Whoa Jason, looks like we have the same thing on our minds! But I expect yours to be inhabitable much sooner than my project in the works : ) -Cory
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WOW how quickly was THAT erected?
Jason I am sure that you are getting excited about your new place, it sure looks like it is going to be nice. I seem to remember you saying you were not going to have a central vac, why not just put the tubing in now and then at a later time you could add it. Have fun with your new adventure. Terry
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Jason, I'm glad to see everything running smoothly and going up fast. You'll be moved in in no time!!
I agree with Terry...go ahead and get it central-vac ready so you won't regret it in the long run!! Have you checked the automatic DrainVac machines out? Apparently they flush both wet & dry dirt down the drain with no containers to mess with...
I agree with Terry...go ahead and get it central-vac ready so you won't regret it in the long run!! Have you checked the automatic DrainVac machines out? Apparently they flush both wet & dry dirt down the drain with no containers to mess with...
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At this rate first wash-in Saturday LOL
Vacuum on throne (toilet) TE HE HE HE live and learn.
Toggle
AU went metric in 1974. Our building industry did a strange change where the standard units are basically as before but with metric names. So timber is still sold in 1-foot increments, but now it's called 0.3 metre increments.
So even though it is priced per metre, it can only be bought in 0.3 metre increments so if you wanted a 2 metre length of timber you would have to buy a 2.1. That's actually OK as all standard building measurements are in 0.3 m modules too.
2x4 over here is called 4x2, bt you pronounce the "by" as "be" so a "two by four" is called a "four be two".
To complicate things more, timber sizes are slightly different depending on whether the timber is rough-sawn or machined smooth after sawing, a 4x2 is equivalent to 100x50mm, but after machining it becomes 90 x 45. Hardwood is generally sold in rough sawn and pine framing is machined smooth so a 4x2 pine is smaller than a 4x2 hardwood.
So a pine 2x4, 8feet long becomes a 90x45 2.4 m long.
Builders are all conversant in both metric and imperial and often use them both interchangeably in the one sentence. When building my house I often used sentences like "I need ten 2.4's of 4x2" and no-one would think it strange.
We use lots of different terms to the US in building, here are a few I remember:
lumber = timber
baseboard = skirting board
clapboard = weatherboard
rabbet = rebate
drywall = plasterboard or gyprock
rebar = reo
pocket door = cavity slider
I think construction industry language would be one of the biggest differences between AU and USA, I can barely understand some building books in my local library which were written in USA.
Jason
congrats, you must be really excited. That is FAST progress.
Chris.
AU went metric in 1974. Our building industry did a strange change where the standard units are basically as before but with metric names. So timber is still sold in 1-foot increments, but now it's called 0.3 metre increments.
So even though it is priced per metre, it can only be bought in 0.3 metre increments so if you wanted a 2 metre length of timber you would have to buy a 2.1. That's actually OK as all standard building measurements are in 0.3 m modules too.
2x4 over here is called 4x2, bt you pronounce the "by" as "be" so a "two by four" is called a "four be two".
To complicate things more, timber sizes are slightly different depending on whether the timber is rough-sawn or machined smooth after sawing, a 4x2 is equivalent to 100x50mm, but after machining it becomes 90 x 45. Hardwood is generally sold in rough sawn and pine framing is machined smooth so a 4x2 pine is smaller than a 4x2 hardwood.
So a pine 2x4, 8feet long becomes a 90x45 2.4 m long.
Builders are all conversant in both metric and imperial and often use them both interchangeably in the one sentence. When building my house I often used sentences like "I need ten 2.4's of 4x2" and no-one would think it strange.
We use lots of different terms to the US in building, here are a few I remember:
lumber = timber
baseboard = skirting board
clapboard = weatherboard
rabbet = rebate
drywall = plasterboard or gyprock
rebar = reo
pocket door = cavity slider
I think construction industry language would be one of the biggest differences between AU and USA, I can barely understand some building books in my local library which were written in USA.
Jason
congrats, you must be really excited. That is FAST progress.
Chris.
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Thanks, Chris, I think Toggle would like to know more about that cavity slider (ducks and runs)
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Sounds good but how much does one of those things cost?
Sounds good but how much does one of those things cost?
GIGGLE.
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Hi Chris,
Thank you very much. I'm all for going metric, but I needed to understand the techncal stuff.
What is a metric std. ceiling heights?
8 feet here, 9 is available for *uspcale* homes.
Are plywood sheets still sold in 4 x 8 foot sizes?
Are pipes still sold in 1/2, 3/4, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 2.0 inch sizes?
Are fluorescent tubes/lamps still sold in 2 foot, 4 foot and 8 foot sizes?
I guess we all get used to what we know.
a yard is usually nose to finger-tip. 36/40 of a meter.
and inch for me is just wider than my thumb.
My shoed feet are about a foot.
I dont know, the metric system seems so awkward and artifical to me. But still, IMHO we need to get with the program and hop on it already.
Thank you very much. I'm all for going metric, but I needed to understand the techncal stuff.
What is a metric std. ceiling heights?
8 feet here, 9 is available for *uspcale* homes.
Are plywood sheets still sold in 4 x 8 foot sizes?
Are pipes still sold in 1/2, 3/4, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 2.0 inch sizes?
Are fluorescent tubes/lamps still sold in 2 foot, 4 foot and 8 foot sizes?
I guess we all get used to what we know.
a yard is usually nose to finger-tip. 36/40 of a meter.
and inch for me is just wider than my thumb.
My shoed feet are about a foot.
I dont know, the metric system seems so awkward and artifical to me. But still, IMHO we need to get with the program and hop on it already.
Looking good, Jason! It must be fun to actually see the place going up. I've never witnessed the process.
Wow alot has happened
Just the other day I was watching something between winks on the tele, about most folks using 2 x 6's for standard stud, in new home constuction because of hurricanes. Also, since you can get more insulation in the walls, it will be quieter.
That would be the way I would go if I were building from ground zero. It would only add about $2K to the framing costs. Cheap insurance IMHO.
Also, I saw on the elevator tele today something about new homes must be built 3 ft higher in NOLA.
Just the other day I was watching something between winks on the tele, about most folks using 2 x 6's for standard stud, in new home constuction because of hurricanes. Also, since you can get more insulation in the walls, it will be quieter.
That would be the way I would go if I were building from ground zero. It would only add about $2K to the framing costs. Cheap insurance IMHO.
Also, I saw on the elevator tele today something about new homes must be built 3 ft higher in NOLA.
....as in off the ground?
the one bid difference that takes getting used to is that here in the NE our homes are abut a yad/meterm off the ground for snow reasons... to be able to get your door open. and to have widnows and light in the basment.
I just can't get used to slab-on-ground basementless homes that are so freikin' low tot he ground.
the one bid difference that takes getting used to is that here in the NE our homes are abut a yad/meterm off the ground for snow reasons... to be able to get your door open. and to have widnows and light in the basment.
I just can't get used to slab-on-ground basementless homes that are so freikin' low tot he ground.
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JASON!!! I'm surprised at you, we've corrupted you.
And it does look great.
Helen, did u notice the stud among the studs?
And it does look great.
Helen, did u notice the stud among the studs?
Hi Toggle
Standard ceiling height is 2.4 metres. My new place is 2.55 metres (not a standard size but I cut the timber so I could make it whatever I want.)
Plywood sheets are 1.2 x 2.4 (yep that's 4 ft x 8 ft)
Pipe sizes are 1/2 3/4 1 etc. Only in the last couple of years they have started to call them in millimetre sizes - 12mm, 15mm, 19mm, 25mm.
fluoro tubes - don't know
Metric is SO EASY - the only difficulty is that the building industry didn't want to re-engineer all its machinery so it stuck with imperial sizes and put metric names on it. If we actually had 100 x 50 timber available in half metre increments then the maths would be dead easy.
A metre is a whisker more than a yard, a metre is a good pace, weighing 85 kilos means I need to eat less chocolate, being 1.8 metres tall means I never quite made it to six feet tall, ten degrees is a cold day, twenty degrees is a mild day, thirty degrees is a hot day, 100 degrees is boiling water, 100 kilometres is a good hours drive, metric is SO easy.
Funny thing is despite us having been a metric country for over 30 years, babies birth weight is still bragged about in pounds and ounces, and anatomical boasting is done in inches. I'd better stop there.
chris.
Standard ceiling height is 2.4 metres. My new place is 2.55 metres (not a standard size but I cut the timber so I could make it whatever I want.)
Plywood sheets are 1.2 x 2.4 (yep that's 4 ft x 8 ft)
Pipe sizes are 1/2 3/4 1 etc. Only in the last couple of years they have started to call them in millimetre sizes - 12mm, 15mm, 19mm, 25mm.
fluoro tubes - don't know
Metric is SO EASY - the only difficulty is that the building industry didn't want to re-engineer all its machinery so it stuck with imperial sizes and put metric names on it. If we actually had 100 x 50 timber available in half metre increments then the maths would be dead easy.
A metre is a whisker more than a yard, a metre is a good pace, weighing 85 kilos means I need to eat less chocolate, being 1.8 metres tall means I never quite made it to six feet tall, ten degrees is a cold day, twenty degrees is a mild day, thirty degrees is a hot day, 100 degrees is boiling water, 100 kilometres is a good hours drive, metric is SO easy.
Funny thing is despite us having been a metric country for over 30 years, babies birth weight is still bragged about in pounds and ounces, and anatomical boasting is done in inches. I'd better stop there.
chris.
LOL
love the 10, 20, 30
degrees, when you put it THAT way it IS easy. Although a 200 degree oven to me STILL sounds cool. *LOL* and a body temp of 37, and a fever of 40 don't do much for me.
I'm not too keen on *the change* but IMHO the USA needs to get on it already.
Just from this forum alone 45,50,60,75, 90 and 100cm are now pretty automatic (appliance size)translations (in my head) to familiar imperial sizes. We know that 100 mm (102 technically) is a 4 inch dryer vent, etc. See I am paying attention.
......and dont bother bragging to me with less than 20.
(ducks and runs)
love the 10, 20, 30
degrees, when you put it THAT way it IS easy. Although a 200 degree oven to me STILL sounds cool. *LOL* and a body temp of 37, and a fever of 40 don't do much for me.
I'm not too keen on *the change* but IMHO the USA needs to get on it already.
Just from this forum alone 45,50,60,75, 90 and 100cm are now pretty automatic (appliance size)translations (in my head) to familiar imperial sizes. We know that 100 mm (102 technically) is a 4 inch dryer vent, etc. See I am paying attention.
......and dont bother bragging to me with less than 20.
(ducks and runs)
Hey Steve,
If you have recovered from the slap (probably with a handbag!) here's an interesting link. I use this calculator very often to convert American and Imperial measures to the metric system. Lots of interesting links to other stuff as well.
If you have recovered from the slap (probably with a handbag!) here's an interesting link. I use this calculator very often to convert American and Imperial measures to the metric system. Lots of interesting links to other stuff as well.
