Dear Bill, You are right, the letters 'sq' in this context are a complete mystery until you realise that, since the death of A. V. Jennings, the company that bears his name are no longer industry leaders but rather sad followers of 'industry' trends.
The 'sq' you saw on their web site refers to a square that is nominally 100 square feet. The calculation of dividing the actual floor area by a conversion factor of about 9.29 will produce the 'squareage' of the house. However, this calculation is often done in a fairly cavalier manner and the rounding, when it is done, is always upward. Poor old Sir Albert Jennings must roll over in his grave every time someone refers to the company's web page. He would have been grossly ashamed to have his name associated with this silly and nefarious practice. You've stirred my stumps. I will write a letter of complaint to the A. V. Jennings company. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 Pat Naughtin is manager of http://www.metricationmatters.com an internet website that primarily focuses on the many issues, methods and processes that individuals, groups, companies, and nations use when upgrading to the metric system. You can contact Pat Naughtin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23/01/07 3:01 PM, "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007 Jan 20 , at 11:12 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote: >> This example came from a company called A.V. Jennings and Company ... You >> can see samples of their work >> athttp://www.avjennings.com.au/VIC/home_designs?cid=703&pid=8216 >> <http://www.avjennings.com.au/VIC/home_designs?cid=703&pid=8216> Notice that >> the lengths on the plans are all in millimetres > > That web page referred to above contains a set of house plans. Below the plans > was the following table: > > Living 296.90m² 31.96sq > Garage 43.50m² 4.68sq > Total 371.40m² 39.98sq > > Some of the numerical values in that table intrigue and confuse me. They > apparently show the floor space of the house in square metres in the second > column. Now what's that in the third column? > > When I first looked at it, I just assume the third column was going to be > "sq.ft." But when I compared the figures, it was clear that that couldn't be > correct because there are about 10 sq. ft. in one square metre. Thus, the > "living" area of 296.90 m^2 would be about 2969.0 sq. ft, (converting exactly > and using 10 sq. ft. = 1 m^2). But the given figures are much less, about one > tenth the square metre number rather than 10 times as large. I was chuckling > about the "error" in converting from square metres to square feet, which I was > presuming was done by dividing by a conversion factor of about 10 instead of > multiplying by a factor of about 10. > > Then I looked closer. > > And I realized the that the designation after the number was just "sq", not > "sq.ft." Now I really am confused. What the heck is the meaning of those > values in the third column, anyway? > > > > Bill Hooper > 1810 mm tall > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > > > > >
