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Innovative New Treated Deck Board Contour

hessure tr€ated decking milled to a patent-pending pattern tbat allows water run off is replacing conventional decking at Burke Lumber Co., [.orton, Va.

grooves or relief cuts on lhe bottom. The curved top allows the water to drain off naurally while the relief cuts allow the board to expand and contract in hot and oold weather. Bo0r features are said to extend the life of the wood and deter cupping, shifting, cracks and splits.

Burke Lumber's owner Ronald Nystrom, who developed the new technique, is using the trade name Supreme Decking. Sales, he reports, have risen steadily since he introduced the product in June.

Tbe decking is manufactured from southern yellow pine treated with Wolman chemicals for rot and termite resistance and water repellency.

Battle For lnstalled sales

CURVED top surface on prossuro lroated deckino is desioned to allow water to drain ndurdf and pnient crpping, shilting, cr,acking and splitling,

Each 2x6 decking board is milled with a smoothly curved top and

Builders Square and Home Depot are batrling for installed sales business in the Tarnpa Bay, Fl., atea.

With its program in place for two years, Builders Square promotes installer service with Tim Allen of ABC's sitcom "Home Improvement."

Home Depot, which added installed service in the area last spring has a $100,000 budget for a combination of local print, radio and tv coverage, said Bruoe Berg, president of the Southeast division based in Tampa.

"We've had a lot of success and we'll continue to, even with them (Home Depot) in the madcet," said Jim Denny, senior director of installed cqrmercial sales for Builders Square.

Home Depot's service contracts have grown to 1,000 a month. They offer garage door opener, ceiling fan and guttering installation with more complex jobs like kirchen and bath remodeling due o be added shortly.

National Gypsum Value Set

National Gypsum Co. said a bankruptcy court's determination of a $350 million value for the company is a "big step forwafd" in the wallboard manufacturer's efforts to reorganize. A committee of bond and credit holders had challenged the company's plan saying it overpaid senior creditors and underpaid junior creditors and proposed a plan which valued the company at $630 million.

o Conugoted Droinoge Pipe o Culverl Pipe

Slotted. Solid. or Septic-Leoch Bed Styles

Droin Pipe4" or 6"

Sold In l0 ft. lengths or rolls

Culvert Pipe8" to 24"

Comes in 20 ft, lengths

Solid copper nails for slate, tile and sheet metal roofing as well as copper flashing. Swan Secure manufacturers a complete line of copper nails in smooth and ring shank sizes from 3/4" to 6" in length. Eliminate the possibility of claims resulting from rust or wind damage. Copper nails are corrosion resistant and will last as long as the roof itself without staining or streaking. Swan Secure copper nails stay put when slates, tiles, wood or metal roofing materials expand or contract. Large flat heads afford easy driveability.

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Wood Treaters Confer ln D.C.

The American Wood Preserving Industry Legislative Conference March 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., will bring together wood preservers from across the country.

Meeting personally with their elected representatives, they will have an opportunity to tell new and reelected members of Congress how curent and proposed legislation and regulations affect the industry's plants and products.

Senator Richard C. Shelby (D-Al.) will be keynote luncheon speaker. The program includes an insider briefing from an EPA official, a journalist and an environmental activist on how Washington works. T$e National Association of Manufactirrers will conduct a computer simulation game, Congressional Insight, where players must make tough political calls and try to get re+lected.

Industry groups co-sponsoring the conference include the American Wood Preservers Institute, Alabama Association of Wood Preservers, Lumber Manufacturers Association of Virginia, Southeastem Lumber Manufacturers Association, Southern Forest

Products Association, Southern Pressure Treaters Association. Texas Wood Preservers Advisory Council and Westem Wood Preservers Institute.

CCA Little Threat to Sea Life

Results are expected this spring from a study investigating the effects of CCA treated piling on marine organisms.

Funded by Hickson Corp., the research will answer questions about possible toxicity. "Marine life grows abundantly on treated wood piling," Bill Baldwin, vice president for environmental and technical services at Hickson, said. "We lnow of no hazards and hope this study, using the most scrupulous scientific procedures, will fill a research void and detennine there is no basis for concern."

Boards Rated Best Subfloor

A recent study commissioned by the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association tested the effectiveness of three different thicknesses of plywood and oriented strandboard (OSB) as well as 314" kiln dried southern yellow pine boards as subflooring for nail installed hardwood.

Both machine driven cleats and pneumatic driven staples were used to fastm3l4'x2-ll4' srip flooring to the subfloors. The nail and staple connections to the kiln dried southern yellow pine board subfloor outperfonned the connections in all other subfloors. Results showed little difference between 3/4" plywood, 5/8" plywood and 314" OSB.

The Virginia Tech study supports the industry's long recommended 5/8" or thicker plywood or 314" kiln dried dense Group I softwood boards as preferred subfloor material for solid hardwood blind nailed flooring and adds 3/4' OSB as a suitable substrate.

Chains to Participate In Show

Builders Square, San Antonio, Tx., Lowe's, North Wilkesboro, N.C., and National Home Center, Springdale, Ar., are among chains participating in Meet the Merchants, March 20, at the 1993 National Home Center Show and Conference, McCormick Pl., Chicago.