Drain/gulley in patio......recessed or flush?

[Thorfun]

got a last minute question! the groundworkers are pouring our patio slab tomorrow and we have a drain/gulley from the flat roof above that will eventually have a rain-chain on it going in to a plant pot that will sit on top of the drain.

 

they're saying that they've set the level of the drain cover to be about 5mm below the concrete slab which means it'll be about 30mm recessed from the top of the porcelain tiles. I'm thinking it should be flush with the patio tiles.

 

what does the forum say?

 

 

[nod]

Ideally 5 mil below the finished patio Or even flush 

[Thorfun]

20 minutes ago, nod said:

Ideally 5 mil below the finished patio Or even flush 

Thanks @nod  

 

out of interest is it normal to keep the square surround or ditch it and just keep the round drain top?

[Mr Punter]

It will be much easier to tile a square one.  You could get this in stainless steel and it may look better.

[nod]

1 hour ago, Thorfun said:

Thanks @nod  

 

out of interest is it normal to keep the square surround or ditch it and just keep the round drain top?

Not a gully 

But this is all I’ve done with ours