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Billy Boy
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| Megman wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
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| Wheels on cars, always in inches. |
but a tyres width is in mm and the diameter in inches. Who works that one out? |
Good point... tyre pressure is done in imperial too. |
bar is metric though. |
psi isn't though
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Billy Boy
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I think it should depend on the property, if it was built in imperial it should be measured in imperial 
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Irrespective of the unit of measurement when the property was built all new work including alterations are done in the metric system or to give it the correct name 'The Systeme International d'Unites' (SI) which was adopted in 1960.
Although small builders might talk in general imperial terms when conversing with the house-owner (I do myself from time to time) most will understand metric quite happily, be ordering materials in metric quantities and be working to metric dimensioned drawings.
The Building Regulations 2000 - Approved Documents which deal with building work do not contain reference to any imperial dimensions. |
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's not just small builders. I am working one of, if not the biggest construction company in the country at the moment, and it's common place for their engineers and con managers to refer to things in feet.
Drawings refer to everything in metric, yes, but imperial it seems is here to stay in one form or another.
Here's another I thought of, headsets, 1" or 1" 1/8.
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Megman
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Location: Not in Lich any more
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Here's another I thought of, headsets, 1" or 1" 1/8. |
or even 1"1/4
but at the other end of the frame seatposts are always mm. Just one system would make a lot more sense. |
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Joe Royle
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Joined: 16 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Joe Royle wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
I think it should depend on the property, if it was built in imperial it should be measured in imperial
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Irrespective of the unit of measurement when the property was built all new work including alterations are done in the metric system or to give it the correct name 'The Systeme International d'Unites' (SI) which was adopted in 1960.
Although small builders might talk in general imperial terms when conversing with the house-owner (I do myself from time to time) most will understand metric quite happily, be ordering materials in metric quantities and be working to metric dimensioned drawings.
The Building Regulations 2000 - Approved Documents which deal with building work do not contain reference to any imperial dimensions. |
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's not just small builders. I am working one of, if not the biggest construction company in the country at the moment, and it's common place for their engineers and con managers to refer to things in feet.
Drawings refer to everything in metric, yes, but imperial it seems is here to stay in one form or another.
Here's another I thought of, headsets, 1" or 1" 1/8. |
I cannot speak for the construction company that you are working with but I would be seriously concerned if engineers and construction managers were talking in imperial terms.
But what do I know since I've only been working in the Construction Industry since 1963. |
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Joe Royle
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Boy wrote: |
| Joe Royle wrote: |
| Billy Boy wrote: |
I think it should depend on the property, if it was built in imperial it should be measured in imperial
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Irrespective of the unit of measurement when the property was built all new work including alterations are done in the metric system or to give it the correct name 'The Systeme International d'Unites' (SI) which was adopted in 1960.
Although small builders might talk in general imperial terms when conversing with the house-owner (I do myself from time to time) most will understand metric quite happily, be ordering materials in metric quantities and be working to metric dimensioned drawings.
The Building Regulations 2000 - Approved Documents which deal with building work do not contain reference to any imperial dimensions. |
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it's not just small builders. I am working one of, if not the biggest construction company in the country at the moment, and it's common place for their engineers and con managers to refer to things in feet.
Drawings refer to everything in metric, yes, but imperial it seems is here to stay in one form or another.
Here's another I thought of, headsets, 1" or 1" 1/8. |
I cannot speak for the construction company that you are working with but I would be seriously concerned if engineers and construction managers were talking in imperial terms.
But what do I know since I've only been working in the Construction Industry since 1963. |
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