No, I have no experience at it. Federal construction is supposed to be metric so I would look for tradesmen who have worked on Federal building projects. Otherwise, I would guess you are VERY unlikely to find anyone with metric experience. (Another possibility is illegal immigrants from metric countries). Most people in the construction trades are going to blank out when you mention metric.
--- On Sun, 3/18/12, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:51537] Anyone try to build a house in metric? To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 12:20 AM I'm designing my house, which I'm going to build hopefully this year, maybe the next, in western North Carolina. (It depends on how soon I get the money, and I have a few things to do before actually starting to build the house.) The plans are all in metric. I'll be directing the work. Right now I'm designing the collar tie braces, which have slots every 400 mm. If I ask around for carpenters and say "you'll be working six meters up", and give them drawings of the pieces of wood in millimeters, what reaction am I likely to get? (The top of the truss is 5873 mm above the floor, to be precise.) Pierre -- La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre. Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.
