They probably do, but, to be honest, it will cost a fortune to ship Australian
studboard over to the US.
At time, it might be worth remembering the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Regardless of religious belief, I think that these words hold true.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Carleton MacDonald
Sent: 30 January 2013 21:59
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52295] Re: Metric Home
Doesn't Australia use 400 mm on center for the studs, and don't they use 1200
mm x 2400 mm sheets of plywood and plasterboard? Everything fits nicely with
each other.
Carleton
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 15:18
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52290] Re: Metric Home
Back in the late 1970s, when I was living in Canada, I worked for a home
builder who tried to do just this (in fact I was part of the conversion
program).
It failed of course, simply because (a) the Canadian building code for
residential was highly prescriptive, and didn't allow for such variations as
stud spacing, thickness, etc, and changing to a performance code, was (at the
time) a step too far; and (b) virtually all of the Canadian manufacturers were
highly geared to the American market, and weren't prepared to manufacture what
for them were relatively small quantities of 'oddball' sizes (rational metric
though they may have been).
The idea is great - but are you ever going to be able to make a whole industry
switch en masse?
Great if you can, but I am not holding my breath.
John F-L
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:16 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:52288] Metric Home
Here is my version of how a Metric House would look like....
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Metric-House/
Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr
Erie PA
Linux and Metric User and Enforcer
I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar energy
have you collected today?
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we
dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had
a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑
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