Maple performs well in flooring, furniture

IIIAPLE species in the United lUlStates are classed as either hard or soft. The hard or rock maple includes the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and the black maple (/. nigrum). Red maple (A. rubrum), silver maple (A. saccharinum) and the Pacific or Western maple (.4. mocrophyllum) are considered soft maple.

Hard maple is found in the eastern hardwood region of the United States and Canada including Appalachia. Red maple grows over almost all of the eastern half of the U.S., but is most commercially important along the Atlantic Coast from Southern Virginia through the Carolinas. Silver maple which is predominant in the Mississippi Valley is not as plentiful as the red maple. Pacific or Western maple is found in the northern portion of the Pacific Coast states.

The maple species differ little in appearance although the hard maple has five lobed leaves while the soft maple is usually three lobed. Both have dark gray bark with the hard maple being deeply furrowed with long irregular thick plates. The soft maple has thin scaly plates separated by shallow fissures.

Hard maple is brown to light tan in heartwood, but white in sapwood. It weighs about 3.6 lbs. per bd. ft. at 890 moisture content. The wood is diffuse and porous with an indistinct grain pattern. Some have a bird's eye figure. At one time this figure was highly popular for use in bird's eye maple furniture.

Soft maple also has white sapwood although the heartwood is gray. It weighs about 3.2 lbs. per bd. ft. at 890 moisture content.

Story at a Glance

Five species of maple in U.S. .. all commercially useful . . good properties .. important for f looring, f urniture.

Maple dries well although slowlY. It is moderately stable in use. Soft maple is more easily worked, but lacks the strength and resistance to abrasion that hard maple has.

Hard maple is excellent for use as flooring inheavy traffic areas such as warehouses and factories as well as for dance floors, bowling alleYs, squash courts and gymnasiums. Soft maple because it works easily and is less expensive than hard maPle is used for furniture, kitchen cabinets and interior paneling. Boxes, crates, shipping containers, toys and household accessories also are made of soft maple.

Soft maple lumber often has verY small worm holes. Grading designations of "WHAD" (worm holes a defect) and "WHND" (worm holes no defect) are used. The worms, of course, are eliminated in the kiln drying and manufacturing process. The worm holes and frequently accompanying mineral stains can add character to the wood, especially for paneling which is then known as wormy maple.

In addition to being used for lumber, the Acer Sacchorum in the northernmost areas is famous for the products of its sap, maple syrup and maple sugar.

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New Roof Truss Design

(Continued from page 37) three stories high, both residential and commercial.

The aluminum trusses provide economies that cannot be realized by using wood, according to Heeney. The strength and rigidity of the aluminum allows for greater spans without center support. The trusses are engineered to support roof loads of up to 20 pounds per square foot. The load can be increased by design modifications.

Structural plans for Heeney's aluminum framing system were originally approved by the International Conference of Building Officials in 1969 as a satisfactory alternate method of construction. The structural methods were also approved at that time by the FHA's technical standards division. Since then Heeney has obtained additional approvals from the Army and Navy for military and civilian housing.

The roof trusses are designed for either pitched or mansard roof configurations. Wooden purlins are used to connect the trusses to the roof decking. Any conventional roofing material can be used to cover the roof.

The pre-cut trusses can be shipped unassembled to the job site where they can be bolted together, much like an erector set, or shipped fully assembled in a single truckload.

A Sacramento, Ca., builder, Graham Brothers, is using the system in a vacation home project at Pine Mountain Lake near Yosemite Park. A Southern California developer has also selected the system for use in a 14 home project to be built in Palmdale for aircraft workers.

Window Market Bright

Special glass film and screens, including inside storm windows, are being added to the list of low cost energy conservation products widely used in residences.

These products have an especially bright market future, according to a new market studybyFrost& Sullivan Inc. Both the retrofit and new con- struction markets for a wide sPectrum of products and materials including ceiling and wall insulation, storm windows and doors, caulk and sealants, water heater and PiPe insulation jackets, hot water faucet inserts and flow restrictive devices are examined in the l6&p. study.

Among the highlights: o Ceiling insulation: For the retrofit market, insulation consumption, at 263 lbs. per residence, currently, will increase to 450 lbs. by decade end. In new home construction, insulation consumption, at 900 lbs. per residence now, will increase to 1,6(X) lbs. by 1985. o Caulk and sealants: Market growth for this $500 million business will average more than 3090 annually through 1985. Technical change is still underway with a trend by users toward acrylic and aerosol-based caulks. o Window-related products: Windows still represent a major source for energy loss. Products include double and triple-glazed insulation glass, special glass films and solar screens, and inside storm windows.

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Thanks Forthememories

Your 60th Anniversary Issue of July, 1982, was very interesting. Having joined Charles R. McCormick Lumber Co. in San Francisco, Ca., in 1923, this brought back many fond memories. In fact, Ed Martin of The California Lumber Merchant (later to be called The Merchant Magazine) had his desk next to mine in McCormick's Matson Building office and we became well acquainted. Ed was later transferred to Los Angeles. Then there was Bill Black and Max Cook with The Merchant in San Francisco, also good friends. I did not see very much of Jack Dionne as he headquartered in Texas, but I did see and hear him tell his many famous stories at several lumber conventions.

For 59 years I have looked forward to receiving and thumbing through each page of The Merchant Magazine.

I hope The Merchant Magazine will have another 60 years and more of publishing.

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Congratulations, on the Merchant Magazine's 60th Anniversary.

From Jack Dionne to Dave Cutler, The Merchant Magazine has chronicled the events of our industry and has contributed immeasurably to the knowledge of all of us in the building material business.

We appreciate your efforts that have sustained our pride achieved from a positive image, continuity and stability.

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Clark R. Gittings, president of Gittings Lumber Co., Inc., Denver, Co., died on July 25, 1982, in that city. He was72.

A longtime resident of Denver, he was a founder of the W.O.O.D., Inc. organization.

Mr. Gittings is survived bY two grandchildren.

Edwin H. Hamson, Jr., retired owner of Hamson Lumber Co., Ukiah, Ca., died in Santa Rosa, Ca., on June 26th 1982, after a long illness. He would have been 70 on the Fourth of July.

A long time director and past p-!esident of Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club' he also was a member of the Elks Club.

Mr. Hamson is survived bY his widow, Mary, and one brother. .tlil.il.l?iii,alJ$r:i.iitiy.rj.

Robert J. Heberle Sr., retired manager of the now closed Louisiana-Pacific sales office, Whittier, Ca., died in that city on June 9, 1982, from cancer.

He had been active in the lumber industry for several decades, specializing in the sale of redwood.

Mr. Heberle is survived bY his widow, Faye, four daughters, a son, two sisters. a brother, and four srandchildren.

Timbers

We are cutting Douglas fir posts and timbers from 6x8 through l2xl2 to lengths of I' to 40' with dapping, drilling and angle cuts' Utility through #l & Btr. We can offer surfacing as well with our Stetson Ross Timber Sizer (14" x 28" maximum).

Give us a call on your cut-to-length or custom surfacing inquiries.

707-822-3648

Jerry Guin Denny Hess