Dear Joe and All, Coincidentally, I received a catalog from one of our local hardware suppliers two days ago. All of the sheet materials mentioned had only metric sizes, such as 2400�mm x 1200�mm, advertised. There was no mention of any sheeting available in foot or inch sizes � these may be available but they are not advertised.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia on 2003-01-01 11.10, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 2002-12-28 >> >>> >>> As far as I can remember, there was no controversy in Canada about >>> the centimetre versus the millimetre. The arguments were metric >>> versus inch-pound. The engineers and architects went metric, but the >>> house builders would have none of it . >> >> I think Australia went through the same phase. Pat, mike and Brenton can >> clarify this. The reason the FFU-ists lost the battle was that "products" >> were not available in FFU after a certain date. Thus a house builder who >> wanted to continue with FFU could not do it so easily. >> >> If your panel wood is only available in incremental sizes of 1200 x 2400, it >> makes it hard to continue with inches if the inch equivalents don't match up >> to fit these sizes. If products are still made in the 4 x 8 foot size >> range, one can continue with inches forever. But, see how far you can go if >> you have to put your stud spacing at 400 mm or 600 mm using inches. It >> doesn't work that well and the builder eventually gives up. >> >> Get rid of FFU products and you can get rid of FFU too. It is the FFU >> products most of all that keep FFU alive. >> >> John > > > Quite true. But in Canada 4 X 8 foot plywood is still readily > available. Asphalt shingles and bricks have been metricated in such > a way that builders have not noticed.
