Anyone know why the "less professional" hardware stores sell exterior cladding with a thickness of 21mm while the more professional ones have 22mm?
Why this difference, besides the price (if there is a price difference)?
It's very annoying if you buy timber in batches and have to keep track of this all the time.
On the other hand, maybe 1mm isn't noticeable.
/P
Why this difference, besides the price (if there is a price difference)?
It's very annoying if you buy timber in batches and have to keep track of this all the time.
On the other hand, maybe 1mm isn't noticeable.
/P
Don't know why, but I have also noticed the difference. I have also noticed that planed timber is not standardized either - when I supplemented from another building supply store, the tongue was longer (or possibly the groove was shallower), which resulted in a very visible gap (2-3 mm) at the joint between one brand and the other...
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I think it varies at every lumberyard I've been to. Probably each sawmill has its own templates.
I've never reflected on it being specifically between "less professional" (whatever that means) building material retailers and others.
I've never reflected on it being specifically between "less professional" (whatever that means) building material retailers and others.
If you put it this way, what I have seen is that at places like bauhaus and byggmax they only have 21mm on the outer panel and not 22mm. Whereas beijers and other similar ones that are more aimed at professional customers do not have 21mm but 22mm. So then one naturally wonders what it's due to. Different sawmills, suppliers, or is it that 22mm is "better" in some way?
