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Sfory at a Glance
RemodSling project showcases building materials and prod. ucts...Wood Products Promotion Council jolns with consumer magazine in showing what can be done...dealer tie.ins can increase sal6s.
tile floors and a window facing into the living area. Cedar board facing and tile hearth updated the fireplace which had a heat ventilator added. Floor to ceiling framed windows and built-ins including a desk, bookshelves and entertainment center also were added.
Three skylights and three floor-toceiling windows were added to the dining room as well as a trellis for plants. New tile, countertops and cabinets were added to the kitchen which was converted from corridor to U-shape by bumping out a wall. The adjoining family room was given a pre-built fireplace and sliding glass door access to a large treated wood deck which extends the length of the back of the house. Tiellises and benches were built to frame this deck.
The one major addition to the house was a retreat added to the master bedroom with a sliding glass door to the deck and built-ins. Built-ins also were utilized to make the most of the sleeping area. Other bedrooms also were given built-in storage, shelves and study centers. The one bath was divided into two with additional room coming from a relocated hallway and linen closets.
Suppliers for the remodeling were manufacturers from throuehout the country.
Before W After
Robert Neiman. co-founder and chairman of Neiman-Reed's Lumber City, Yan Nuys, Ca., and a group of investors have re-acquired control of the co. by purchasing the 5l9o owned by UBM Group Lld., Bristol, England, tbr $6.25 million...
Orchard Supply Hsrdware wlll open a unit in a remodeled supermarket in Concord, Ca., next month; construction is underway on new units in Redwood City and Milbrae, Ca., to open in the fall...
Pay 'n Pak, Kent, Wa., will construct or convert 25 to 30 additional stores to the warehouse format within the next two years ...The Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., includes Ca. in its plans to open 20 new stores this year plus 20 in 1986...
Hurtnagel Honte Center and Angeles Millwork & Lumber Co., Port Angeles, Wa., have merged into a new corp., called Luntber Trsder...Oxnard Building Materi;/s, Santa Ana, Ca., has-opened a 9,840 sq. ft. retail store for contractors in National Citv. Ca....
Modesto Lumber Co., Ceres, Ca., is negotiating a land swap with the city to expand its work area...Jacobs & Gallant Construction Co.'s store in Roseville, Ca., has been taken over by the founder's son. Paul Jacobs... Healdsburg Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca., has opened a2nd untt, Cloverdale Lumber Co., Cloverdale,Ca.
Cook Lumber Inc., Salt Lake City, Ut., has opened a second retail location in Village Square... National Lumber & Supply Inc., which recently moved corp. Hq. to Fountain Valley, Ca., will open a new Encinitas, Ca., unit in Aug....
Diamond Lurnber Co., Auburn, Ca., has redesigned and remodeled, expanding to a f.i,000 sq. ft. selling floor; units in North Highlands, Placerville, Grass Valley and Yuba City, Ca., also have remodeled. five stores in the Sacramento, Ca., area are next on the refurbishing list...

Grossmen's Building Material Wurehouse will open in North Hollywood, Ca., next month... Sutherland Lutnber Co. has purchased 2.2 acres in El Cajon, Ca., for a home improvement center...
Financier Sir James Goldsmith withdrew his attempted takeover of Crown Zellerbach after CZ spun off its timberlands and specialty packaging into separate entities; the timberlands are in a partnership expected to dispose of its land in 5 to 8 years, both new units are owned by CZ shareholders... some observers feel Sir James will try again at a later date to take over Crown 2...
Willamette Industries Inc., Portland, Or., has adopted a bylaw to discourage hostile takeovers...Southwest Forest Induslrles, Phoenix, Az., has sold its Jordan Millwork Co.. Sioux Falls, S.C., the buyer reportedly is Jeld-Wen...
Cedor Seven, Inc'., Bellevue, Wa., has changed its name to Muuk Forest Products and relocated to Kirkland, Wa....
Louisiana- Pacific's Oroville, Ca., MDF plant is now in production...Mansion Industries, Inc., City of Industry, Ca., has acquired Tetrutech Building Syste tn s I nte r n ct t io nal, I n c., Ca,rrollton (Dallas), Tx.... Western Forest Products Sales Co., Soledad, Ca.. has closed...
CanJor U.S.A. Corp., Boise, Id., has opened a lumber/transit reload center at Chicago, ll. , Rick Brenneman, in charge... Western lumber sales office for Champion Internationol Corp. has moved to Tacoma. Wa.. from Stamford, Ct....Trus Joist Corp., Boise, Id., has opened a laminated veneer lumber plant in Natchitoches, La....
Suntree Lurnber Co., Lake Oswego, Or., has voluntarily closed its doors; the staff subsequently joined Sunrise Forest Products at their Hq. office, Lake Oswego, Or.. ..High Sierra Lumber Sales, Inc'., Huntington Park, Ca., has discontinued operations...
Idaho Titnber Corp., Boise, Id., has opened a remanufacturing plant in Lake City, Fl., to serve the southeast. ..Southwest Hardwoods, Phoenix, Az., is adding a planer, sticker and resaw operations to its mill...
Excel Wood Produc'ts is opening a new showroom in New York City.. .Jenn-Air willexpand its Indianapolis, In., plant to 578,000 sq. ft. over the next four years. ..Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. has purchased the Southgate, Ca., facility formerly used by United States Gypsum Co....
Frazee Industries, San Diego, Ca., has acquired the privalely owned Frazee Paint & Wallcoverings store in Santa Maria, Ca., with owner Jack Boysen joining Frazee as v.p. of marketing.,.
The Winter Hardware & Home Center Show and Hardlines Conference yearly held in Las Vegas in Feb. has been suspended by its sponsor, the American Hardwore Manufacturers Associat ion...
Manville expects a final tally of the I I,000 asbestos claims filed against it to exceed $50 billion; 6,000 asbestos health-damage claims totaling $12.5 billion have been filed since the co. sought Chapter ll bankruptcy protection in 1982...
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