What is steel flooring and where should it be used?

What is steel flooring or grating?

 

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Steel open and closed grated flooring is a cost-effective solution for large areas of flooring in industrial and commercial buildings. Steel flooring is versatile, quick to install, modify and remove. With an extremely high performance to weight ratio, it is low carbon and infinitely recyclable.

When correctly designed, this flooring can provide an efficient and safe means of access and movement for people and materials with a high slip resistance, an aid to ventilation, heat exchange and it is aesthetically pleasing, providing an open spacious feeling to indoor areas

 

Where can you use it?

This flooring is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, it is resilient and with a 25+ year life span even in harsh industrial environments. It is tough and requires no further finishing – it is the complete flooring solution. If a section is damaged it can easily be removed and replaced.

 

Open and closed grating is provided in individual panels, each nominally 1 metre wide by any length up to 6 metres. The most efficient use of materials requires the designer to consider the flooring type in conjunction with primary structural steel design. 

Individual panels can be cut and shaped around penetrations such as pipework, ducting or to fit around equipment and structural elements. Edge protection can be fitted to any panel to suit its position in the overall floor plan.

We would be delighted to give further advice, specific to your project requirements on how to specify steel flooring.

Open mesh flooring is manufactured from an assembly of flat steel load bars assembled vertically and separated at pre-determined spaces by cross wires running at right angles to provide lateral restraint to the load bars.

Closed mesh flooring is open mesh flooring with the addition of a flat steel plate (Durbar patterned or plain) welded or mechanically attached to the top surface. The top plate provides additional stiffening and provides a smoother surface in areas where small, wheeled trolleys or FLT pump trucks are to be used for the movement of materials.

Project specific factors listed below, alongside compliance factors should be considered by architects and specifiers when designing with steel flooring.

Refer to BS 4592-1:2006, Part 0 and part 1 for common design requirements, recommendations for installation and specification for the gratings. 

Project Factors:

1. Sustainability – minimum use of material to achieve the design objectives
2. Access requirements – people, equipment, traffic movements
3. Aesthetics/walkability – balance between form and function
4. Slip resistance – coefficient of friction
5. Size of openings – ball proof and air flow
6. Pedestrian loads – UDL and concentrated
7. Other Loads – point loads, wheel loads.
8. Max desired deflection – L/200 up to 10mm on individual panels and 4mm between adjacent panels
9. Maximum spans – clear span between supporting structural elements, simply supported or spanning over two or more beams.
10. Panel sizes/weight – imposed loads, installation restrictions, future access/maintenance.
11. Manufacturing tolerances – refer BS 4592-1:2006, Part 1, clause 7
12. Cut-outs/penetrations – number, type, shape and location
13. Edge protection (toe plate) – perimeter, around cut-outs and penetrations
14. Fixing down – friction v positive fixing (any anti-vibration requirements?)
15. Other considerations – finished floor heights, ramps, connection to stairways, conductivity/isolation, corrosion protection.

We would be delighted to give further advice, specific to your project requirements on how to specify steel flooring. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

The trend of using corrugated steel floors when building pre-fabricated houses is preferred by many customers thanks to its high durability and fast construction time. Refer to the article below to find out information about the common types of floor in industrial houses, as well as why deck mezzanine corrugated steel floor is the optimal choice when constructing pre-fabricated steel buildings.

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1.Common floor types for pre-fabricated steel buildings

1.1 Concrete Floor

Concrete floors are chosen by many customers when building pre-fabricated steel buildings because of many outstanding advantages. Besides good bearing capacity, concrete floors also have high durability and good fire resistance.

1.2 Cemboard Cement Sheet Floor

Cemboard cement floor has the greatest advantage of being compact, easy to install, fast construction so it is often used in mezzanine flooring works, advanced renovation, especially the construction of civil pre-fabricated houses.

Thanks to the close attachment of ultrafine components such as silica, cellulose fibers and Portland cement, cemboard cement sheet floors have a certain hardness and good bearing. However, the horizontal bearing capacity of the cemboard plate is quite underestimated and the flexibility is not high. In addition, the cost of the product also has a greater difference than the same material lines. Therefore, the applicability of cemboard cement sheet floors in pre-fabricated steel houses is still very low.

1.3 Pre-fabricated Lightweight Concrete Panel Floor

Pre-fabricated lightweight concrete panels are also selected by many customers in construction, especially with civil works. Thanks to its lightweight, the product is suitable for installation in upgraded buildings that cannot be changed much in foundation structures or those with weak ground.

1.4 Deck floor

Deck floor is a combination of armored concrete and corrugated steel deck floor, which is often applied in mezzanine floor and standard floor in pre-fabricated steel buildings. The main component of the corrugated steel floor deck is galvanized steel to help the product have high durability, good corrosion resistance. In addition, galvanized steel also possesses a shiny, beautiful appearance, contributing to increasing the aesthetics of the building. In terms of structure, the floor corrugated iron waves are large so there is high bearing capacity.

Corrugated steel floor deck is very popular in the construction of pre-fabricated steel floor (Source: Pebsteel)

The installation of a corrugated steel floor deck does not require many complicated stages. The investor can construct multiple deck floors at the same time without using the formwork like traditional concrete casting floor. As a result, the floor construction time is shortened while saving the amount of concrete used, helping investors optimize construction costs. Currently, deck floor is commonly applied in pre-fabricated steel frame works such as showrooms, office buildings, factories, warehouses …

2.Choose PebDek® corrugated steel floor for Mezzanine Combined Steel Floor

Pebsteel – a supplier of prestigious and quality steel floor system

Pebsteel Pre-fabricated Corrugated Steel Company uses ASTM® A653 SS Grade 550 & Z180 (USA) with 2 types of PebDek® 55 (56mm high corrugated steel wave) and PebDek® 76 (76mm high corrugated steel wave). PebDek® corrugated steel floor is combined with concrete and metal mesh for the construction of mezzanine floor and standard floor, especially in multi-storey pre-fabricated steel houses. The combined floor helps the investor save the cost of concrete materials while ensuring bearing capacity. The deck floor also brings high aesthetics to the building and maintains beautiful durability over time.

In addition to providing optimal solutions in terms of technology as well as cost, Pebsteel also applies a 10-year structural -3-year warranty policy for all buildings.

High quality steel floor system for pre-fabricated steel buildings and steel structures (Source: Pebsteel)

The above is information related to the popular floor types and advantages of deck decks with PebDek® flooring provided by Pebsteel. For any questions, please contact Pebsteel by email Marketing@pebsteel.com.vn or phone +84 908 883531 for free advice and quotes.

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