Dear Euric, You are right, here are other building components to consider and you suggest that we consider things like bricks.
In Australia, the two most commonly used brick sizes are 120�mm long by 76�mm high and 290�mm long by 76 �mm high. Let's consider the height first. The dimension 76�mm was chosen because there are 7 courses of brickwork in a 600�mm module � after you have allowed 10�mm for each mortar course (76 x 7 = 532) + (10 x 7 = 70) and 532 + 70 = 602 or 600 allowing for the precision of the bricks and of on-the-job bricklaying. The shorter length (230�mm) is designed so that two and a half bricks and their mortar come to exactly 600�mm. The longer brick (290�mm) fits two bricks and their mortar into a 600�mm module. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- on 29/10/03 4:07 PM, Mighty Chimp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2003-10-29 > > I think the 100 mm module was meant to apply to more then just wood sheets. > There are other things that would fit into the module, like bricks and > cinder blocks. > > Euric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Euric Mighty Chimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric > Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2003-10-28 14:38 > Subject: Re: [USMA:27328] Re: Lumber in the U K > > > Dear Euric and All, > > What you say is true, but I believe that the savings are greater if you use > a 600 mm module. > > It's an interesting point that the way the industry has developed in > construction sheeting materials is to use a 'standard' sheet of 2400 mm by > 1200 mm and this implies a module of 1200 mm. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia
