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I am trying to find an equivalent word(s) for Steel Deck(ing). Are you able to help?
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metal decking
I googled your term and found numerous pages for companies providing steel decks for a variety of products: bridges, warehouses, even the Queen Mary. Anyway, metal decking was a term also used.
You might try Google. Just enter "steel deck" and you'll get more information than you probably want.
Best regards,
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Welcome to you, Blue Mountains. Um--I was wondering if you could provide some context; that is, I don't know of anything that decks are called except decks, whether they're made of wood, steel, or whatever. Do you perhaps mean a name for the...components? Such as a term that is comparable to board or plank, for its counterpart in steel?
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Are you referring to the part you drive on, on a bridge? I always think of steel deck bridges, very hard to ride across on something with narrow tires, such as my bicycle, or perhaps a motorcycle. The decking has a waffle type pattern, that makes the bike shake, and very hard to steer and control.
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there is also "diamond plate", that shiny steel plating, with a diamond pattern, 'natch, that you see on trucks... not quite what you're looking for, but I thought I'd mention it.
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this is interesting.. What is meant by steel deck(ing)
diamond pattern--like seen on trucks?
Open waffle like seen on bridges?
1/2 (10 cm) thick sheets, seen on NYC roads?
corragaged sheets used as substructure for poured concrete (used constructing elevated highways?--and in hi rise buildings?)
textured steel uses as decking for things like ships/aircraft carriers?
steel commopents used for exterior home buildings? (terraces, patios, etc. --i have steel storm windows and doors)
Are there other types of steel deck? the two previously mentioned, (etaoin & ...) made me realize i wasn't thinking of what they defined, but of the large (2 meters by 4 meters or so) steel plates that are often used in NYC to temporarilly cover openings in the street-- and then i thought of the others types..
(and NYC subway steps have these diamond embosed type steel plates to protect the concrete from wear.. not quite deck, but...)
i never realized i knew so many types...and that all of them, just are 'steel deck'. but i suspect some have other names. and that there are other types i haven't thought about.
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Sorry to have been so vague. I mean steel decking in non-residential buildings for floors. This can be called W deck, formwork replacement, reinforcing (sort of). It is usually used in composite constructions (ie concrete and steel) or just in steel construction. I hope this helps.
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Dear Blue Mountain,
It looks like you already have a lot of synonymous terms. What is the context you want for your desired synonym?
Best regards,
WW
P.S. Thanks for bringing up this topic. I never even knew the term "steel deck"--and now, when I look at bridges, I have a term for what I'm seeing. Not to mention the guts of the Queen Mary and other ships!
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The old grinch says: Remember if you have a steel deck, be estra careful about
any electrical appliances there. Outlets ought to be ground fault protected.
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