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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: eskimo2 on October 22, 2001, 09:45:00 AM
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I have been doing home improvement projects recently and was wondering...
What size does plywood, paneling and gypboard (plasterboard - drywall) come in, in metric measurements?
In the US the standard is 4 feet by 8 feet.
Standard ceiling height is also 8 feet, what is it in your country?
Thanks,
eskimo
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i don't know about the rest of canada, but in montreal i still buy plywood in 4X8 sheets
easier than saying 1.21X2.43 meters :)
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4x8= Der biggun piecen of Vooden for kerplunken Danke :)
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well world isnt only about US customers.
International unit for lenght is meter not feet. so If you wanna make 1 product for whole world you will use meters because 6*10E-9 people knows it. Feets,Yards are in UK,US only.
Are you wonder that German pilots had their alt,speed meter in feets,miles ?
:p
[ 10-22-2001: Message edited by: EagleC ]
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ummm... 6*10E-9 = .000000006
That's not very many people :D
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Some handy metric conversion notes:
Meter = 3.284 feet
Meter = 1.093 yards
Centimeter = .394 inches
Millimeter = .0394 inches
Kilogram = 2.2046 pounds
Kilometer = .621 miles
Liter = .264 gallons
In reverse:
1 foot = .3048 meters
1 yard = .914 meters
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 inch = 25.38 millimeters (25.381 to be exact)
1 pound = .454 kilograms
1 mile = 1.609 kilometers
1 gallon = 3.785 liters
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[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: flakbait ]
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I had a Molson Canadian the other day and the bottle had only 11.5 ounces in it. What the hell?!? Are the Canadians trying to screw us or is that Canadian ounces? :D
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Flakbait...i'd recheck that conversion from feet to meters :o
bit closer to .3048
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mickey, i think the conversion on canadian to american beer is about 1 341 ML bottle of canadian to 1 gallon american :D
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canada'a liquid measure is the "imperial gallon" which is bigger than US gallon, not sure how much , so oz would be larger also.
the 1st time i filled my gas tank in canada , i thought "wow , i'm geting great mileage"
i think some parts of the world still use the cubit
metric plywood is made in even metric thickness sizes
4mm , 6mm, 10mm, etc, and you can even buy it in the colonies (USA)
[ 10-22-2001: Message edited by: john9001 ]
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Still no attempt to answer my original question.
Pugg666 & Baddawg,
There you crazy Canadians go again pretending that Canada is its own country!
Everyone knows that Canada is a state next to Alaska.
:)
EagleC,
Read the question! The question itself assumes that the rest of the world does not use english measurements.
The question is:
Plywood and gyp, in Germany, Japan, etc. comes in what size?
My guess is 1.25 meters by 2.5 meters.
eskimo
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IMO (I've to check) it's more 1*2 meters
we love simple things ;)
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Straffo,
How high are your cielings in France?
eskimo
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I found this site quite handy: http://www.french-property.com/ref/convert.htm#area (http://www.french-property.com/ref/convert.htm#area)
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Staga,
The question has nothing to do with conversion.
What size is plywood and gyp at your local hardware store?
How high is your ceiling?
eskimo
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We do use the metric system here in the U. S.
....for liquor and wine.
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Originally posted by eskimo2:
Straffo,
How high are your cielings in France?
eskimo
In general 2.50 meters but we don't use wood as almost 99% of our house are build in Concrete (or stone for the older).
It's pretty rare to see an house made in wood (except some "chalet" in moutain)
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After digging a bit it seems that the std dimension are : 250cm x 120cm et 250cm x 90cm
voila :)
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Ceiling is 250cm here and width of panels are usually multiply of 30cm (90cm,120cm) which is base for "module design rules" (translated Finnish term).
Same multiply of 30cm is used when makeing concrete moulds or frameworks inside of walls from "2by4" or cabinets to kitchen (usually 60cm)
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1 gallon = 3.785 liters
That's US gallon, Imperial gallon is 4.54 litres. Our gallon is bigger than yours :p :D :D
And a foot is, of course ~0.30m, 0.9m is 3 feet or a yard.
Standard ceiling here in the UK (new housing) is 2.40m on the ground floor and it is different from builder to builder for the first floor. My 24 year old house was built by some moron who decided to "equalize" - 2.30cm ceiling in both upstairs and downstairs. Pain for furniture - downstairs too low and upstairs too high. Same people put a flat roof on a 24 foot long garage :rolleyes: ...
A friend of mine was converting miles into kilometers for years and I could never figure out why - it still takes an hour to travel 50 miles at 50mph. Same time as 80km at 80kph ;)
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Originally posted by -lynx-:
A friend of mine was converting miles into kilometers for years and I could never figure out why - it still takes an hour to travel 50 miles at 50mph. Same time as 80km at 80kph ;)
it's obvious ...
It's more spectacular to say that you drived at 80 kmp than 50 mph ;)
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Oops! Got it fixed. I was reading the yards to meters conversion, not the feet to meters one.
Some others:
Degrees C to degrees F:
+32 x1.8
50 degrees C works out to 107.6 F
(50 +32 x1.8)
Reverse it for F to C conversion. (temp -32 devided by 1.8)
Imperial gallons to US gallons: x1.2
10 Imp gallons is 12 US gallons
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