Please remember timber is sold in multiples of 0.3m. Therefore it is very important to ask for the correct length. Is you require a 10ft length then you should ask for a 3.3m, otherwise a 3.0m length will be supplied and as you can see from the table below this will be slightly short.

Metres

Actual Feet' Inches"

0.6

1' 11 5/8"

0.9

2' 11 3/8"

1.2

3' 11 1/4"

1.5

4' 11"

1.8

5' 10 3/4"

2.1

6' 10 5/8"

2.4

7' 10 1/2"

2.7

8' 10 1/4"

3.0

9' 10 1/8"

3.3

10' 9 7/8"

3.6

11' 9 1/2"

4.2

13' 9 3/8"

4.5

14' 9 1/8"

4.8

15' 9"

5.1

16' 8 3/4"

5.4

17' 8 5/8"

5.7

18' 8 3/8"

6.0

19' 8 1/4"