I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you’d think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.

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2x2 is not a structural type of lumber. Houses use 2X4 or 2X6 for structure.

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yes, no dumb dumb

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It’s still a bit small, but pressure treated being a little smaller than framing lumber is not necessarily a secret:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Severe-Weather-Common-2-in-x-2-in-x-8-ft-Actual-1-3125-in-x-1-3125-in-x-8-ft-1-Treated-Lumber/4764128

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Well shit. That explains alot

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How is it in countries using the metric system ?
in France :
https://www.mara-materiaux.com/bois-de-charpente/8094-lambourde-38x63-mm-long4-m-traite-9202001090740.html

LAMBOURDE 38x63 mm long.4 M TRAITE Unité de vente : le mètre linéaire 1.42 € /m
5.68 € /(4 m)

So, this is aprox ($6.?) for one “…2x3x(~13ft)…”
(treated wood)
… verry expensive, yet, upfront size disclosure.

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Pretty much all of Europe lists wood in exact size of the cut that you get. It sounds highly illegal to call it a 5x5cm piece of wood and sell some other random smaller size.

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Thank God freedom units give us the liberty of doing away with that commie nonsense.

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Why is 2x2 meant to be 1.5x1.5 and not 2x2?

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The old * uncooked weight

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*Planed/straight wood versus raw lumber. It threw me off when I first started building stuff and summed that a 2x4 was actually 2"x4" in all my measurements/plans

*Or it would be straight if you’re lucky and don’t pick from the top of the bin at Home Depot

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2x4 is the rough cut dimensions from the sawmill. They end up smaller after drying (wood can hold a lot of water) and planing.

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Premill size vs sale size. Something like that. Probably not the correct term.

Similar to how steak is measures in precooked weights.

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