On Wed, 09 May 2001 20:26:39 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> In the good old days when homes used to be built right, all of the two
> by fours that went into the construction were real two by fours. The
> "new" shaved-down standard was developed by the building contractors and
> the lumber companies and by others involved in the building industry for
> the purpose of bilking people. I don't know if similar scams were
> developed by european home builders.
All 2x4s start out as two by four. In the old days they were left
rough sawn, today they are smoothed down to their finished size, but
are still called by their nominal dimensions. All finished lumber is
smaller than the size it is called. This is not a scam or a deception.
It is just the reality of the lumber milling process.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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