# Lumber in Metric Countries **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumber-in-metric-countries/531774 "2010-03-08T22:16:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xerxes6660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f0a364/32.png) [@xerxes6660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xerxes6660)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumber-in-metric-countries/531774/21 "2010-03-29T23:14:00Z")
Does anyone know the contact info or email info on a German DIY lumber company that I could contact to see what standard sizes they have in stock? I also have to get some conversions from US to metric. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumber-in-metric-countries/531774/22 "2010-05-03T17:30:53Z")
> [@xerxes6660](#): > > Does anyone know the contact info or email info on a German DIY lumber company that I could contact to see what standard sizes they have in stock? I’m not sure I understand you correctly - are you looking for a DIY store with lumber, or a lumber yard? Some big DIY stores (Baumarkt in German) that sell wood for DIY purposes: [Toom](http://www.toom-baumarkt.de/kontakt.html)- toom BauMarkt GmbH Humboldtstraße 140-144 D-51149 Köln Kundenhotline: 0800 - 7 76 34 22 [kontakt@toom-baumarkt.de](mailto:kontakt@toom-baumarkt.de) [Hagebaumarkt](http://www.hagebau.de/) Bei Fragen rund um die hagebau oder zu Produkten aus dem Online-Shop, Bestellung und Abwicklung: Telefon: 0180/503 0003\* (\*Festnetz 14 Cent/Min., Mobilfunk max. 42 Cent/Min.) E-Mail: [service@hagebau.de](mailto:service@hagebau.de) [Praktiker](http://www.praktiker.de/pb/site/praktiker/node/324680/Lde/index.html) Gerne können Sie sich auch per Telefon an uns wenden: 0180/5188815 (0,14 €/Min aus dem Festnetz der dt. Telekom, Mobilfunkhöchstpreis: 0,42 €/Min) Wir sind für Sie telefonisch in der Zeit von Montag bis Freitag von 8.00 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr erreichbar. or Email [Praktiker Baumarkt: Alles für erfolgreiches Heimwerken - Jetzt entdecken](http://www.praktiker.de/pb/site/praktiker/kontakt/326235/Lde/index.html) [Obi](http://www.obi.de/de/) Kontakt OBI Serviceline (14 Cent/Min.) Telefon: +49 1805 624 624 OBI Systemzentrale Telefon: +49 2196 76 01 Email [https://www.obi.de/de/kontakt.html](https://www.obi.de/de/kontakt.html) These are the well-known (to a layperson) big chain markets. There are smaller ones locally of course. If you want lumber yards for a truckload of wood - tell me, that’s a different issue. I would have to search some. A starting point would also be the several groups for the wood industry, for example [Holzverband](http://www.holzverband.de/index_ms.html) [Holzhandel](http://www.holzhandel.de/) [Holzindustrie](http://www.saegeindustrie.de/Saegeindustrie.html) As long as you don’t write too complicated, people will understand English Emails. > [@](#): > > I also have to get some conversions from US to metric. Thanks in advance! My first choice for this is [http://www.onlineconversion.com/](http://www.onlineconversion.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumber-in-metric-countries/531774.md?page=1)