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P.O. Box 727,Healdsburg, Ca.95448 707-433-3373

FAX 707-437-2913

Nu Forest Products is a full line lumber distribution yard that, unlike many, has a wide range of milling equipment that enables us to handle all your specialized needs. We take particular pride in the fact that our highly skilled millmen can grind the knives and run any pattern your customer requires.

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8 to 34 RGH, gs Resawn

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Vertical and Flat Grain

Doug Fir Dimension 22'to32"2x74

Sel Struct DF KD S4S 2x4 - 2xl2to24'

FAX (503) 535-3288

Pine

Hem-Fiir and SPF Fascia Selects. Commons. Sel Dex 1x4 to 2xl2 Westem Red Cedar Redwood KI)

Clears. Stk. Timbers Clr Hrt, Clr, B & Rustic Grades Redwood Green

Clr Hrt, Con Hrt, Fencing, Decking, Lath, Pickets

Bureau Goncedes To Politics

Faced with 20 or more roof covering bills including a ban on wood roofing and even fire retardant treated shakes and shingles, the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau says it will support reasonable California legislation regulating roof coverings.

Although reports following the October Berkeley/Oakland Hills fire in Northem Califomia blamed wood roofs, some professionals disagree. Ron Walker and Dave Tyree, National Forest Products Association, Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau safety consultants and National Institute of Standards & Technology and Steel Roofing Manufacturers Association representatives concluded it was not a wood roof fire and that the roof covering was insignificant to the survival of buildings. They described the fire as a wildland/ wi ldfire/firestornn/fire-tornado. Reaching 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the heat of the fire was said to be equal to the atom bomb that fell on Hiroshima. Japan, in World War II.

State Energy Code Changes

Lumber markets will be affected by new state energy regulations in Oregon and California.

Effective Jan. l, the Oregon energy code requires 2x6 exterior framing to meet R-21 wall requirements; stressskin panels as a substitute for conventional framing; higher ceiling and underfloor insulation requirements and underfloor standards favoring joisted floor systems over pier and beam floors.

Other restrictions and requirements could affect raised wood floors as well as the use of wood windows and wood doors, explains the Western Wood Products Association which objected to adoption of the new code. However, one section dealing with basement insulation may make permanent wood foundations more competitive in Oregon, they add.

New California energy standards, effective July 1, affect the entire central Califomia region (expected to be the fastest growing market in the state through the decade). New standards will require 2x6 exterior wall framing to accommodate R-19 insulation. Interior wall framing, which accounts for about 45% of the total stud use. is not expected to change.

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