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English translation: height between slabs
| 20:37 Sep 23, 2012 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Didier Fourcot Local time: 12:31 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | floor slab to ceiling slab height |
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| 4 | height between slabs |
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| 3 | room height |
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4 hrs confidence: 
room height Explanation: Isn't this just the height of the room? I've searched but haven't been able to find any tehcnical term for it. |
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12 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1floor slab to ceiling slab height Explanation: http://www.dukescourt-woking.co.uk/description.htm |
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12 hrs confidence:
height between slabs Explanation: As the "height between floors" is clearly defined from one floor to the next, we are looking to a term for this distance minus the slab thickness. As "room height" and ceiling height can become confusing when there are false ceilings and false floors, I suggest to use "height between slabs" that appears rather popular (1980 G-hits between quotes) This book also suggests "clear-story", but as I am French native and never saw this term previouysly, I will let better qualified persons validate this http://books.google.fr/books?id=Nz1RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA368&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 heures (2012-09-24 09:25:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Explantation of how to lower "height between floors" with thinner slabs: http://www.sir-robert-mcalpine.com/projects/?thumbnailIndex=... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/10109-One-Bloor-... Reference: http://www.reiter.es/en/experiencia-formacion-3.php |
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