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by Glen Oak

Profiting from Pre-Finished Options

Oak. Primed . Embossed

SIMPLIFY with one buy

Fast and easy to install, pre-finished mouldings save builders tremendous amounts of time and money. Prefinished mouldings have meant more work. however. for lumber dealers who have had to source embossed, pre-finished and paint-primed products from three different vendors.

Fed up with quality control problems, raw material restrictions, west coast or foreign delivery delays, plus coordinating separate shipments, savvy lumber dealers are now turning to a single domestic supplier for all their pre-finished millwork needs. Namely, Glen Oak Lumber & Milling.

Glen Oak Lumber & Milling is the only U.S. hardwood millwork manufacturer to offer a complete prefinished mouldings programincluding pre-finished oak, Glen Oak Embossed Poplar@ and Prime Poplaf Always consistent in quality and appearance, Glen Oak's mouldings are made from readily available domestic substrate and feature environmentally-safe waterborne finishes. Matching door and window jambs are also available. All of Glen Oak's pre-finished products are as convenient for builders to use as thev are for you to purchase.

A new high temperature air/gas torch from Guilbert-Express operates on liquid petroleum gas, propane, butane or Mapp gases.

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Designed for 50,000 ignitions. Model 365 torch. which measures 13" long and weighs 1.3 lbs., features a flame envelope that produces the equivalent of 4,350tF using gas and air, thus eliminating oxygen cylinders and supply lines.

Circle No. 821

Automatic Folding Doors

An automatic foldins door from Nervman Tonks utilizes-srvinp door technology with adjustable ofening and closing speeds.

Each section of the Astro-Fold automatic folding door parts and closes at the same time and is porvered by a heavy-duty door operator. It reportedly offers the same pedestrian opening as a 14'opening needed for typical sliding doors. When the doors are open there is a clear-span entryway of 6'in an 8'masonry opening. The door also eliminates the need for sidewalkmounted guard rails and is equipped with trvo separate safety scanning systems.

Circle No. 822

Solid MDF Doors

A solid l-3l8"+hick MDF interior door has been introduced by Nerv Door Inc.

The vinyl wrapped door that comes in sizes up to 43'x92' is also available unrvrapped in paint grade smooth MDF.

The finished door reportedly does not peel. crack or change when exposed to moisture or sunlight. Vinyl-rvrapped moldings that match the door are also available.

Circle No.823

Stucco-Bonded Wall Panels

A 20-gauge rvall panel rvith a permanently bonded stucco finish is nerv from TransAmerican Strukturoc. Factory-finished and available in hundreds of colors, the panels reportedly do not crack, chip or peel and can be installed year-round.