More southern pine millwork being used in the South

Use of solid and finger jointed sou0ern pine for millwork and the opening of elaborate millwork showrooms are growing trends in the South.

Lone Star Plywood, Houston, Tx., is a company doing both. l,ooking for exra srength and durability in exterior door frames and jambs, the millwork house is using a greatet volume of southern pine these days.

Burns, Monis & Stewart (BMS), Nacogdoches, Tx., a national supplier to the door pre-hanging industry, ships large volumes of southem pine exterior door frames, casings, brick moulds and sill to Lone Star for assembly. Lone Star is a major supplier of exterior doors and interior wood products to homebuilders and remodelers throu ghout Texas.

Hank Crouse, BMS, says that the growth of the finger jointed market is good news for southern pine and other wood species because "it helps extend the forest resource during a time when more and more specifiers are concerned about timber supply and the availability of solid wood."

Southern pine finger jointed frames and jambs are increasingly popular in the Houstur area which is primarily a paint grade martet, Lone Star's David Ondrasek adds. His company likes its strength, stability and superiority for machining to close tolerances.

Lone Star's product line includes windows, doors, moulding, stair parts, decorative trim, beaded ceilings and all types of interior millwork. They have done custom manufacturing of transoms and other pfoducts since t978.

To display their large inventory of doors, windows and millwork products in a wide variety of species, including western softwoods and imported and domestic hadwoods as well as southern pine, they have established a large attractive showroom. Homebuilding and remodeling

FRENCH door is selected al Lone Star Ptyryood for shipment lo a cuslomer in th€ Hougon, Tx., alea Steve contractors in the Houson aea bring their clients !o the showrmm to see millwork displays and 'touch and feel" before they select products fc their homes.

Cypress Manufacturers Vote in Changes

The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association has voted to allow associate members a more active role in the association.

Associates may now hold office and actively participate in association business. Cypress wholesalers and retailers and companies processing cypress products qualify for associate membership. Active membership is limited to companies that manufacture and produce cypress logs, piling and poles, sawn lumber, both rough and finished, shingles, flooring, veneers, plywood, lath, boxes and crates.

Changes in the dues structure and cypress grade rules also received af-

Hoo-Hoo Annual Convention

The 101st Hoo-Hoo International convention will be Sept. 12-15 in Sioux Falls, S.D., with Sioux Valley Hoo-Hoo Club as host club.

Andersen Windows, Inc. is the major corporate sponsor. Other corporate sponsors include Building Products, Inc., Jordan Millwork, Jones Lumber Co., Sprenger fimrative votes. Effective July 1, increased dues will be used to provide basic member services and an expanded cypress promotion program.

New cypress grades will go into effect when a supplement to the 1986 Standard Specifications for Grades of Southern Cypress is distributed. Grades affected include: Select, "D" Finish, No. 1 Common and No. 2 Common.

"All these changes will benefit the association," said SCMA president Steven Jones. "Increased member participation will help expand the promotio-n progftm in ways that will build business for everyone."

Midwest, Allied Midwest and Independent Millwork.

Sponsorships are still available, according to secretary/treasurer Bruce Braaten. He can be reached at 604 S. Johnson, C:nton, S.D. 57013-2448.

In addition to ttle activities planned for the convention, those attending will have an opportunity to enjoy the manv attractions of Sioux Falls.

which was named the #1 city in America. Known as the showcase of the arts in the upper Midwest, the city has over 250 dining establishments serving all types of cuisine, over 1600 acres of parks, a zoo and the Delbridge Museum with the world's largest private mounted animal collection.

APA Annual ln Arizona

Former Washington governor Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, author of two best selling books on environmental extremism, will keynote the American Plywood Association's annual meeting Sept.26-28 at the Westin La Paloma Tucson, Az.

Former New York Yankees pitcher, sportscaster and author Jim Bouton will be a luncheon speaker and Steve Thomas, host of PBS' This Old House, will meet with the marketing commiftee.

The meeting, which celebrates APA's 60th anniversary, will introduce Info Fair '93, the association's fint products and services exposition. Committee meetings, golf and tennis tournaments and special spouse programs are plarned.

Thoughts on CCA Safety: By Huch

Devenzb - Hickson Corp.

CCA treated wood is effective. economical, clean, odorless and proven. And it's harmless wben sinple recommendations are followed.

If it weren't for Joseph Kesselring, probably few bomeowners would question dealers about the product. After all, CCA treated lumber has been installed in countless projects around tbe world since 1933 and wben tbe product was used with conlmon sense precautions no adverse effects on people, plants or pets were r€ported.

But Kesselring wrote "Arsenic and Old [ace," a classic play whicb was transformed into a classic novie and made the world aware of arsenic poison,

Since arsenic is an ingredient of CCA, some people are wary of the treatment. Never mind OSHA bas acknowledged the arsenic in CCA treated wood is different from arsenic in poison. Never mind CCA becomes fixed in wood and highly leacb resistant. Never mind decades of p'roblem free use, many laboratory studies indicating negligible risk, and an exbaustive eight year review by EPA.

We bave no qurlms about reconmending CCA treated wood for tomato stakes, raised bed gardens, vineyard supports, musbrcom tray8, planter boxes, bird feeders, dog houses, picnic tables and wood foundations. CCA treated wood bas been used in tbese gojects for years and years.

If only Mr. Kesselring's play hadn't been so popular.

Someday there will probably be a wood preservative superior to CCA - science moves forward. But none of the lG,l5 pesenatives now in commercial use provides the package of benefits that CCA treatment offers for decks, landscaping and other residential applications.

Hangtags Ercel In Sign Test

Plastic hang-tags urging them to ask fs Consuner Information Sheets (CIS) caught consumers' attention mse often tban otber signs used in a tr€ated wood industry test.

A rrck of CIS sbeets, an electronic sign, stick-on signs on cantilevers holding treated wood and stick-on signs on lumber sts failed to carch as nud affeotion. All signs used in the tvlarch and April tests contained the message, "Ask fa FREE badling nnd use infumation on reared wood-"

The sodyatan Atlmta, Ga, Hme Depot chosen fq its higb sales volume, location of all lumber on one aisle and dedbat€d lumber cbect-out couters included 412 erlt ineniews at cleck{rt sands.

Concerns about pressure treated wmd for both hme and public uses are fewer this year following a yer of public outneach programs by the ueated wood industry.

This year's survey sbowed 83.3% bad no conoerns about bme uses of tr€ated wood as mpaed to 79% m 1992. TM 77.9% with no ooncerns about pnblic uses of ueated wood in 1992 increased tD82% in 1993.

Hoover Treated Wood Products announces that a NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT {NER-4571 hae been issued by the National Evaluation Service of tho Council of American Building Officials to confirm that PYRO-GUARD Fire Rerardant

Treated Lumbor and Plywood meets requirements of the BOCA, UBG, and SBCCI model building codes.

PYRO-GUARD has a degradation-free track record, a SO-year projected useful life, and is the FISST Fire Retardant Treated Wood with: a fhlrd Party KIln tonltorlng ln addltlon to U.L. follow-up servlcc a FRf labor ond materials replacemen] cot] wsnantv

I Code Compliance Report with evslualion of e_levated iemperaluro strl.ngth icstlng for roof appllcatlons

I Hlgh rcmporatura ttrt,ngth ]et] tr,tuttt

I New York State Smoke Toxlclty test notults

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