?

When it comes to stormwater management systems, one crucial aspect that often goes overlooked is [...]

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The Basics of Trench Drain Grates

Drainage grates may go unnoticed in our daily lives, but their impact on maintaining safe [...]

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Keeping Livestock Safe – Grate Ideas

The customer initially thought that we were the manufacturer of the grate but had purchased [...]

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TDS Announces – Virtual Trade Showroom

Why Visit Our Showroom? There’s no need travel or pay to attend a trade show. [...]

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The Basics of Z884: Zurn’s 4″ Drain

Z884 Drainage System There is a wide variety of applications that require a trench drain [...]

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Decorative Grating for POLYCAST 600

There are multiple trench drain systems available on the market today, but not all have [...]

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Replacing Broken Trench Drain Grates

Replacing broken trench drain grates is important. A damaged system causes multiple issues throughout an [...]

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Introducing Driveway Drainage Kits

Driveway drainage kits are ideal for residential and a variety of commercial applications. The installation [...]

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Pardon My French “Drain”

Standing water is an continuous issue when it comes to landscapes. Simple hand-dug ditches are [...]

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Common Reasons Why Trench Drains Fail

Trench drain systems can be a large, but important investment to any property. There are [...]

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Fiberglass Grating Options for Trench Drains

Fiberglass Grating As the price of stainless steel increases, fiberglass is filling the gap. Fiberglass [...]

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Maintaining Your Drainage System

At some point, you may have to deal with a clogged drainage system at your [...]

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NDS Mini Channel-Decorative Grating Options

Mini Channel and NDS National Diversified Sales (NDS) is a plastic trench drain and grate [...]

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Pro Series Kits: Quick and Easy Patio Drains

Looking for more information on similar products? Click Here. The experts at TDS can help [...]

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House & Patio Drainage – Stormwater Management

Controlling stormwater drainage around your home is an important step in protecting the foundation’s integrity, [...]

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Narrow Drains with Wide Appeal

Problem: You are planning an outdoor living space which includes a kitchen, spa and pool. [...]

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Landscaping PVC Pipe Grate Options

Several options are available when it comes to covering Schedule 40 pipe in lawn drainage [...]

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Why Manufacture a Plastic Drainage System?

There are a myriad of materials that industry leaders use to manufacture trench drain systems. [...]

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Driveway Drainage on a Dime

It doesn’t matter where you live, there will always be an opportunity for a weather [...]

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Metal Decorative Grates for NDS Products

The grate options are expanding for the ever popular Mini Channel and Slim Channel drainage [...]

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NDS® Slim Channel Drains – Making Home Improvement Easy

Do you notice standing water in your lawn, patio, poolside or sidewalk after it rains? [...]

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6 Reasons to Consider Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic

Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) is becoming a common building material, but while some areas have [...]

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What’s Bigger Than A She Shed? A Granny Pod

If we learned nothing else from the now infamous State Farm® commercial, it’s that people [...]

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MAX Mini: Landscape Drainage with Style and Purpose

Trench Drain Systems (TDS) has taken residential drainage elegance to a new level. Whether it’s [...]

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Outdoor Kitchen Drainage Solution

Do you have an outdoor kitchen plagued with stormwater runoff? We helped a customer find [...]

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Keeping Rainy Days at Bay with Lawn Drains

Yard drainage comes to the front of every homeowner’s mind at least once. Maybe a [...]

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Q&A How do I replace pool deck grates?

A common complaint I hear about pool deck drains is that replacement grates are hard [...]

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Setting up MEArin 100 for Residential Drain Situations

5" MEArin 100 driveway drainage system is a popular solution for many residential and commercial [...]

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Plastic Driveway Drains Do Exist!

Ever since the rise of plastic trench drains, there have been 3 big misconceptions about [...]

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TDS Presents: NDS Pro Series 5 Trench Drain System

Trench Drain Systems gets a lot of questions about the 5 inch NDS Pro-Series product [...]

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Assembling 9 & 12 Inch Landscaping Basins

Since we get a lot of questions about catch basins, we had John show you [...]

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Choosing A Swimming Pool Deck Drain

When faced with the prospect of selecting a channel drain for your swimming pool deck, [...]

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“Cathedral” Grating for NDS Mini Channel

Cathedral Trench Drain Systems expanded its decorative offering for NDS Mini Channel with a new [...]

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Installation Guide For MEARIN 100

Often it may seem that all drainage installation guides are the same. However, it is [...]

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Q&A: Retrofitting Plastic Patio Drains

Last week we had a reader email us with a patio drain question. Namely, how [...]

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Mini Channel Grating Expose’

Mini Channel and NDS National Diversified Sales (NDS) is a plastic trench drain and grate [...]

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NDS Revamps 5 inch Pro Series

In 2012, NDS rolled out an improved channel for the 5 inch Pro Series. The [...]

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5 Questions to Ask Before Installing Plastic Trench Drain

This is how you choose a plastic trench drain: When I started my career with [...]

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Decorative Plastic Trench Grates Exist!

Ever since the first line of plastic trench drains emerged on the market, homeowners and [...]

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Made In America: Iron Age Designs

Iron Age Designs is a Washington-based designer that embraces its Made in the U.S.A. identity [...]

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Patio and Driveway Drainage Solutions (Part 2) – New Catch Basin Drain Grate Options

Our previous blog  introduced standard grating options such as the plastic slotted grate and the [...]

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Patio and Driveway Drainage (Part 1) – Low Profile Drain

Just about any place in need of a drainage point can use catch basins (or [...]

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The Next Generation Basin by NDS

Over the past couple years we have posted several articles discussing catch basins and catch basin [...]

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Plastic Trench Drain Comparison – Zurn Z886 vs. NDS Dura Slope

Part 1.  Channel Body Comparison There are many plastic trench drain manufacturers in the marketplace. [...]

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Product Comparison – Zurn Z880 vs. NDS Mini Channel

The Z880 Perma Trench is one of Zurn’s most popular residential trench drain product lines.  [...]

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Forgotten Trench Drain Systems – ADP Channel Drains

Every so often an ADP (American Drainage Products) plastic grate is mistaken for NDS Spee-D [...]

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The Catch Basin Medley: Know Your Options

Catch basin material, size, and shape are determined by its intended application. Often made in [...]

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NDS 8″ Pro Series Channel Drain

Recently, a number of people contacted us regarding the NDS 8 inch Pro Series Channel [...]

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Extruded Channel Drains (Part 2)

Last entry discussed differences and commonality between extruded channel drains manufactured by NDS and Stegmeier. [...]

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Extruded Channel Drains (Part 1)

Last month, I wrote an article about a plastic channel drain product marketed by NDS [...]

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NDS Pro Series Channel Drains

NDS offers a line of channel drain systems called the “Pro Series”. These channels are [...]

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Common Plastic Terminology for Trench Drains

It’s time to discuss some plastic terminology! Disclaimer: I am not an organic chemist or [...]

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Plastic Trench Drain vs. Residential Trench Drain

Are most residential drainage projects solved by plastic trench drain? It’s starting to look that [...]

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Pro’s and Con’s of Plastic Trench Drain

When I started my career with trench drain, I didn’t know the critical questions that [...]

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