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Garden Sprinkler

Melnor Industries has a new sprinkler specifically designed for use in watering vegetable gardens. It is a 47" high watering device consisting of a 36" aluminum shaft with a 2-arm gold anodized revolving sprinkler attached to the top. A 9" heavy duty aluminum spike is at the base for inserting into the ground. This spike is designed for extra grip and hold.

A heavy duty aluminum foot tread assists in inserting the spike into the ground, and also acts as a guard for the water intake hose connector valve.

Model No. 369C has a suggested retail price of $5.99, and carries the Melnor l-year guarantee.

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D-l-Y Slate Floors

The Stoddard Slate ComPanies have boxedlA' gauged slateflooring for both professional floor tile contractors and d-i-v.

The new Keystone 10 Pattern contains a total of 17 pieces of/a" gauged black slate. Each package contains enough slate to cover an area of 10 sq. ft. in the pre-arranged pattern illustrated on the carton.

Specifically, there are three I 2" x 12" pieces, two 9" x 9"s three 6" x 12". three 6" x 9". three 9" x l2"s and three 6" x 6" in each of the 40 lb. cartons.

The labor-saving feature offered by the large 12x 12 slate will ease installation.

Each piece is pre-cut from American slate obtained only from the Albion Vein Quarry and features a natural cleft front face and a smooth bottom side.

Installation can be with either floor tile mastic or conventional mortar.

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Insulation Packaging

Bright, new packaging for Certainteed Products' residential fiber glass insulation products is designed to increase consumer appeal. The attractive new packaging is red, white and blue.

The benefits of fiber glass insulation to the homeowner are prominently high-lighted on the package. Phrases such as "Save Money!," "Cuts Heating and Cooling Costs" and "Easy to Install," for example, are printed in large type to attract a d-i-yers attent1on.

Another addition to the packaging is the use of diagrams to illustrate the installation instructions that are printed directly on the bag.

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Garved Entry Doors

Bel-Air Door Company's beautiful, hand-carved entry doors come in l5 different designs; 6 in the walnut antique finish and 9 in the smooth, hand-rubbed walnut finish.

The Alcala, Lerma, and Squire doors are also available with the safetysecurity, view grille. Standard size is 36" x 80" x l-314" as well as their large inventory of under- and oversized doors that come in the same beautiful designs.

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From Sweden

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Vinyl Tarkett, one of the world's largest manufacturers of resilient sheet vinyl flooring products, has announced an aggressive, long-term program to capture a healthy share of the commercial sheet vinyl market in North America.

An expanded sales drive, heavy advertising and promotional efforts, and the establishment of full national distribution were cited as the three tools to be used in the Swedish firm's sales expansion drive.

The products have a vinyl content higher than most competitive products and claim to outwear all competing materials in Taber abrasion testing. Any product in the line may be heatwelded to produce impenetrable, seamless hygienic floors.

For use in renovation contracting, Tarkett products can be installed over virtually any existing floor coverings. As a result, "overnight" installations ate a real possibility in hospitals, schools, and similar locations where the area to be covered is in near-constant use.

Pioneers in the field of sheet vinyl flooring, Tarkett is among the largest manufacturers of resilient sheet vinyl floors in the world.

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Metal Coated Murals

Creative architectural artwork is now available in molded fiberglass, with metal coatings, from Structural Engineered Fiberglass. These murals, fascias and panels offer lower costs and continued low maintenance costs. Surface finishes range from rough stucco to flat smooth, hi-gloss, nontextured finishes.

The metal coating is available in brass, bronze, copper, pewter and aluminum, and once applied to the molded fiberglass this surface has all the enduring qualities of an actual metal casting. This pure metal coating is chemically bonded to the molded fiberglass and shows virtually no reaction to impact and abrasion and is unaffected by severe weather conditions, according to the company.

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Fix-lt-Kit Display

Dow Corning has a new Spring Fix-it-Kit Counter Display, (Catalog No. 8140). This handy table top or shelf merchandizer occupies 2 sq. ft. of space and comes stocked with 24 3-oz. tubes of Dow Cornin! white silicone rubber bathtub caulk and 24 3-oz. tubes of Dow Coming clear silicone rubber sealer.

This product line is claimed to be turning three times faster than the national average for paint and paint sundries merchandise.

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Drum Storage Systems

The five different rack sizes available, ranging in drum capacities of 3 to 12 drums per rack, makes it easy to utilize existing space or fit complete systems into new drum storage rooms.

The racks are shipped knocked down to save on freight costs and are quick- ly bolted together following instructions included.

Each rack will handle 30 to 55 gallon drums weighing up to 750 lbs. each, and is finished with a black rust resistant non-chip paint.

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Residential Window Awnings

Carefree of Colorado has a unique roll-up window awning for residential and commercial installations. They compliment Carefree's existing automatic, retractable patio awnings, and complete its residential awning line. They operate from inside the home by means of a convenient pull strap. You may adjust the awning in any one of three pre-set canopy positions, or roll it up, automatically, by pulling the cord, till the canopy is stored

Lane-Stanton Lumber Company

Vance Lumber Company

Custom Mills, lnc.

Select Pallet Company

Panel Tex ldeal Pallet Systems, Inc.

Far West Fir Sales Company neatly and safely in its protective anodized aluminum case.

International Forest Products, Inc.

All awning hardware is of extruded, anodized aluminum. The canopy is made of a durable vinyl fabric which has been reinforced with a polyester scrim middle layer. This fabric is mildew and tear resistant. You may select from a variety of standard and special order colors in solid or striped patterns.

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Old School House Desk

One of the most popular of all desk designs, the traditional lift-top grammar school desk, has been redesigned as a popular household offering in the new, low-cost "Inner Space" line of quality knockdown furniture by Wellington Forest Products.

Crafted of vinyl laminated wood particle board and measuring 31" in height, Olde School House Desk has the look of a valued antique piece and is an ideal designer touch for any area of the house.

It features a roomy compartment topped by a hinged lid with special

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support. A built-in bookshelf is suspended between handsome side panels; Olde School House Desk assembles in minutes, anyone can do it, it requires no glue or nails. Scratch-, mar- and water-resistant, the desk is completely non-toxic;its oak finish looks and feels like expensive grained wood. It is compactly packaged, with full illustrated assembly instructions.

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Versatile Insulation Batt

Certain-teed Products has a versatile new fiber glass insulation batt with dimensions that offer a wide range of home applications.

Called "Fiber Glass Home Insulation,:' the new unfaced batts measure 3%" x 15" x23".Tll'e 3%" thickness gives it a thermal resistance rating of R-l l. The insulation's unique new size (15" x 23") makes it suitable for use with either 16" or 24" on-center framing.

While providing additional versatility, it also allows dealers to stock fewer sizes and thicknesses while still being able to supply customers with their insulation needs.

The insulation's versatility also applies to its uses throughout the home.

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Real Cork Veneer

Exxon Chemical Co. has added a special finish Cork high-pressure plastic laminate : Planked Corcho.

The new laminate is a printed version of the revolutionary Nevamar natural cork laminate introduced in t97 3.

It has a veneer of real cork under its melamine surface; and new Planked Corcho reproduces the natural pattern in a unique striped arrangement. It offers the design opportunities of a special dimensional finish, but at prices close to standard laminates.

Rich natural browns and the planked pattern of deep-grained sections give it a soft, natural look. A matte finish gives the laminate a soft, natural finistr" Like all Nevamar laminates. however, the new pattern meets or exceeds N.E.M.A. standards.

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Silicone Lube

Dow Corning introduces Silicone Lube, catalog no. 8685. Available in a 16 oz. aerosol can, it is a high quality release/Iubricant spray that stops sticking and squeaking, weatherproofs and helps prevent corrosion. Suggested retail. $2.95.

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Joist Hanger Line

TECO has a full line of joist and beam hangers called "Teco-U-Grip" accommodating lumber sizes ranging from nominal 2x4's to double 2xl4's.

Technicians have engineered each size hanger so that there is a balance between the load carrying capacity of the hanger and the capacity of the joist or beam it is designed to support.

Manufactured from zinc-coated steel ranging from 18 to 14 gauge, thejoist hangers make use of special nails to insure recommended load values. Nails are packed with each carton of hangers to make certain that the right size nail will be used with the product.

According to Teco, framing of floor and ceiling joists with their hangers is more economical than when using conventional methods because of the time and material saved.

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All But the Bark

Meat processors who boast they use "every bit of the hog but the squeal" have been matched by a maker of windows and doors who uses every bit of the tree but the bark. And it's done with "hogged" waste.

Hogged waste, explains Robert Day, who heads Scovill's Caradco div., comes from the solid wood chunks left over from window manufacture. Once a disposal problem, this wood is now converted, or hogged, into fiber which forms the base of a unique molding process for manufacturing interior doors.

"We generate 50 tons of wood waste every day at the plant here," Day said. "Of this we now can, and do, use 30 to 35 tons a day in making doors. The remainder is sawdust and shavings that we either burn as fuel or sell to roofing manufacturers, and as plastics extender."

In the new door-manufacturing process the Ponderosa pine fiber is blended with a resinous binder, resulting in a felted material that is molded under high pressure to produce one-piece door surfaces that are then utilized into finished doors. The result of raised-panel Colonial design showing wood grain, is said not to split, check or shrink, and to resist warping.

"Formerly only 25% of the total tree could be used in door-making operations," Day added, "But now 9 7 Vo is b eing utilized. "

RAILROAD and lumbermen lrom a wide area of No. Ca. made the recent Oakland East Bay Hoo-Hoo initiation of 4 new members. Held in historic Jack London Square, the party included (1) Jim Peterson, Don White, Karl Drexel, Steve Hagen. (2) Jim Harrison, Gene Campbell. (3) Manuel Lavrador. (4) Marty Olhiser.- (5) George Medeiros, Wendell Olson. (6) Howard Smallridge, Danny Hudgins. (7) Karl Drexel, Bob Bonniksen, L-P, Samoa. (8) John Prow, Bob Henderson, Katy RR. (9) Charlie Smith, Rodger Foster. (10) Bob Mathies, Frank Timmers, Ed Blunt.