Qualflty Western ]Red eedar Gazebo Kits

Immediate Availability

These pre-cut gazebo kits are made only from the finest Western Red Cedar. The easy to assemble kits are pre-packaged in light weight yet durable Poly lumber bags and are ready for immediate delivery.

Select Tight Knot Patterns:

1X6 & 1X8 T&GVJ. Reversible (WP4R)

1X8 S/L Sq. Channel 1" Revel Resaw Face - VJ-t Back w/Center "V"

1X10 Rabbeted Bevel Siding Resaw Face (Totem)

1X12 SIS2E

Any other special pattern manufactured upon request.

Declining Starts Forecast

Fewer housing starts are predicted for 1989 due to declining housing demand and rising interest rates, according to forecasts made during the National Association of Home Builders recent Atlanta, Ga., annual convention.

Starts are expected to fall to 1,380,000, down 6.7% from 1988's 1,480,000 units. By midyear, mortgage rates are predicted to climb to 11% to 11.5% for 30-year fixed-rate loans, up from the current 10.92V0.

Despite the housing activity decline, the projection would represent the seventh straight year of more than one million starts, the longest post-war housing recovery.

Starts Hit 6-Year-Low

Housing starts dipped 8.2% in 1988 to their lowest level in six years, as last year's 1.48 million units neared the 1.06 million figure built during the recession year of 1982.

The seasonally-adjusted annual rate for starts in December fell 2.2o/o from November, although building permits during the month increased l.8o/0.

Analysts attribute the slight slowdown to rising interest rates and cooling housing demand from the aging of the Baby Boom generation.

"As we go through the years toward the year 2000, we need fewer and fewer net additions to our stock of housing. We're just not creating as many new households as we used to," says economist Richard Peach.

New Wood Dust Rules Set

OSHA will adopt the forest Products industry's recommendations on new workplace exposure limits for wood dust, setting a 5 milligram per cubic meter limit for both hardwoods and softwoods.

The agency had proposed a stricter cap for hardwoods, but the Interindustry Wood Dust Coordinating Committee proved it was unnecessary and would cost the industry $5.5 billion annually and close hundreds of manufacturing facilities.

A separate limit of 2.5 milligrams per cu. meter of dust was established for western red cedar, since the wood may cause allergic responses among some workers.

The new permissable exposure limits must be met by Sept. l, 1989, using any combination of work practices, personal protective equipment or engineering controls. After Dec. 31, 1992, compliance must be met using engineering controls.

Top California Companies

Wickes Cos., Santa Monica, Ca., generated the highest revenue last year of all building products firms in the state, according to CaliJbrnia Business Magazine.

Wood and building products companies among "The California 500" included: Wickes, No.38 (1988 sales of $2,147 billion); Potlatch CorP., San Francisco, 7l ($992 million)l National Lumber & SuPPlY, Fountain Valley,216 ($158 million)l Stanline Inc., Norwalk. 351 ($65 million), and Chesapeake Industries, Newport Beach, 433 ($39 million).

A listing of the top 100 private companies featured Pacific Coast Building Products, Sacramento, No. 6l ($333 million), and Sequoia Supply. lrvine. 75 ($300 million).

Always A Cedar Lining

A new line of aromatic red cedar lining kits has been introduced by AFCO Industries.