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41ID CEDAR market is evolving.

I Supply is tightening. Users are looking to substitute products. And the indusry is responding, intent on reclaiming lost market share by producing and marketing products with the buyer in mind.

The most important development is the recent introduction of a standardized tongue and groove V-joint profile by the 18 member mills of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association. "Everybody had their own patterns and they wouldn't match with other manufacturers' (pattems)," said WRCLA standards committee chair Cados Furtado, Sawarne Lumber Co., Ricbmond, British Columbia, Canada. "Once the patterns got to dealers, they either had to keep two inventories, or,

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Changes in the cedar market mills offering user-friendly profiles, grades, availability.

more likely, they just mixed it all up. As a result, builders had trouble fitting together the slightly different sizes. It caused a lot of headaches. So we decided WRCLA members should all offer standard size panels."

Every mill now produces the identical profile so customers can order from any of them and use the products interchangeably. The new siding/paneling profile is available in 4 to l2-inch widths. And the mills are currently developing an interchangeable proftle for channel siding.

Another problem producers tackled was cedar still being considered as a commodity even though it is now sold primarily with appearance in mind. "Cedar has always been graded with structural grades, Standard & Better, etc. But what people are after is cedar that's graded for end use," Furtado said. "If it's 2x4,2x6 S4S, they're going to use it for decking and they don't want it full of holes. They want a tigbt lnot product. But they never knew what they were going to get."

As a result WRCLA introduced a decking category. The grades still meet the standard rules, but are categorized by appearance. "Too many dealers have been burned. Now they know what to specify and what to expect. When they order Architectural Knotty, for instance, they're paying a little bit more but they lnow they're