On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 09:33:27 -0500, Greg Guarino
wrote:

On 2/8/2015 9:05 AM, dadiOH wrote:
Maybe 2x4s were once actually 2" x 4", don't know, best I remember is 1
5/8" x 3 5/8". They were that way for many years, then went down to 1
1/2" x 3 1/2". That's OK, no problem but - apparently - pressure
treated 2x4s are still 1 5/8" x 3 5/8". At least the ones I just bought
and chopped down to size yesterday are (I'm making some cabinet plinths).

Now, 1/8" isn't all that much but it's enough to screw up my plans for
the rest of the cabinets which means I either have to revise the plans
or skinny down the PT. I'll do the latter but I sure wish they would
decide what size 2x4s should be, PT or not.

I guess I should ask a question, not just rant, so I will: Is there
some reason PT 2x4s are bigger?

For the further education of a novice, could you explain what sort of
cabinets you are making that require 2x4s and why you have chosen
pressure treated? One more thing: When you "skinny them down", won't you
be atomizing a great deal of allegedly poisonous stuff into the air?

ACQ is pretty benign. Unless you're buying stuff for underground or
water contact use, it will likely be ACQ. I don't think CCA (the
stuff with arsenic) isn't sold to homeowners anymore.

Standard disclaimers about my overall ignorance apply.

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