On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:44 -0600, LdB wrote:

Swingman wrote:


IOW, it is good practice to decide upon and buy your slides _before_ you
build your drawers, then pay _very_ particular attention to the required
drawer dimensions in the spec sheet.


My wood is from a local sawmill. It's still piled up in the garage.
I will start feeding it into the machinery by new year. I will be
ordering the sliders this week.


Don't look now, 'building to code' _is_ building to 'minimum standards'.

Sadly there are many that believe code is too much, too expensive and
unnecessary. They are the tarpaper shack crowd that inspectors love so
much.

I have one for a neighbor. Truly an amazing man. He actually undid
work ordered by the the inspector, after his place finally passed
inspection. He said it was a waste of lumber. World class redneck.


....and apparently doesn't value his personal time very highly,
either...codes are simply standards (UBC, Uniform Building Code, was
one, but it is a part of the Legacy codes that comprise the
International Code Council where the IBC, International Building Code,
was developed and now constitutes the code most approved by US state
governments. Whew...and that ain't all, there's another player in the
code wars NFPA, National Fire Protection Association, that at this
time is kinda the Beta vis a vis VHS...head hurting now...) that
allow structures to be built in a more-or-less uniform way and can get
very "local" depending on where your building. *Always* pays to check
because municipalities are trump in many ways...

cg


However, don't expect today's buyer to appreciate that philosophy ....


The container ships keep get larger and larger. These days quality is
only skin deep.

All the best of the season

LdB