How do you measure steel decking

If you have ever purchased steel deck, then you’ve been asked to specify the thickness or what gauge needed.  This is because there is a wide range of steel thickness. In general, steel sheet metal can range from 7 gauge to 30 gauge. However, the range of gauges that metal deck is manufactured in is a smaller range.

Steel deck is a structural component in the construction of buildings engineered to be used in roof and floor systems. It is capable of spanning different distances depending on a number of conditions. One of the major conditions is the gauge (thickness) of the steel decking.

Because the needs of each project are different, there will be steel decks of various thicknesses; sometimes a thickness cannot meet the needs of the project,to help keep your job running smoothly, we stock multiple gauges, types and lengths.At the same time, we can Provide steel deck related calculations to help customers choose.

How do you measure steel decks? There are two ways,, one is to measure with a vernier caliper, the other is to measure a certain length of steel deck, and the thickness of this batch of steel decks can be obtained by calculation.