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- lumber - What are framing dimensions like in the metric world? - Home . . .
However, it's usually not an issue outside of US Canada, as most of the other world doesn't build houses out of dimensional lumber They use bricks, cement blocks, cement panels, etc and the dimensions are almost always communicated in millimeters
- Lumber in Metric Countries - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
I’d guess the lumber industry in Sweden, as in Norway, often use the closest approximation in inches colloquially, but that everything is officially made, labeled and sold in metric
- Lumber size standards outside the US? - Woodworking Stack Exchange
Perhaps rather than asking for the sizes themselves and getting a separate answer for every country, you could ask if there is a reference that lists the common sizes of dimensional lumber by region
- Dimensional Lumber: Types, Sizes, History - MT Copeland
Dimensional lumber is cut and finished lumber (planed on all four sides) that comes in standardized sizes These lumber sizes are typically described in inches in the United States and in millimeters in most other countries
- How does lumber work in other countries? - Off Topic Discussion . . .
So there's no standard wood sizes for a huge volume application like houses in North America that also need to fit together into a standardized system of fixed measurements and distances for all the other parts (prebuilt siding, windows, etc) You just build what you want if you do it with wood
- Sizes of dimensional wood in Europe - LumberJocks Woodworking Forum
Can anyone tell me what the equivalent sizes of 1X and 2X lumber are in Ireland and the UK? Here in the US a 2X4 is 1 50×3 50 inches (38 1×63 5mm) commonly 96 inches long, 2413mm
- European wood dimensions? - CNCzone
What are the "off the shelf" actual dimensions of standard lumber (timber) in Europe Is there an international standard, whether coded or de facto? I have Googled and find conflicting info, this is one of those common sense questions that does not seem to make it across different markets
- European Construction Standards - Factual Questions - Straight Dope . . .
Plywood, particle board, and the like are metric sized and similar to inch dimensions Generally used in furniture and shelving projects “Real” wood is expensive, took a lot of forest to heat all the castles back in the day Forests have been replaced recently but tree harvesting is still limited
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