Quote Originally Posted by RCaffin View Post
The building trade around the world has been incredibly slow to adapt. The old builders who ran the companies still think in inches. It is starting to change here in Oz. Heck - you would think that 2" dressed would be 2" - it's more like 45 mm!

I can handle the timber sizes. It's piping sizes (as in pneumatics etc) which leave me bewildered. A 1/8" BSP looks more like 9.5 mm to me. HOW?

Cheers
Roger
In Sweden electricians use metric, plumbers use metric AND imperial, carpenters use mostly imperial but some material is metric. So yes, it's a real mess even here, but I guess Swedish bar tenders have no clue about how much is a pint or a half pint of beer, so if you ever come here just say "large" (0,5l) or "small" (0,3l) if you want a beer.