WOOD "TREATED TO REFUSAT?"

American'Wood-Preservers'Association book of Standards Cl-99,section 2.3.G states "Treatment to refusal does not constitute an acceptable alternative to the minimum penetration or retention requirements specified under results of treatment except as specifically listed This applies toA'WPA Standard C6 and for oaks inAWpA standard C2.,'

State and local building officials are on the lookout for insufficiently treated Douglas fir lumber resulting from misinterpretations of theAVpA standards.

Vhen the job calls for treated wood, the choice is obvious.

Chemonite ACZA consistently meets building code standards for treated wood.

Chemonite ACZA is the only waterborne pressure treatment available to penetrate Douglas fir up to 2.5O# pcf to assure structural integrity and compliance withAIrPA standards.

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Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., is in negotiations to purchase lttguna Beach Lumber Co.,Laguna Beach, Ca.; the acquisition, which is set to close mid-May, would be Ganahl's 7th facility

D e nny's Lumb e r, Raymond, Wa., has closed after 12 years

Meek's The Builders Choice is opening next month in Supply One's shuttered Tahoe Paradise (Lake Tahoe), Ca., location; the unit becomes the 14th for Meek's Western Division

Tum-A-Lum Lumber has closed its La Grande, Or., yard, formedy La Grande Lumber

Sears has selected a site in Huntington Beach, Ca., for a Great Indoors unit ...

Home Depot opens a 107,920sq. ft. home center this month in Elk Grove (Sacramento), Ca.; will co-anchor the renovated Mall 205 in Portland. Or.. and submitted plans for a 105,500-sq. ft. store with 14,700-sq. ft. garden center in Beaverton, Or.

Home Depot has acquired a site in Lake Havasu City, Az.; dropped plans to move its La Mirada, Ca., store across the street, and is fighting resident opposition to a proposed location in Mountain View, Ca....

Lowe's Cos. has opened new stores in Peoria, Az. (Traci Miller, store mgr.); San Clemente, Ca. (John Ubertino, mgr.); Henderson, Nv. (Garland Carson, mgr.), and Wood Village, Or. (Robert Walls, mgr.)...

Lowe's anticipates opening this summer in Las Cruces, N.M., and Anaheim. Ca.: selected a site in Vancouver, Wa., and received preliminary approval to build in Murrieta, Ca.

All-Around Rental & Building Supply, La Grande, Or., closed

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Forest Products Distributors, Rapid City, S.D., added a Chula Vista, Ca., branch to serve Mexico, managed by Manuel and Benjamin Acevedo ...

Ace Hardware Corp. has put its 478,000-sq. ft. Rocklin, Ca., DC up for sale and is seeking up to 1.2 million sq. ft. in the Sacramento area for a new distribution and training center

Sun Studs and Sun Veneer, Roseburg, Or., ate up for sale; the Sohn family is retaining Lone Rock Timber Co., managed by Rick Sohn

Sierra-Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., agreed to buy 45 acres on the Chehalis River in Junction City (near Aberdeen), Wa., to build a sawmill and a log yard if the current landowners rebuild a 3,700-ft. rail spur...

Sunset Moulding Co., Yuba City, Ca., is now producing certified Suntrim MDF, plus limited quantities of certified fingerjoint and solid wood moulding

Louisiana- Pacific has moved its corp. Hq. in Portland, Or., from 111 SW 5th to 805 SW Broadway, floors 7-14 in the Fox Tower L-P is integrating the American Forest & Paper Association's Sustainable Forestry Initiative into its Canadian forestry operations

Universal Forest Products has agreed to acquire certain assets of Kev co M anufacturing's Sunbelt Wood Components Division, including component-manufacturing facilities in Az., N.C., Al., and Ga.; the deal, which requires bankruptcy court approval, is expected to be completed by midApril ...

Toyota Industrial Equipment, Torrance, Ca., has been acquired by Kariya, Japan-based Toyoda Automatic ktom Works, Ltd., creating a new company, Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. ...

Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id., reportedly is considering building a wood-composite mill at Satsop, Wa.

Stockton Whole sale Lumber Co., Stockton, Ca., was selected as an ABko hardboard siding distributor for Central Ca. and Nv.

G uardian Fall P rot e cti o n, Kent, Wa.. has enlisted distributor ERA Sales, San Ramon, Ca., for No. Ca., and W. Nv.; Diamond West & Associates, Santa Fe Springs, Ca., and Cave Creek, Az., for So. Ca., Az., and So. Nv., and Gamble Sales, Inc., Littleton, Co., and Sandy, Ut., for Co., Ut., Wy. and So.Id.

DAP Inc. agreed to sell its Durabond flooring installation products business, including plants in Orange, Ca.; Conyers, Ga., and Paulsboro, N.J., to Bostik Findley

Glen Oak Lumber & Milling added a DC in Ball Ground (Atlanta), Ga., for interior trim Products; David Warford, gen. mgr.

New Web site: Wickes Lumber's building components division, www.trussnet.com

Anniversaries: Orco Block Co., Stanton. Ca.. 55th Great We s t e rn Trans p o rt at io n, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca., l2th

Housing starts in Feb. (latest figs.) held steady at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.653 million single family starts edged up to a 1.35 million rate; multifamily was at a 309,000 pace for 5+ units.23.000 for 2-4 units permits slipped 3%o to an annual rate of L67 million.