2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 - eviltoast

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.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The consumer doesn’t need to know it. The lumber mill does, and the people responsible for warehousing and logistics, they use nominal sizes because saying “two by four” is easier than “one point five by three point 5.”