Dimensional lumber in Africa?

[Dave M]

I'm doing a SU model of an orphanage my boss's church group is building in Zambia. Does anyone know what sizes would be standard for dimensional lumber, either coming from Zambia or South Africa? I'm assuming it's in metric, right?

Thanks!

Dave

[Jackson]

As far as I remember SA uses the metric system. Here's a dwg of standard metric timber sizes I did a while back in Sweden, it should apply to SA. I'll ask JuJu (our SA moderator) to take a look at this thread to confirm or disconfirm.

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Metric Timber Sizes (Swedish).zip

[juju]

Here are a list of the standard timber sizes for South Africa, I'm not sure if Zambia works exactly the same - and yes, it's metric. Remember, these are the regular sizes, not laminated timber.

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Timber sizes - Standard for South Africa.zip

[Dave M]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

[John Sayers]

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