360 flat tops wirh Edelbrock heads

The place that i had the deck cut didn't tell me. He said .005 was safer incase i ever blew a head gasket there woild be a little to cean up. What ever. I can make that .005 in head gasket thickness. Acording to the math he must have cut .012 or so.
He cut .022". Those pistons are. 027" down the hole on a un cut block