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How to measure things like a Canadian? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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[–] 55 points 3 years ago (1 child)

A big issue is how connected certain trades are to the USA. A lot of our trades education or consumer products rely on their imperial system. Really wish the USA would stop prerending it is special and join the civilized world of logical units.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The funny thing is any blueprint you get will be in metric. But if you want to do something like bend a conduit, all the benders use imperial measurements.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The rule of thumb I used to use as a draughtman was that plans would be metric for zoning and permit approval, metric for steel-frame or concrete, and US standard measurement for lumber and wood-frame. this is because dimensional steel mostly comes from China, which is sold in metric lengths, while lumber is cut to US standards.

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