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minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·5 months agoSee also: 2x4s (how is lumber measured in Europe? Are 2x4s called 2x4s? or 50x100s?)
minus-squarejrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 months agoNot surprising but: metric units, and they are the units of the finished product not some arbitrary historical size lumber used to be
minus-squareyak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months ago47 x 100 as I recall from my days working in a Builders Merchant, still referred to as ‘four by two’ by builders though
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThey reverse it in England, 4x2s
See also: 2x4s
(how is lumber measured in Europe? Are 2x4s called 2x4s? or 50x100s?)
Not surprising but: metric units, and they are the units of the finished product not some arbitrary historical size lumber used to be
47 x 100 as I recall from my days working in a Builders Merchant, still referred to as ‘four by two’ by builders though
They reverse it in England, 4x2s