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**JaK_MarkoV_Pi** · 05-11-2007, 07:42 AM

Canada is officially metric, but there's still some imperial stuff. Lumber, for example. We still buy 2by4 studs and 4by8 sheets of plywood, and I don't know anyone who does carpentry in metric.

All carpentry in the UK is metric these days. Probably a good thing - I hate working in fractions.

05-11-2007, 07:42 AM	#13
JaK_MarkoV_Pi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	Canada is officially metric, but there's still some imperial stuff. Lumber, for example. We still buy 2by4 studs and 4by8 sheets of plywood, and I don't know anyone who does carpentry in metric. All carpentry in the UK is metric these days. Probably a good thing - I hate working in fractions.
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