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		What is "nominal" wood. 
A 2x4 is really 3.5 x 1.5 inches. Its nominal dimension is 2x4. Its actual dimensions are smaller.  | 
					
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		Bruce Ramsey, ACI	 
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		Kind of like 5/4" wood? 
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		Nominal is the diminsion before it is finish planned.  The rough diminsion.	 
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		Bruce Ramsey, ACI	 
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Except that 5/4 supposedly is actually 1.25". If I buy 6/4 pine, it is 1.5". 5/4 pine I think is still 1.25". But I bought 5/4 cedar deck boards. They were 1". A bit of a rip off considering that the quarter measurements are meant to be actual measurements.  | 
					
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