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Cedar Sandbox

An easy-to-assemble sandbox kit which includes everything but the sand is now available from Handy Home Products.

Constructed of l-l/6" weslern red cedar, the sandbox wif l measure 6' x 6' x l' high and will need one yard of sand to fill it. Since everything is pre-cut and pre-drilled for easy alignment, only a screwdriver and hammer are needed for assembly.

An inspctol c:u'cfirllv renroves il core sanrplc fi'onr wood that has been pressurr-tre:rte<l r.rnder the AWPI| qualitv-control pr()gram.

At AWPII's laboratorv, all tests and evalu:rtions :rre performed bv hiehl,y qualifietl perconnel.

After assembly, the sandbox can be finished with clear wood preserver or stain, or painted with an exterior paint.

A Textolene canopy lets breezes through but blocks out most of the sun's glare. Bolts and wingnuts permit the canopy to be raised and lowered.

Good Lookin'Hooks

Cushion-coated pegs which turn common nails into decorative hooks have been introduced by Acme Metal Goods Manufacturing Co.

Available in red, white and yellow, Handy Nails can be used indoors, and are rust-resistant, so may also be used outdoors.

lBecause they are cushion-coated, they reportedly will not scratch or harm hanging metal objects.

Nails are easily installed by removing the fitted end cap, hammering in the nail, and replacing the end cap. For safety, no rough ends or edges are exposed.

Copper Nalls

Pure copper nails in l-l/4", l-l/2" and 2" lengths for slate and tile roohng and copper flashing are now offered by Maze Nails.

Solld Support

A drywall support said to eliminate ceiling to wall cracks due to truss float and reduce wall to wall cracks due to lumber shrinkage is new from United Steel Products Co.

Korner-Bac, a sheet metal angle, can be installed wherever wood backings are normally used to support the edge of materials like paneling, drywall and Masonite.

It may be applied with a screw gun, pneumatic nailer or stapler, or hammer.

All lengths feature a full 3/8" head that provides good bearing pressure on roofing and flashing material.

Clean driving is reportedly made easy by their diamond points and smooth shanks.

On The Level

A self-leveling, self-smoothing polymer concrete floor underlayment from Edison Chemical Systems requires no special tools, skills or troweling.

Levelex 52 is mixed with water, poured, spread and allowed to harden. Polymer moditication provides superior adhesion, strength and resistance to dusting. Most surfaces can be topped without special primers or additives.

Slide To Elther Slde

A heavy duty slide bolt latch, reversible for right or left door installations, is new from Hager Hinge. Used for swinging or sliding doors, the latch features offset ends to prevent accidental opening by vibration, extra-heavy protective plastic caps on each end, high quality backing plates to prevent weiu or gouging into the door surface, and a strong screw eye to keep the slide bolt from accidentally returning to a locked position.

Order A Shake

An Australian-designed, fiber-cement roofing shake with a woodgrain texture is new from James Hardie Building Products.

Carrying up to a Class-A fire rating, Hardishake's inherently tough fiber-cement formulation can be

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P,O. Box 12157 El Paso, Tx.79912 safely walked upon whereas walking typically damages some other types of roofing.

Once secured to a construction member, it forms a complete end-toend support.

The shingles are also said to save time per job; eliminate splitting, breaking and waste problems; not attract termites, insects or vermin, and not rot from moisture or sunlight.

Shakes are22" long by l/4" thick and 12, 8 and 6" wide, in a variety of colors. Accessories include hip and ridge length,14-5/8" x 12" wide.

It may be applied over concrete, wood, steel or foarn, 44d may be topped with tile, carpeting, parquet, replllont flosrfng qr a variety of eoet= ings. Low trafllc areas mdy be left uncoated.

A single application levels and smooths substrates suffering from rain and freezing damage, unevenness, roughness, s{lg, scaling or camber problems.

Manufaeturerg qf Quality Pine Moqldins fsr qver 35 lsars o MOULDING: bolid linealfingerjointcut-to.length

. JAIIBS: solidveneerftngerjoint o carton pack moulding o unitized for forklift unloading