Channel drains (trench drains) for driveways, patios, and garage entries across the KC metro. We saw-cut the concrete, set a grated NDS channel on proper slope, tie it into a buried discharge line, and re-pour clean. Most driveway installs run $1,500–$3,500; simple landscape runs less. Free quotes, 10-year workmanship warranty.
When water crosses concrete in a sheet, you need a drain shaped like a line.
A sloped driveway funnels every storm straight at your garage door. A patio pitched the wrong way sends water at the back door. Point drains can't catch a moving sheet of water — a channel drain can. Premier Gutters KC cuts grated trench drains into driveways, patios, garage entries, and walkways across the Kansas City metro, ties them into properly sloped buried discharge lines, and restores the concrete so the finished job looks factory-made.
A channel drain only works as well as the pipe it feeds and the slope it sits on. Every install includes the whole path — from grate to discharge.
Kansas City lots love to slope toward the structure — builders graded for curb appeal, not water. These are the four places a channel drain earns its keep, and what we install in each.
We mark the water line, saw-cut the concrete clean on both sides, and remove the section — no jackhammer chaos, no cracked edges.
NDS channel sections bedded and sloped so water moves inside the channel instead of sitting in it, grate flush with the finished surface.
The channel ties into buried pipe run at laser-shot slope to daylight or a pop-up emitter — photographed before backfill.
Concrete re-poured and finished around the channel, then a hose test so you watch the driveway drain before we leave.
Most residential driveway channel drains run $1,500–$3,500 installed — including concrete cutting, the grated channel, the buried discharge line, and the re-pour. Simple landscape and paver-edge channel runs start around $800. Pop-up emitter outlets add $150–$300. Free quotes from your actual site.
A channel drain (also called a trench drain) is a long, narrow grated drain set flush into concrete or pavement. Instead of collecting water at one point like a catch basin, it intercepts water along a line - the bottom of a sloped driveway, a garage entry, a patio edge - and carries it into a buried pipe that discharges away from the house.
The classic KC case is a driveway that slopes toward the garage: every hard storm sends a sheet of water at the garage door. A channel drain across the driveway catches that sheet before it reaches the slab. They also solve patios that drain toward the house, walkway low lines, and pool decks.
Most residential driveway channel drains run $1,500-$3,500 installed, depending on length, grate class, and how far the buried discharge line has to run. That includes saw-cutting the concrete, setting and sloping the channel, tying it into buried pipe, and re-pouring around it cleanly. Simple landscape or paver-edge channel runs start lower. Quotes are free.
Three things: a grate suited to the debris load (leaves vs. just water), enough slope inside the channel and the discharge pipe, and a discharge point that actually flows. We use NDS channel systems with removable grates so the channel can be lifted and cleaned, and we slope every discharge line so it self-scours.
Usually, yes. If you already have buried downspout lines or a French drain with capacity, we can tee the channel into it. If the existing pipe is undersized or flat, we'll tell you before we connect anything - a channel drain feeding a bad pipe just moves the flood.
The full drainage system menu — start here if you have more than one wet spot.
For water in the lawn and at the foundation, not on the concrete.
Point collection for ponding low spots.
Buried roof-water lines that often share the same discharge run.
Free channel drain quotes across the KC metro. Send a photo of the driveway after rain and we can usually tell you the fix before we even roll out.
