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Comfortable to touch and easy to harxlle, PinkPlus fiberslass insulation is now available from Owens-Corning. ' The 7-ll4" thick R-25 Pink Fiberglas lnsulation oomes encased in pink polyethylene for easy handling and installation.

Oak-Like Moulding o Corugoled Droinoge PiPe o Culverl Pipe

UltraOak pre-finished moulding frorr ABTo duplicates the beauty arid ricnness of solid oak decorative mouldings in an affoidable, durable, easy-to-use poduct.

Slotted, Solid. or Septic-Leoch Bed StYles

Droin PiPe4" or 6" Sold in 10 ft. lengths or rolls

Culvert PiPe8" Io 24"

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A patented proaess is used to create a copolymer sub' strate that cuts and mounts like wmG but without the problems of warping, spliu.ing or cracking. The wod grain is printed on a s-pecial-overlay made of Oriental rice fiber paper. ' 'It comes in consistent lengths and six profiles: 7'casing and 8'base, crown, chair rail, outside corner and inside corner.

Home lmprovement Sales Glimbing

Home improvement product sales climbed 4.7Vo last year to $105.8 billion, according to revised Home Improvement Research Institute estimates. Consumer sales rose 5.4Vo to $73.1 billion, while sales to professionals rebounded from a steep decline in 1991 to reach $32.7 billion.

Home improvement product sales are expected to total $116.5 billion for 1993 and increase 6.57o annually over the next five years to reach $145.1 billion in 1997. The projections reflect the improved long-run outlook for interest rates, housing market activity and consumer spending.

Led by a rebound in lawn and garden and continued strength in lumber and building materials, consumer sales should grow by more than 87o annually in 1993 and 1994, oulpacing total retail sales growth. Growing an average 6.3Vo each year, tle consumer market is forecast at $99.3 billion bv 1997.

The recovery of the professional remodeler market that began in 1992 should accelerate in 1993 and 1994 due to lower interest rates stimulating housing market activity and associated fix-up work. Sales through professionals in 1993 ue projected to reach $37.4 billion and grow an averageT%o yearly to $45.8 billion in 1997.

Memphis Lumbermen Aid Exhibit

The Lumbennen's Club of Memphis contributed to the recently completed "Trees" exhibit at Agricenter International by providing forest products such as flooring and fumiture. Members also serve on various advisory committees.

At a recent club luncheon, Agricenter International president Bill Walker shared some new developments underway or planned, including a proposed conference on total resource runagement.

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Dealers Meet In San Antonio

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association members will meet in San Antonio, Tx., Ocr 27-31fot their 77th annual convention.

Ray Nunn, founder and chaimmn of the board SimmsMoore Lumber & Hardware, Frisco, Tx., will be installed as president. A past president and Lumbennan of the Year of the Lumbennen's Association of Texas, he will be honorcd by LAT at a reception.

Distributors Stress Education

Joel Barker, president" Infinity Limited, Inc., will discuss "The Power of Paradigms" during his keynote address

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at the National Building Material Distributors Association's 42nd annual conventim and exhibit Oct. lG 12 at the Anaheim Hilton & Towers, Anaheim, Ca.

Expanded educational prognms are among the numerous changes in the meeting format. Speakers include Willian Blades, business grow0; Jay Rischkcn, growth, mergers & acquisitions; Mark Kelly, organizational stnrcture; Robert Legg, conservation & development sf nannal r€souroes; John McKay, reurrn on investmenq Jack Sbaw, electronic communication, and Jim White, employee education.

Exhibits will be open for a full day inst€ad of the previous two half days. Round table disorssions will goup pcticipans by the market they serve.

TJ Teams With Weyerhaeuser

TJ International's Trus Joist MacMillan and Weyerhaeuser's Building Materials Distribution Business will work together to develop distribution of Trus Joist MacMillan's engineered wood products and expand Weyerhaeuser's role as a ven@r and oriented strand board supplier to Trus Joist MacMillan's runufacoring facilities.

Under tenns of the arrangement, Trus Joist lvlrcMillan will add A Weyabaeuser customer serrrice enters to tb 14 cunently disributing their engineered wood products.

G-P Enters Canadian Market

Georgia-Pacific is working with MacMillan Bloedel Building Materials Canada to distribute building materials to Canadian dealen through MBBM's Z disuibution centers across Canada lf

"This distribution agreement with a n4ia U.S. building materials producer positions us to take advantage of the inevitable expansion of tnade activty between the two comtries," said Bernie McSherry, gen. mgr., MBBM Canada "Our customen will be able to access a resource-based manufacturing organization with excellent ma*eting and merchandising programs. Tbat's the main r€ason we chose Georgia-Pacific."

Products !o be distributed include tile backer, wood panels, plywood siding, subfloor/underlayment, plywood and prefi nished decorative paneling.

Sunbelt Matefial Handling designs, engineers, and erecls cantilever supported buildings and "T' sheds for the lurnber industry in all areas of the U.S. and Canada.

.Saving labor and eliminating wealher damaged lumber .Properly handling and sloring LVL, PSL, and lJoist .lncreasing storage capacity and product access .Betler cuslomer service through etlbient yard organization Call or write Alan today lor complete inlormation on these and all our other storage systems. Sunbelt

Treqted Lumber Looks ro The Fufure

Treated lumber has a new quality testing program for uniform standards in the marketplace. In the past, the American Wood Preservers Bureau (AWPB) and its agencies, together with the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau, were responsible for all independent inspections, This has been replaced by a single, uniform quality control effort under the American Lumber Standard Committee (AiSC) accreditation program. The AWPB "clover leaf" is no longer used to indicate accredited agencies. Inspection agencies accredited by ALSC will use a-quality mark containing the traditional treating information and the identifying symbol, logo or name of the agency. rhe presence of this quality mark indicates that the producer of the treated lumoer subscri6es to rigorous quality control slandards. For more informa- tion, contact us.

Hoover Treated Wood Products announces that a NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT (NER-457) has been issued by the National Evaluation Service of the Council of American Building Officials to confirm that PYRO-GUARD Fire Retardant Treated Lumber and Plywood meets requirements of the BOCA, UBC, and SBCCI model building codes.

PYRO-GUARD has a degradation-free track record, a So-year projected useful life, and is the FIBSI Fire Retardant Treated Wood with: a fhtrd Party Kiln tlonltorlng in addltlon to U.L. follow.up servlce

FRf labor and malerials replacemen] cos] warranty Code Compliance Report wlth evaluolion of elevated ]emperature strenglh testlng for roof applications

HIgh temperoture stnength test results

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New York Etote Smoke loxlclty test results

* NER reports are subject to re-examination, revisions and possible closing of file.

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