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Surely I can't be the only one that juggles between metric and imperial
depending which whole number or division comes closest to the mark?

Nah - I do it all the time. 6'4"2mm for example.

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Metric or imperial on their own are useless - you need a dual marked tape
measure to cope with DIY. Anyone saying otherwise is expressing a purely
political opinion.

Andy.
Yes, the comments regarding dual-marked tapes are perfectly valid. I'll
amend my comment and say that the serious DIYer needs one of each!

Anyone else found that getting imperial floorboards is next to impossible? I
needed 3/4" thick boards 6&7/8" wide but had to buy oversize metric boards
and have them planed down to width and run through a thicknesser to get the
thickness, what a bloody waste of effort, why not supply imperial boards?

In the end I found an old boy at a large Jewson outlet who was sympathetic
and did the alterations for me but what a palaver!

Andy

Andy