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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      8 months ago

      This one of those things that sounds correct, but isn’t even remotely true. Like not at all, not even based on anything even.

      Wall finishes varies in thickness wildly, and the milled wood also varies in final dimensions depending on moisture content.

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        28 months ago

        Wall finished vary in thickness wildly

        When I was designing kitchens, I and literally everyone in the construction industry around me all assumed that drywall was 1/2”

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          8 months ago

          Fire rated partition wall? 2 layers of 5/8 each side for a total thickness of 6”

          Not to mention the other side already needs a finish making it 4-1/2 already if they are both 1/2 claddings.

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            18 months ago

            Come to think of it I think we were modeling it as 3/4 on each side, because I seem to remember the 3.5” 2x4 stud becoming a full integer thickness with drywall on both sides

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      58 months ago

      Factually incorrect; the board is 2 inches by 4 inches (or whatever the marked dimension is) when rough sawn. After kiln drying and milling, it will be 1.5" thick and 3.5" wide. It still took 2 by 4 inches of the tree to make so that’s what you pay for.