THE SAN DIEGO WHOLESALE ADVANTAGE

San Diego Wholesale is one of the largest and most diversified stocking wholesalers of lumber, plywood and building materials in Southem Califomia

Established 1904

. Quality Coastal Douglas Fir and Hem-Fir Dimension

. 2x4 thru Zxl?KllnDried Dimension

2",4",6" # | | Select Strucurral Surfaced

. 2x6 rhru 2xl4n 32 fr lengths

. P.E.T. Studs

. Timber up to 18" x 20" x 40 ft. lengths

. Western S.P.F. S4S / Resawn / any pattern

. Pine Boards - any pattern

. Redwood and Western Red Cedar - any pattern

. SIDATHING-D.F. and Pine

. SANDED - D.F. and Pine

. SIDING-D.F. and Pine

. OSB S}IEATHING

. PARTICLEBOARD

Fnne Grann

Sales - Bob J{orton

Phone: (503) 874-2236

FAX (503) 874-2123

P.O. Box 7

Riddle, Oregon 97469

. TJI & MICROLAMS

. HARDBOARDSIDINGS

. GYPSUMBOARD

. SOFTBOARD&HARDBOARD

. RIGID INSTJLATION

Glulams resist fire

As lumber prices fluctuate, supply shrinks and some builders begin using steel franing, lumber dealers should begin to put more emphasis on the fire safety benefits of glulam beams.

Glued laninated timber competes effectively with steel on the basis of d€sign requirements, fast erertion and competitive in-place costs, but in resisting fire it outperforms metal. Unlike unprotected steel bar joists that lose strength quickly and collapse when exposed to fire, glulam beams reain a high percentage of their initial strength.

This allows glulams to continue to carry loads when exposed to fire as confirmed by tests sponsored by the American Forest & Paper Association and the American Institute of Timber Construction. These fire tests have resulted in a building code approved methodology for calculating a one hour or greater fire rating for heavy timber franing members.

Steel loses strength rapidly as its temperature is raised above about 480" F. At about 1020", it has less than one-half of its original snength and loses X)Vo of iB srength at abut 1380'. Ordinary building fires auain temperatures from 1290" to 1650" F. Wood does not lose srength in the same way. It loses strength only as material is lost through chaning of the surface. Wood does not normally ignite until a temperature of about 480'F is reached.

Twin Dealer Shows ln August

HomeBase president Willian Patterson will keynote the National Building Products Exposition & Conference scheduled in tan&m with 'Hardware Industry Week and the

National Hardware Show, Aug. 14-18 in Chicago,Il.

Centered at McCormick Place West" the building poducts show will attrirct nearly 300 exhibitors display- ing a broad range of building products. Show focus includes builders and remodelers as well as d-i-y reailers and wholesalers.

Educational programs will cover the over-S5 market, which is the fastest growing demographic segment of society; hot new rooms fm builders and remodelers; lumber shortages; the "Gfeen Movement;" subcontracting; home automation mafketing; total quality rurnagement, and new building technology.

At the hardware show at Mccormick Place, Jack Kemp, former secretary of HUD, will lead off an educational program of panels and presentations on tends and marketing opportunities. Winning strategies, bottom line improvement, profiting from technology, environmental mrketing, selling builders hardware in the light commercial market, profiting from lawn and garden supply and demand, and in-store service will be covered by hardware and home improvement retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers.

A single registration and one badge gain admission to both American Hardware Manufacturers Associationsponsorcd shows.

Structural Panel Outlook

Slow economic fecovery and continued constraints on western timber supply will limit U.S. structural wood panel production this year to about 26.3 billion sq. ft. (3/8-inch basis), stigbtly more than last yer's nanly 26 billion feet.

Housing starts are on ftack to finish af l.25 million, compared to 1.20 million last year, but indusrial and nonresidential construction markets will be weaker than expected, the American Plywood Association's Craig Adair noted. "The industrial market has been and will continue to be affected by higher prices for structural panels and more specifically by the lack of availability of sanded grades and species ftom the West"" he said. "Industrial purchasing agents have a lot ofchoices for sheet goods and well have to fight back to increase the indusrial markel"

Industrial market demand will decline 40 million sq. ft. this year with nonresidential construction and international markets dropping 25 rrillion and 115 million sq. ft. respectively. Total demand is expected to ris€ 450

PACIFIC FOBEST PKODUCTS, INC.

million sq. ft. to 28.05 billion, an increase of l.1qo over last year.

Construction of several new oriented strand board mills in the U.S. and Canada will add to industry production capacity during the next five years. This plus an anticipated economic downturn in 1997 could result in a significant capacity demand imbalance, Adair cautioned.

TV Shorving Date Changes

Air date for the "US Corporate Profiles" television show starring Curt Bean Lumber Co., Glenwood, Ar., (see June, p. 16) has been changed to July 16 from July 9, according to Criterion Productions, Inc. Times are 5:(D a.m., Mountain Time, and 7:09 a.m., Pacific Time, on cable's Discovery Satellite channel.

Hang-tags Excel ln Sign Test

Plastic hang-tags urging them to ask for Consumer Information Sheets (CIS) caught consumers' attention more often than other signs used in a Eeated wood industry test.

A rack filled with CIS sheets, an electronic sign, stick-on signs on the cantilevers holding treated wood and stick-on signs on the floors of lumber carts failed to carch as much attention as the hang-tags. All signs used in the March and April tests concained.the message, 'Ask for FREE handling and use information on treated wood."

Research was conducted at an Atlanta, Ga., Home Depot chosen because of its high sales volume, location of all lumber on one aisle and dedicated lumber check-out counters. A total of 412 exit interviews were conducted at the check-out stands to help determine the best method of providing infonnation to consumers.

Navalo Mystery lllness Death

Ernest Spencer, a Navajo Indian employed by Navajo Forest Industries, died in late May apparently of the mysterious flu-like illness that has killed more than l0 persons on or near the Navajo reservation.

He worked at the Navajo, N.M., plant as a warehouse parts man. He was 29 and had worked for the firm for about 10 years. The official cause of death was respiratory failure.

Several local and national health organizations are involved in seeking to identify the as yet unnamed and sometimes fatal illness.

Planer Mill Fire

Sometimes bad luck comes by twos. Siskiyou Plumas Lumber Co., Quincy, Ca., had its planer mill roof collapse under a snow load Jan. 7. The building was rebuilt by late April.

Then on May 4 a $1 million fire completely desroyed the planer mill.

The sawmill and dry kiln on the 30 acre site were not damaged. The firm is a sister company to wholesaler Siskiyou Forest Products, Woodland, Ca

A decision on reopening tle planer mill is expected to be made following an insurance settlement,

PVG To Lead Plastic Sales

Construction polymer demand will increase 4.14o per yeil to 15.5 billion lbs. in 1997 propelled by do-it-yourself and professional remodeling, renovation and addition markes. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) will remain the dominant resin.

Resin-bonded wood, siding and flooring sales will expand 4.lVo uuaaally until 1997 , Tbe Freedonia Group predicts. Vinyl siding demand will grow 5.57o per annum.to 1.1 billion lbs. in 1997 paced by the replacement market.

Treated Wood Confidence Up

Fewer Americans have concerns about pressure treated wood for both home and public uses this year than last following a year of public outreach programs by the treated wood industry.

This year 83.3Vo of those surveyed had no concerns about home uses of treated wood as compared to 797o in 1992. T\e 77.9Vo with no concerns about public uses of treated wood in 1992 increased to824o in 1993.

AWPI product acceptance conunittee chairman Bill Crossman, Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc., commented; "I am encouraged by these results. We must continue to provide good,. solid and timely information about our products and our industry in response to consumer questions or concerns. I believe we've found th right combination of messages, communications methods and target audiences and that our progfiilns are working and must be broadened in the future."