Hello everybody!
I’m Clide, project manager of “Ma Maison Verte” (“My green house”), living on Tahiti.
I set up my business of importation prefabricated house using green building concept on Tahiti.
Actually we work out on the right choice of connector from the masonry to the roof.
Our country import wood from New Zealand, Australia, Chile and U.S.A. . But some connector are not available in USA (Because of different way of designed from French practice, check this out: http://www.simpson.fr/contenu/,familles,18?chglg=fr&famille=90). In fact I have to use US wood section with French connector (and translating to Tahitians labors… whaoo)
Anyway, what I look for it’s “the charts of the whole wood section” ( Hope that does make sense…) often use for wood building house.
Web address, charts whatever.
Thanks a lot from a Tahitian lost in translation to all.
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hi, clide, welcome to breaktime
Standard US framing lumber dimensions are:
2x4 = 1.5 inch x 3.5 inch
2x6 = 1.5 inch x 5.5 inch
2x8 = 1.5 inch x 7.5 inch
4x4 = 3.5 inch x 3.5 inch
6x6 = 5.5 inch x 5.5 inch
1 inch = 25.4 mm
on your PL01 - Pieds de poteau à sceller
dimension A = 1.675 inch
dimension C = 6.7 inch
I hope this helps
HI BruceT!
Thank you very much!
It seems that they are proportional.
If so, I figure out that importated wood on Tahiti such as:
2x3
2x4
2x8
2x10
3x6
3x7
3x8
4x8
are equal to, for exemple:
3=2,75 inch or 7=6,5 inch.
Do I have to consider your mesearument as raw or planed lumber.
Thank you
I would expect US lumber to actually measure +/- 1/16" (1.58mm) of the following from your list
2x3 1.5" x 2.5" 38 x 64mm2x4 1.5" x 3.5" 38 x 89mm2x8 1.5" x 7.25" 38 x 184mm2x10 1.5" x 9.25" 38 x 235mm3x6 2.5" x 5.5" 64 x 140mm3x7 2.5" x 6.25" 64 x 159mm3x8 2.5" x 7.25' 64 x 184mm4x8 3.5" x 7.25" 89 x 184mm
Note that there's a change in the difference between US nominal (what they are called) and actual dimensions right at the 6" dimension.
So a 2x6 is 1.5 x 5.5; but a 2x8 is a 1.5x7.25, and not 7.5 as one might expect. This has to do with how much more shaping larger timbers need to achieve to have a stable final dimension.
Just be glad it is not thirty years ago, when lumber was milled to a 3/16" or 5/16" tolerance (just adds two decimal places to the calculations, which would not have been punched into the spreadsheet software running in the background).Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I'm still not sure what you are looking for but take a look at this
http://www.cwc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/EEA75111-F1DC-432C-8C8D-DBF34CD0B436/0/Visuallygradedlumber.pdf
Page 25 has a chart with lumber dimensions in metric.
You can search the Canadian Wood Council's web site for a bunch of useful information for you
http://www.cwc.ca/Products/Lumber/?Language=EN
http://www.cwc.ca/
Bienvenue a breaktime!
No doubt many people here will be envious of the weather you have in Tahiti as winter commences in North America. I know I am.
I'd be happy to bring you whatever you need ;o)
Jeff