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Many Ways to Plug In

GC Electronics has expanded its line of telephone installation accessories. Additions include a wall phone mount with dual side jacks, a multiline selector, modular plug, crimP tool, phone silencer and extension ringer.

The wall mount offers side jacks to help hook up answering machines, automatic dialers and extension phones. The multi{ine selector allows for connecting answering machines, dialers, etc. to multi{ine key system telephone sets. The crimp tool features a wire stripper for modular plug installation.

Both the extension ringer and bell silencer allow ringing flexibility.

Fire Resistant Wall Board

Ultra Board, a fire and moisture resistant building board with thermal insulation. from TAC Construction Materials, Ltd. is composed of cement. bonded with cellulose and other organic fibers.

With many uses in the construction field, it can be used for external and internal linings, floor substrate, soffits, doors, infill panels, ceilings, canopies, insulating panels and partitions. The non-combustible material is suitable for machining, nailing, drilling, bonding, sanding and paintlng.

The board comes in a variety of thicknesses and sheet sizes and can be used as a replacement for asbestos cement board.

Air On Wheels

A 1.5 hp air compressor designed for lighi intermittent duti is available from Atlas Copco Standard Pneumatic Inc.

Made for home and auxiliarv commercial operations, it i's available in both 2 wheel portable and stationary models. All are aircooled, single stage, I cylinder and oil lubricated. Air receiver tank sizes range from 30 to 60 gals.

Putty For Plants

Plant-Tack is a solid reusable adhesive which can be used for training vines, sealing plant injuries, bracing floral arrangements and an- choring plants in aquariu{ns and terranums.

It is packaged in a 2.5 oz. wallet.' When kneaded, it becomes pliable for use. The non-toxic product is made by the Bostik Consumer Div. of Emhart Corp.

Stylish Bathtub

Centurion Industries has a new tranquility bath featuring a64', x38,, x 19" oval bathing wall with a reclining back.

The bath may be sunken, raised, skirted or equipped with an optional whirlpool action unit. Material color may be matched or coordinated with the company's shower, vanity top and accessory lines.

Wicker Wizardry

Mastercraft of Manila has added the Madagasque line of wicker furniture with upholstery in a spectrum of fabric choices. The line comes in conventional and sectional pieces. It is said to be in the low price range, handcrafted to combine design quality with comfort.

Briefing on Warehouse Retailing

Warehouse retailing's anticipated arrival in Northern California will be among topics discussed by William Fishman, seminar director for both the National and Western Home Center Shows and a columnist for The Merchant Mugazine, when he reports on merchandising trends at the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club dinner on March 27.

Fishman, who also heads up William Fishman & Affiliates, a consulting firm, will cover merchandising, advertising and how to do a better job of dealing with the cash and carry d-i-y segment of the market.

Expected to draw an audience from the Greater Bay and Sacramento areas,the meeting will beheld at Antonino's Restaurant in Hayward, Ca.

Geothermal Energy to Heat Homes

Heat from the earth will replace fossil fuels to warm and cool homes by the 1990s according to a leading hydrogeologist. The short time period of system cost recovery, from savings, makes earth-coupled heat pumps systems the most attractive alternative energy system today.

Dr. Jay H. Lehr, executive director of the National Water Well Association, Worthington, Oh., estimates that 8590 of the entire U.S. has enough heat energy in the ground to warm all the homes and buildings in any locale. A variety of heat pump projects completed for the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have proven the viability, economic effectiveness and environmental safety of the system using lowgrade geothermal energy.

Lehr stated that the biggest breakthrough in the public's use of earth-source heating and cooling systems will come when federal policies are amended to grant tax credits to users of these systems. A recent Frost and Sullivan market report stated that earth-coupled heat pumps will make up almost half of the 3.2 millionretrofit and newcentralhome heating units sold in the year 2000.

Dealers Go to Washington

"What effect will a projected federal budget deficit of $185 billion in 1984 have on interest rates, our housing industry and the current yet delicate economic recovery?" will be the theme for the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association's 12th annual Conference with Congress, March 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

On the first day Senator Robert Dole (R-Ks.) and Senator John Tower (R-1}<.) will be keynote speakers.

New OSB in Western Market

A new product, Sturdi-Wood, is being marketed in the western United States by Furman Lumber, Inc.

Sturdi-Wood is an oriented strand board (OSB) panel product produced by Pelican Mills, Ltd., Edson, Alberta, Canada. The mill, built last fall, employs the latest computer and laser technology to engineer a panel with fully oriented strands and highly consistent density. By using all white poplar and screening out fine particles when manufacturing, the panels are made stronger and better looking.

Furman will market Sturdi-Wood out of its Portland, Or., office to retailers, manufactured housing companies and industrial users in the western United States. Because of the mill's proximity to the marketing area, Sturdi-Wood will be competitively priced to western plywood.

The product has three layers, with strands in the solid interior layer oriented perpendicular to strands in the exterior layers,, which are smooth and void-free. Sturdi-Wood underlayments are produced within l/32" in thickness and are uniformly strong and stable.

Furman Lumber is making it available in sheets ranging in size from 4 ' x 4 ' to 8 'x Vl '. in thicknesses from 3/ 16" to | | /4' A full range of Sturdi -Wood specialty products, including tongue and groove panels, grooved sidings, shiplap and a variety of surfaces, are available.

With Sturdi-Wood, according to marketing director Rich Viola, Furman Lumber is giving retailers a consistent supply of an APA performance-rated panel with rigidity and high racking resistance.

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