Stimson Laminated fimbei

Today's engineered wood construction demands dry construction framing posing a challenge with conventional sawn timber beams. Stimson Laminated Tlmber (SLT) beams provide builders and remodelers with a higher quality replacement product for solid timber beams without increasing installation costs.

Kiln dried to a moisture content of 15"/" or less, Stimson Laminated Timber reduces warping, twisting and cupping. Contractors using Stimson Laminated Timber have a uniform, consistent product that doesn't shrink. Depending on the region, conventional sawn beams can shrink up tcl 'l5fo after construction. Where exposed to view, laminated timber provides a beautiful sizes than comparable solid sawn beams.

Product Description

Stimson Laminated Timber is No. 'l Crade Douglas fir.

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Adhesives

Only exterior adhesives are used to bond laminations. White melamine adhesive is used in the fingerjoints for consistency of color within the lamination.

WWPA Cer"tifi cation Mark

Western Wood Products Association (\lVWpA) field inspectors closely supervise the grading practices of WWPA members mills. The mark certifies Association quality supervisian. All Stimson Laminated Timber bears this mark.

Acceptances

Stimson Laminated Timber also complies with California Division of the State Architect (DSA) product Acceptance No. PA-l33. Referenced provisions are 2001 Title 24, part 2, section 23O4A, 231 6A.2.3 , 231 BA.3 , and 231 5A.3.3. The product category/ is, "Certified Clued Lumber.l

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Corning Lumber, Orland, Ca., acquired Mid Valley Lumber's yard in Willows, Ca., and sister company Close Lamber, Orland, purchased Mid Valley's stores in Williams and Colusa, Ca.; the new locations are convertins. to True Value afflliation

Seattle Lumber, Renton, Wa., is closing this month after 70 years in business...

Chinook Lumber, Monroe, Wa., is taking over stores in Quincy, Ephrata, and Royal City, Wa., shuttered in December by Able Building Supply, Moses Lake, Wa.

Mr. D's Ace Home Center, Ster' ling, Co., will hold a grand opening next month for its just-opened, 28,000-sq. ft. store in Fort Morgan, Co. (owner Dave Lebsock; general mgr. Gary Rich; project mgr. Brad Lebsock); future expansion could include a garden center and drivethru lumberyard

Spenard Builders Supply anticipates a spring opening of a new store in Palmer, Ak.

Rio Grande Ace Hardware. Taos, N.M., opened a 17,000-sq. ft. store in Santa Fe, N.M., March 15; Robert Coca Jr. and Dennis Coca, owners

Wilbur Building Supply, Wilbur, Wa., was acquired by Larry Clark from Jon and Amy Ritchy, who retain ownership of the building

Kolln Ace Hardware, Pleastanton, Ca., is closing its doors after its lease expires June 30; the historic downtown building has been a hardware store since 1905, became Kolln Hardware in 1931, and was bought by current owners Gary and Linda Ferris in 1983

Ace Hardware store owners Dean Rankin and Dave Lance expect a mid-summer completion of a 15,000-sq. ft. replacement location with garden center in Laurel, Mt.; the fate of the current 6,000-sq. ft. store and property is undecided...

Penhallurick's True Value is moving into the Market Place building in Moses Lake, Wa., in early-to-mid-April

Ace Hardware, Silverton, Or., will expand into space freed up by the closure late next month of an adjacent furniture store

Payless Cashways, Kansas City, Mo., lost its appeal of a ruling that Canfor could keep $820,000 received from the chain just before it filed bankruptcy ...

Lowe's Cos. recently opened a new store in W. Henderson, Nv.

Lowe's has applied to build a 116,000-sq. ft. store on the former Homesteader's Lumber site in Wasilla, Ak.; has targeted property in Longview, Wa.; withdrew a proposal to build in Santa Cruz, Ca., and will begin construction this fall on a 167,000-sq. ft. store in Kent, Wa.

Home Depot opened a 115,000sq. ft. store March 18 in Kapolei, Hi., its third on Oahu (John Harris, store mgr.) ...

Home Depot broke ground in Burlington, Wa., for a 115,000-sq. ft. unit to open in November; is

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(a frce seruice) ready to begin construction in Selma, Ca., for a late January 2005 store opening; expects a JulY unveiling in Queen Creek, Az., and has decided against opening a home center in Espanola, N.M., although Lowe's has inked a lease for 11 acres in the city ...

Home Depot agreed to build a 133,000-sq. ft. store and garden center on 19 acres in Phoenix, Or.; is looking to purchase a site in Newport, Or., for a 100,000-sq. ft. unit, and selected a site in Payson, Az., to construct a 102,000-sq. ft. home center with 35,000-sq. ft. garden center by early next year

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OrgillInc., Memphis, Tn., broke ground on a new 520,000sq. ft. DC in Hurricane, Ut., expected to be completed in first quarter2005...

Ace Hardware Corp. is expanding its regional DC in Colorado Springs, Co., by 50Vo to meet rising demand from Ace dealers in Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska and Kansas ..,

TriStar Transload PNW Inc., Portland, Or., will double its oPerating and output capacitY after securing a lO-year lease for 6 acres at Terminal 4 at the Port of Vancouver, Wa.; the move from its 3-acre facility at Terminal 2 is slated for October ...

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal WaY, Wa., has completed the sale of a 50.5-acre former sawmill site in North Bend, Or., to the Coquille Economic Development CorP. (Coquille Indian Tribe) for roughly $6.5 million

Housing starts in February Qatest figures) fell4.0Vo to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.855 million

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