Help your customer add an outdoor room

ONSUMERS are expected to probably looking for an inexpensive sun room, a game room, a party spen residential additions and alterations. sent home. but many of your customers are

"Add a deck" is usually the best advice you can give them for adding the most square feet of living space at the most economical cost. Compared to adding a room, a deck is an excellent buy. lt is the most economical way to add extra living space and extra value.

There is no living space more readily adaptable to serving a multitude of changing family needs. All in the course of a single day a deck can serve as a breakfast room, an exercise room, a reading room, a

Story at a Glane

Ways you can help your cus. tomer add space to a cramped house al budget prlces and get your share of the S4t0 bllllon remodellng market.

The popularity of decks is confirmed by Qualilied Remodeler Magazine which rates decks as one of the top five improvements that can be made in remodeling a home. In addition to better living benefits, the homeowner receives an estimated 800/o return on the investment, according to their figures.

0ECI(S such as these can add living space and a new look to an older home. Simpson Timber Co. in their new TooDeck redwood product line is marketing the most popular redwood decking grades and lumber sizes air seasoned, graded for decking use and available in 2 lt. increments ranging lrom 8-20 ft.

A deck project often allows a dealer to sell more than decking. Larger windows, French doors, wooden sliders, patio doors, railings, trellis, fencing and building materials such as hardware, nails, stain, paint and tools are needed to complete each project. Finishing touches including outdoor furniture, planters, garden containers, grass, plants and flowers are additional sales.

Dealers with deck design software packages can custom design a deck to fit each customer's special needs, providing plans and material lists. Those without computer design centers can help their customers modify existing deck plans if necessary.

Dealers also can recommend contractors to build decks, provide installation service or assist the do-ityourselfer. All are an incentive for a customer to buy materials.

In many areas there's plenty of time to complete a deck before winter. If not, it's not too early to plan for next spring.

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DOMESTIC HARDI)yOODS

Hardwoods of the Pacific Northwest (19 species)

An up-to-date look at Northwest hardwoods (two parts)

A background on alder's popularity (two parts)

The Cinderella tree of the Northwest (West Coast red alder)

Western Maple

Oregon Myrtle, smooth & tough

Developing California hardwoods (black oakr

Northeastern Hardwoods (four parts) (yellow birch, hard maple, black cherry, beech, red oak, soft maple, basswood, ash, white birch, yellow poplar)

A background on walnut

Black walnut

General physical properties of Southern hardwoods (16 species)

Working with hardwoods (16 species)

Hickory's looking good (two parts)

Koa: the Royal Hawaiian hardwood

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ASIAN-PACIFIC

Malayan Hardwoods (chart) (48 species)

Some Malayan Hardwoods (two parts) (10 species)

A quartet of related Asian Hardwoods (apitong, gurjun, keruing, yang)

The five species of meranti Ramin: a commercial light hardwood

Commercial satinwood

The romance of teak (two parts)

SOUTH AMERICAN

Tropical woods from Mexico (cocobolo, goncalo alves, primavera, canalete)

More on tropical woods from Mexico (guanacaste, lingnum vitae, capomo, ebony)

Banak: a mahogany substitute

Cedro: the volatile Latin

The hear.yweight and the lightweight 0ignum vitae, balsa)

Two prominent Brazilian hardwoods (rosewood, jacaranda, goncalo alves)

Two varieties of brosimum

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