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is the PR0FESSI0I{AL'S AtL PURP0SE PtASTIC

Boat builders, furniture makers, cabinet makers, etc. have found it the one sure answer to correcting wood defects, filling wood cracks, gouges, covering countersunk nails and screws.

Can be used under Fiber Glass!

Readv to use right out of the can, Famowood appli'es like putty-sticks like glue; dries quickly; won't shrink, and will not gum up sander. Waterprool and weatherproof when properly aOplied.

Available in 16 matching wood colors and white.

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Pine Redwood Cedar

Hem-Fir Hemlock Douglas Fir

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Dial-A-Door

A new door selector display from Pease Industries allows buyers to visualize how a wide variety of styles will look when combined with the style of their homes.

The display provides sketches of a variety of front elevations in which the front door has been cut out. Behind the cut-out areas, there are drawings of different doors on a wheel that turns.

It is available as a floor model or as a hand-held oortfolio.

Yard & Olflces: End of Alrporl Rd. P.O. Box 723, Ukiah, Ca. 95482

A Cement For Waterproofing

A new line of asbestos-free cements and coatings has been introduced by GAF Building Materials Division.

Multi-purpose Jetblak all weather plastic cement is specifically for waterproofing, patching and sealing down roofing and flashing; caulking around skylights, vents and chimneysi filling cracks in masonry walls and above flashing; and protecting metal from corrosion.

Shut Out the Storm

Wood core storm doors which combine the strength, durability and insulating benefits of wood with the maintenance free advantages of aluminum for year-round weather protection are new from LouisianaPacific.

The wood core of 45Jb., high density particleboard is treated to resist water and is permanently bonded to a seamless aluminum sheet. All outer particleboard edges

Molding Midget

For use with small moldings, Saboten has introduced a pocket size miter maker designed to give smooth cuts with virtually no splintering.

Metal Roofing System

A complete metal roofing system for new construction and reroofing,/remodeling applications has been introduced by Met-Tile, Inc.

Features include accumulation grooves to compensate for the overlapping thicknessi alignment ridges to allow the panels to remain square during installation and hide the side lap; fastener dimples to keep the fastening are capped with mitered and fitted aluminum extrusions. pattern uniform and an end cut which provides an invisible end lap and attractive appearance at the eaves.

Made of refined asphalt, blended with a mineral stabilizer and reinforced with tough fibers, it is said to adhere in most weather to almost any surface, metal, brick, concrete or plaster, wet, damp or dry. It reportedly remains flexible and elastic after application, expanding and contracting with temperature changes and with normal roof movement.

Alkali and acid-resistant, it is ready to apply right from the container.

The storm doors also feature a heavy duty closer, latch and hardware; non-rusting screws and fasteners; five steel hinges; tempered safety glass and a sill design that keeps moisture out.

The doors are pre-hung, predrilled and ready to install without special tools. They are available in four styles: full view, one-lite crossbuck, self-storing and selfstoring crossbuck.

The tool is suitable for flat molding up to 3/4" or fancy moldings up to l/2" plus, depending on the configuration and height of the molding. It is said to be an ideal tool for making small picture frames.

Manufactured from 26 gauge, hot dipped G90 galvanized coated steel sheet, stucco embossed, the panel is available in a variety of configurations and colors. It is recognized with a Class A, B and C rating for new construction and a Class B rating for reroofing applications.

Sliding Fantry

Narrow cabinet base units can be transformed into a mini pantry storage component with new sliding storage shelves from StarMark.

A9,12,15 or l8-in. base unit has shelves large enough to accommodate 2-liter soft drink bottles as well as canned goods, cleaning materials or grooming aids.

The unit comes in a variety of stain colors and custom door styles.

Fashionable Closet Storage

Designed to increase storage capacity in every area of the home the Closet Maid system from Clairson International is made of vinylcoated steel rod that won't warp, chip, peel or crack and never requires painting.

Shelving is available in standard lengths of 24", 36', 48" and 72", complete with mounting hardware. Twelve-foot lengths are offered if custom cutting is required.

Sliding basket systems have three frame widths , l4V4 , 17 Vt and 20 V4, in a variety of depths. Frames can be stacked to form a custom system.

Custom Milling & Wholesale Lumber

,z Two dry kilns ,z Twin resaw & trimmer

,z 6 x 15 planer z Lath, benderboard z 60" resaw ,z Fence boards, posts

,z 1,000' RR spur & stakes

,z 18 acre drying yard

DAVE WINKLE

P.O. Box 00 Arcata, Ca. 95521

F07l822-4891

Store Sold To Raise Cash

National Lumber & Supply Inc. has sold its 60,000-sq. ft. Ontario, Ca., store for $3 million and a 2O-year lease back with renewal options.

Commenting on the deal of $1 million in cash with the remainder payable over five years, National president Mel Jaffee said, "We can thus free up cash to assist our growth while continuing to utilize a modern facility we designed and built to our own specifi cations."

The store. on 3.9 acres. was sold to National Ontario Ltd., a limited partnership. National Lumber is also negotiating to sell the adjacent 10.2 acres. The retailer's headquarters is in Fountain Valley, Ca.

Evans Prcducts' Losses Double

Declining sales and large losses continue to plague Evans Products Co. and its parent company, NVF Co., both controlled by Miami Beach, Fl., financier Victor Posner.

Evans Products, a building materials and transportation firm, expects to report a 1985 loss of $64 to $69 million on estimated revenues of $1.21 billion. Evans frled for Chapter 1l bankruptry protection in March 1985 after losing $31.2 million in

1984 on revenues of $1.41 billion.

Under Chapter ll, a company operates under court protection from creditors while it tries to devise a plan to pay its debts.

NVF Co., which makes and sells steel products and vulcanized fiber, expects to report a 1985 loss of $52.1 million on sales of $1.19 billion.

Bridge Seminar To Build Market

A conference on engineered timber bridges held to enlarge that market for the wood products industry drew more than 150 to the World Forestry Center in Portland, Or.

Bob Tichy of the Western Wood Products Association, one ofthe event's sponsors, said bridge construction "represents a market opportunity for the lumber industry. This seminar is considered just a beginning in tapping that opportunity."

The conference concluded with Western Wood Structures, Inc., of Tualatin, Or., building an entire wood bridge in an adjacent parking lot in three and a half hours.

Although most of the attendees were from Oregon and Washington, some came from as far as Wisconsin. Minnesota and Alabama.

L-P Ready For Big Acquisition?

Citing their current strong balance sheet, Harry Merlo, chairman and president of Louisiana-Pacific, said recently they have the flexibility to make a "good sized acquisition."

Additionally, Merlo has said "There's a good possibility that we'll learn this year hcnv much compensation L-P will receive for the timberland taken from it by the government in 1978 to expand Redwood National Park. The trial to determine the value ofthat timberland has been underway since October of 1985. The court appointed a three member commission to hear the complex evidence and come up with a recommendation. We expect that decision to be reached by mid-year."

Jacuzzl Wins Whirlpool Fight

The jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California came in with a verdict on March 28, 1986, that the Arista whirlpool bath by lacuzzi Whirlpool Bath does not infringe Kohler Co.'s patent on its Infinity bath. This culminated the suit brought by Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath in March of 1985 in defense of Kohler Co.'s allegations.

Industrial Wood Use Promising

Wood was a hot item at a building trade show held in Los Angeles for the commercial/industrial sector.

Western Wood Products Association field representative Doug Ketchum reported a wood industry-sponsored booth at the 22nd annual CSI Night at the Los Angeles Coliseum drew throngs of architects, engineers and specifiers eager to learn more about building with wood. More than 400 copies each of WWPA technical publications, such as the Product Use Manual. were distributed in

Building Products Sales Up

Although building products manufacturers reported record sales in 1985, they showed oriy a4% improvement over the previous banner year. And, with intense competition depressing prices, profit margins were squeezed from an average of 42% of sales in 1984 to 3.7 % last year, leaving industry-wide profits 4% below the 1984 record.

"In most casesl' George A. Christie, chief economist for McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co., said, "the 1985 performance of the building products industry was typical of manufacturers in general. It was a year for modest sales gains, narrower profit margins, and reduced profitability overall I'

Last year's profit shrinkage was concentrated among six categories of building materials manufacturers: electrical equipment, controls, plumbing products, tools and hardware, multiproducts, and metals. Six otherscement, forest products, gypsum, glass, coatings, and heavy equipmenthad higher profrts in 1985. All categories but metals reported sales gains in 1985.

Full year profits of the 12 product groups were: cement (5 companies), up 44%; forest products (9 companies), up 33%; gypsum (2 companies),up2l%; just a few hours at the booth, which was sponsored by WWPA, American Plywood Association, Western Wood Preservers Institute and American Institute of Timber Construction. glass (4 companies), up9%; coatings (4 companies), up 5%; heavy equipment (6 companies), up from loss to profit; electrical (4 companies), down 9%; controls (4 companies), down l0%; multi-products (7 companies), down 26% ; toolslhardware (3 companies), down32%; plumbing (4 companies), du,tn87%; metals (9 companies), down from profit to loss.

"The response was excellent not only from the sheer numbers, but from the professionals' interest in learning more about wood construction," said Ketchum. "These people want to know how to use wood in their projects."

Southern California is already a leading market in wood low-rise commercial construction. Ketchum noted.

Don l{eller Soles Monoger

Chain Sued For Sale Of Tool

Zircon International Inc., Campbell, Ca., has hled a patent infringement suit against National Lumber and Supply, Inc., Fountain Valley, Ca., charging the home center chain with selling a product which violates Zircon's Stud Sensor patents.

The product National is selling is reportedly supplied by Genie Home Products, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of North American Phillips Corp. Zircon's suit against National seek an injunction against sale of the Genie product as well as compensatory and punitive damages. Zircon also sued Genie for patent infringement in August, 1985, and litigation on this issue is continuing. according to Charles J. Stauss, Zircon's chairman.

Richard Sturt, administrative vice president at National Lumber and Supply, Inc., declined to conunent on the lawsuit.

19TH H0LE

Arizona Outgrows Other 49

Arizonaone of the fastest growing states in the West for the past l0 yearswill continue to outperform the region and the nation as a whole through the balance ofthe decade.

Robert M. McNichols, president of Del E. Webb Realty & Management Co., says the bulk of Arizona's growth will be in the major metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tircson.

The state's major market, Phoenix, represents 56% of the state's population and 65% of its employment, while Tucson accounts for 18% of the state's employment and 20% of its population.

Livability, attractive lifestyle, low cost of living, availability of resources, diversified economic base and a pro-growth government attitude result in a rapidly grorving job market, a major factor which has caused more and more people to call Phoenix and Arizona home, McNichols says.

Office employment growth for metro Phoenix had the highest annual percentage rate growth of 26 U.S. cities surveyed by Colliers International Property Consultants. Phoenix was ranked first in office worker increase with a4.47o unual growth rate, follorved by Dallas at3.5% and Atlanta with3.l%o.