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Old 6th March 2010, 11:27 AM
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Default Thickness of floor ?
Hi am going to weld a steel floor but not sure of thickess can any one advise
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Old 6th March 2010, 01:23 PM
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Personally im going to use 2mm and weld it in.
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Old 6th March 2010, 06:04 PM
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My floor is thick, it doesn't have a clue what day it is let alone what 2 and 2 are...makes me wonder sometimes it really does...
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Old 8th March 2010, 07:41 PM
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i'd say 2mm ali, or 1.6mm steel, but it upto you
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Old 8th March 2010, 08:57 PM
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I've a 2mm steel floor, mainly because I had the sheet just sitting there!!


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Old 15th March 2010, 07:07 PM
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mine is 2mm ali chequerplate - because it's what i had lying around.

I'm sure you are already aware of this, but isn't a 2mm steel floor going to be REALLY heavy?
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Old 21st May 2010, 11:06 PM
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Question ali grade?
Rather than start a new thread I thought i'd bump this one up.

My question - I'll be using 2mm thick Ali for my floor but the supplier gave me a choice of grades - what do i want?!!! 1050, 5083 - these numbers mean nothing to me....

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Josh,

I am no expert but I have found thiswhich might be worth a read,

Someone with more experience will be along in a minute.

Cheers Ginge
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5083 is much better. Try and get a decent hardened one as well, T25 or something.
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Old 24th May 2010, 02:30 PM
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Blackburns Metals down in Edenbridge say they would recomend and can supply me with a 2m*1m*2mm thick ali sheet of grade 5251-H22. Can anyone in the know say if this is what I want?! Cheers
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