Posted on 09/25/2014 1:47:34 PM PDT by Abathar
Lowe’s has new rules regarding how it can label building products in California. A Superior Court judge laid out terms by which the retailer must advertise its 2x4s and other dimensional materials in a $1.6 million settlement order and final judgement filed on August 27. The order, brought on as part of a civil consumer protection action, lists three main rules for the retailer to follow going forward:
“Common descriptions” must be followed by actual dimensions and labeled as such. For instance, a 2×4 must be followed with a disclaimer that the wood is actually 1.5-inches by 3.5-inches and include a phrase equal or similar to “actual dimensions.” “Popular or common product description,” like the word 2×4, must be “clearly described as ‘popular name,’ ‘popular description,’ or ‘commonly called.'” Dimension descriptions are required to use the “inch-pound unit,” meaning they must include abbreviations such as “in., ft., or yd.,” and can’t use symbols like ‘ or ” to denote measurements.
(Excerpt) Read more at threepercenternation.com ...
nobody wants a 2X4 that is 2X4. If you are adding or remodeling a building that is less than a hundred or so years old, you will want the same size lumber that was used in the original construction.Fully 2X4 material is still available but you must ask for it and pay extra for it....
I’ve discovered the plywood discrepancy before...when I tried replacing lart of a floor and couldn’t find anything that matched the old floor.
>>nobody wants a 2X4 that is 2X4. If you are adding or remodeling a building that is less than a hundred or so years old, you will want the same size lumber that was used in the original construction.Fully 2X4 material is still available but you must ask for it and pay extra for it....
OMG. The internet really needs a SARCASM font.
“so how long is a cubit?”
24 digits.
Which digit?
What I want to know is, who at Lowes donated to a republican cause. Home Depot or any number of lumber sellers have been calling the 3.5 x 1.5 a two by four for as long as I’ve been alive, and I’m sure well beyond that. Are they paying too?
Next time you go into Home Depot, you will notice that all their lumber, plywood, osb has the nominal size(2x4) and then the actual size right below it.
FYI, Lowes has appealed this settlement based on everything discussed on this board. This settlement came from some crazy judge in San Francisco that had probably never held a 2x4 in their life. It most likely will be overturned.
Nah. What you’re describing is the current process. The original version was green wood, which shrank as it dried, resulting in significant deviations in the finished lumber. I am glad you were able to resist the siren call of wikipedia, however. Good for you.
Lowe’s can start charging 10 cents per 10d nail then. They will comply with this mandatory directive from the bench and make their $1.6M back off the same ignorant people that would sue them.
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