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New Gentral Builders Supplies Logo

Central Builders Supplies Co. has developed a new logo using red, yellow, green and blue with the slogan "The Right Decision."

l{EW t0G0 for Central Builders Supplies Co. incorporates bright primary colors.

The design "takes advantage of the high name recognition factor in the industry," Bret Pobanz, president and ceo of the Sturgis, Mi., based buying group, said. ..It represents an aggressive, moving and contemporary image which is reflective of one of the fastest growing groups in the industry."

Hardboard SidingGertification

The American Hardboard Association has introduced a new American National Standard for hardboard siding to assure a high quality, uniform product. The standard covers requirements and testing for straightness, squareness, physical properties and surface characteristics.

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What's New At Home Show

Thousands of new home improvement products will be seen at The 1990 National Home Center Show. The following list previews some of the latest innovations.

General Electric: Lexan XL-l thermoclear sheet replacement for windows, skylights and greenhouse glass.

Dr. Gutter, Inc.: SKU Rain Gutter Liner Kit.

Furman Lumber: Gypsonite, a wallboard alternative.

Atkits: pre-drilled, pre-cut and pre-primed ready to assemble storase units.

Alumax: a metal strainer that fits into gutter downspouts to prevent overflow.

DG Mouldings: Thermo Stop, a combination garage door stop and flexible vinyl weatherstripping.

Cladwood: Westwood Composite Board Fencing and Window Mates Exterior Shutters.

Polygal: plastic insulating glass replacement, the UV-2.

PlyGem Manufacturing: textured plywood panel designs.

Iviswood Industries: reversible spindles for balconies and patios.

Arax Products: electronic measuring tools using ultrasonic sound for fast and easy measuring.

Philips Lighting Company: peach, pink, blue, yellow, green and ivory light bulbs.

Andersen Corp.: Frenchwood patio doors.

Concept Door Co.: oak and mahogany entry doors, sidelites and transoms.

Larson Mlg: a nearly indestructible storm door that won't expand, warp, rust, crack or dent.

Zircon Corporation: electronic level which sounds a tone to indicate when the unit is level or plumb.

Kop-Coat: Wolman Deck Brightener to remove dirt and mildew stains from both pressure-treated and untreated woods.

EPA: Radon Danger "Baloney"

The theory that higher levels of radioactive radon gas exist in tight, energy eflicient homes was shot down by EPA officials who called it "baloney" and "hot air."

Stories in both Reader's Digest and National Geographic in recent months have perpetuated the myth. A brochure mailed by Sears, Roebuck to promote radon detection devices said, "The levels of radon tend to be the highest in energy efficient homes that are sealed, insulated and weatherstripped to prevent the leakage of air. "

"That myth persists, I guess, because it sounds logical," an EPA branch head explained, adding that it's just as logical to think that a tight home could keep radon concentrations down. After all, what can't leak out, can't leak in."

Retailers On Conservation

Retailers for Renewable Resources is a nationwide program designed to support ongoing efforts to develop public support for policies which permit the continued wise use and management of our private and public forests and to seek opportunities to improve federal laws that affect their use.

Recognizing that the lumber and building material retailers are committed to the stewardship of our nation's forest resources, the program has been approved by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

Radiata Pine Warning

The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau warns of potential product liability claims against distributors of radiata pine, since the species is not produced under supervision of an American Lumber Standards Committee certified agency and has no set strength values assigned to it.

Nevertheless, radiata pineknown in the West as Monterey pinehas been popular in treated wood markets, as the American Wood Preservers Association recognizes it as a treatable species. Yet any American Wood Preservers Bureau gradestamp certification it may carry applies to the lumber's treatment process and not to grade or strength factors.

Mandatory Truck Inspections

Many lumber dealers in California are unaware that they are in violation of the California Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of 1988, according to Les Sanders, executive vice president, Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California.

Any company that is the registered owner or leaser of trucks with three or more axles weighing more than 6,000 pounds unloaded, truck tractors, trailers or semi-trailers and/ or two-axle truck-trailer combinations with a combined length exceeding 40 feet is required to participate in the biennial inspection of terminals (BIT) program maintained by the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP must inspect every 25 months each yard where vehicles are garaged, maintained or dispatched from and where maintenance rec- ords are stored. Multi-yard operations may designate more than one CHP inspection site.

Any firm that has not made application for the program is committing a misdemeanor in operating vehicles subject to BIT inspection. Applications must be accompanied by a $400 fee for each yard. (Those with no more than one power unit and three towed vehicles pay only $100.) Application information is available from CHP Motor Carrier Safety Units (regional offices) located in Redding, Rancho Cordova, Vallejo, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Luis Obispo and San Bernardino.

Documented evidence of systematic inspections, maintenance and lubrication service must be provided to the CHP. Each BIT mandated vehicle must be inspected at least every 90 days with brake systems, steering and suspension systems, tires and wheels and vehicle connecting devices included in the inspection. Free preventive maintenance guides are available from CHP offices.

In addition to applying for the program and conducting vehicle in- spections, lumber dealers must have each regular driver enrolled in the DMV Pull Notice Program. This program notifies participating employers when an employee's driving record is posted with a conviction, accident or DMV action. Information is available from local DMV offices.

Firms failing to enroll in the BIT program, pass inspections or participate in the DMV Pull Notice Program are subject to sanctions by the ICC and PUC if regulated and/or criminal complaint by the CHP.

Education Tracking Program

Tracking educational programs and courses presented for retail lumber industry employees, owners and managers is an objective of the National Building Materials Institute sponsored by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

The name, date, place, subject and hours of each course with the name, social security number and employer address of each student taking it will be entered into a database maintained at NLBMDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Educational classes and seminars sponsored by associations and companies, correspondence courses, management conferences and convention programs will qualify.

The objective is to track all courses and participants and assign credits as appropriate so that certificates and recognition may be given at some future date. One hour of education will equal one credit. A fee of $2 per person will be charged for registering classes and those attending.

Fred Caruso, Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association executive secretary, Englewood, Co., is the registration program development coordinator.

Hoo-Hoo-Ette Meeting

The organization of women in the lumber industry and related fields has scheduled its second national board meeting of the club year for February l6-18, in San Diego, Ca.

Wolmanized Lumber Adopts Bar Goding

Wolmanized wood products will be first in the pressure treated wood industry to have universal product codes (UPC) on lumber of all sizes.

viated coding which enables bar codes to fit on the narrow end labels used with 1" boards and 5/4" decking without eliminating any of the current consumer information which appears there.

Pursuit of UPC labeling was prompted by The Home Depot, the first major retailer requiring it. Hickson Corporation worked with The Home Depot to overcome the practical and technical obstacles.

Coding will cover a wide array of products. When all sizes are considered (2x4-8', 2x4-70', 2x4-12', 2x6-8', etc.). along with products kiln dried after treatment, those treated with water repellent and specialty products, there are approximately 1100 SKU's of wood pressure treatedwith Wolman preservatives. Each now has its own bar code designation.

A "zero suppression" number has been granted to Hickson Corp. by the Uniform Code Council for use by producers of Wolmanized pressure treated lumber. The zero suppression number is an abbre-

Michael Modansky, wood products merchandiser at The Home Depot, said, "The use of bar coding allows us to be more efficient in pricing, consumer service and inventory control. We're demanding it of our suppliers. The producers of Wolmanized wood have shown leadership in the pressure treating industry by recognizing our desires and cooperating with us on the first such system among treated wood supDliers. "

The bar codes will be printed on lifetime warranty labels similar to those now being stapled to Wolmanized wood products. In-cylinder testing determined a label material and ink that can be scanned satisfactorily after subjection to the pressure treatment process.

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(Continued from Page 24) a materials supplier among the reasons that a $50,000 bond must be filed bY a person wanting to renew, reactivate or reinstate a contractor's license' This provision is only good until January 1992.

All toilets installed after January l, 1992, will be certified to use no more than 1.6 gallons of water Per flush. (Gives you time to sell off the present stock.)

Chapter 1075-SBl0l Lockyer: IfYou have 25 or more employees and delivery of an item requires the presence of the purchaser at the point of delivery, you, the seller, must specify a 4 hour period when the purchase will be delivered.

Chapter 125: Amends sections 231l3 and 231l4 of the Vehicle Code, relating to aggregate material and the dropping of the same on the roadwaY wherebY it might create a trallic hazard or injure someone. The law is amended so that aggregate material is redefined to include dirt and revised to specify the location of center flaps and fenders on vehicles used to transport aggregate materials.

Western associations are advising their members to attend the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association's legislative and leadership conference at Lowe's L'Enlant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 24-27. Jack Kemp, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DeveloPment, has been invited to sPeak.

Future Dates

Check our Calendar on Page 20 lor information on uPcom' ing conventions, meetings and trade shows in your region.

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Bar Coding On Moulding

Retailers and distributors will be able to request UPCA bar codes on moulding if Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association members accept the bar coding committee recommendation to adopt the National Forest Products Association's bar coding guidelines.

UPCA bar code symbols on the back of each piece of moulding and bar code 128, which includes a UPCA bar code identification, on packaging will be available. Charges for these will be determined by the supplier.

The committee also is developing an addendum to the guidelines to address issues related to mouldinss.

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