OnMyWay Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 For those of you that have been involved in building here in PH, are drawings typically done in meters or feet? I suspect my U.S. Navy house was all done in feet. I want to start drawing some ideas for an addition. I could do it either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 32 minutes ago, OnMyWay said: For those of you that have been involved in building here in PH, are drawings typically done in meters or feet? I suspect my U.S. Navy house was all done in feet. I want to start drawing some ideas for an addition. I could do it either way. My House Plans are in Metres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary D Posted July 18, 2017 Popular Post Posted July 18, 2017 The builders will just do as they please so it doesn't matter if it's in feet, metres or carabo strides. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not so old china hand Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 49 minutes ago, Gary D said: The builders will just do as they please so it doesn't matter if it's in feet, metres or carabo strides. This reminds me of a marine surveyor who once told me "Engineers work to the nearest thou, carpenters work to the nearest sixteenth. Shipwrights work to the nearest ship." Morning all. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDDavao II Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 My house plans were in meters as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrepid Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 Ours was done in metric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 I see that most of the measurements here are metric.But mattresses and some hardware that you buy is imperial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, sonjack2847 said: I see that most of the measurements here are metric.But mattresses and some hardware that you buy is imperial. I remember buying 3/4" Marine Ply & the Guy said but it will come just under Why I asked? Well sir it comes Metric. Hmmmmmmm! so why not sell it metric? well Sir the drawing said .02 m and the nearest we got is 3/4" and we don't sell or stock in metric 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 4 hours ago, Jack Peterson said: I remember buying 3/4" Marine Ply & the Guy said but it will come just under Why I asked? Well sir it comes Metric. Did the width and length come just under, too? Like 1 m by 2 m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted July 22, 2017 Posted July 22, 2017 23 minutes ago, jpbago said: Did the width and length come just under, too? Like 1 m by 2 m. Funnily enough No we ordered 8' x 4' x 3/4" and all measurements were OK it was just the Plan Stated metric But............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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