They also said that sheet materials (plywood, sheet rock, etc.) are mostly still in 4x8' sizes, but some linoleums and carpets come in 2 m widths.
Apparently the change to framing is being induced by the savings: putting studs and joists every 19.2" versus every 16" saves a bit on every house, both in material and labor.
Jim
At 03 08 2006, 05:07 PM, Mike Millet wrote:
So there are actually building materials in the US available in SI sizes? I've never seen any in a hardware store. I know that some carpenters around here are mad because the new sanders they bought are in millimeters but I've never seen boards/sheetrock/flooring etc in SI. And my dad's a carpenter so I've been around a lot of that sort of stuff :).
Maybe I'm just missing it.
On 8/3/06, Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- At 03 08 2006, 03:46 PM, Nat Hager wrote:
- >...Secondly I don't think SI mandates everything be in multiples of
- >1 meter. I
- >seem to remember 1200 x 2400 mm being a popular plywood size.
- You are right of course, and some types of flooring are available in
- the US in metric sizes (1200x200 mm, if I recall correctly).
- I guess I should have said "interesting retro-attitude in this
- article," rather than "interesting article."
- Jim
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