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29 Apr.,2024

 

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I know you don't need one but making a type 2 protector is actually very easy if you want extra protection. I created my own low profile type 2 protector by using a steel Ember King (just a fancy type 1 powdered steel sheet...your sheet of steel will work) on top of a piece of Micore 300. The steel gives me the ember protection and the Micore adds an R value of 1.05 or so to the area. You can cut the Micore with a jig saw to match whatever shape your steel will be and a full sheet (8' x 4') only costs about $30 at Kamco. I spray painted the edges of the Micore with high temp paint to match the steel. I think the steel would distribute the weight across the Micore if you're putting the stove directly on it versus an extension like mine but it's something to look at.

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Grating 101

Anchor

 – A device by which grating is attached to its supports

Band

 – A flat bar welded to the end of a grating panel, or along the side of a cutout, and extending neither above nor below the bearing bars.

Load Carrying Band

 – A band used to transfer load between bearing bars.

Trim Band

 – A band which carries no load, used primarily for appearance and closing open ends.

Bearing Bars

 – Load-carrying main elements made from steel, aluminum or stainless steel, extending in the direction of the grating span

Bearing Bar Centers

 – The distance center-to-center of the bearing bars.

Carriers

 – Flats or angles which are welded to the grating panel and nosing of a stair tread and are bolted to a stair stringer to support the tread.

Clear Opening

 – The distance between faces of bearing bars in rectangular gratings, or between a bent connecting bar and a bearing bar in a riveted grating.

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Cross Bars

 – The connecting bars which extend across the bearing bars, usually perpendicular to them. The may be bent into a corrugated or sinuous pattern and, where they intersect the bearing bars, are welded, forged or mechanically locked to them.

Pressure-Locked Grating

-Pressure-locked means bearing bars are locked in position by cross bar deformation instead of riveting or welding. Several proven methods include:
•   Expansion of an extruded or drawn tubular   cross bar;
•   Extruded cross bar deformed or swaged between bearing bars;
•   Press assembly of rectangular cross bars into slotted bearing bars.

Radially Cut Grating

 – Rectangular grating which is cut into panels shaped as annular segments, for use in circular or annular areas.

Reticuline Bar

 – A sinuously bent connecting bar extending between two adjacent bearing bars, alternately contacting and being riveted to each.

Rivet Centers

 – The distance center-to-center of rivets along one bearing bar.

Riveted Grating

 – Grating composed of straight bearing bars and bent connecting bars, which are joined at their contact points, by riveting.

Serrated Grating

 – Grating which has the top surfaces of the bearing bars or cross bars, or both, notched.

Cross Bar Centers

 – The distance center-to-center of the cross bars.

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