Merchant Magazine - September 1995

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In business since 1955, HooverTreated Wood Products, Inc., is the premier full-line pressure treater in North America. In addition, Hoover's fire retardantformulations arc licensed to a select group of licensee treating plants.

Hoover has had the same American ownership since 1983 and the same executive team for over20 yearc. Stability and experience assure the industrys most effective products and support.

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A redwood deck rail and baluster system is part of the new Easy Pro line of manufactured wood products from Capital Lumber Company.

The Easy Pro line will help build business for the lumber yards and home centers Capital has been serving for nearly a half-century. Among the products available are lattice panels, pre-assembled fence panels and gates, and a pre-drilled rail fence system. The products are easy for the homeowner to use, and provide professional looking results.

Capital manufactures the best in redwood and cedar siding, decking and fencing, as well as fir finish and wood specialty items, produced in our own mill #99.

For quality and service, call Capital.

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Put me in the game, coach

As the football season starts, we again hear head coaches talking almost as much about motivation as about the games themselves. How to encourage players to perform better, how the staff can exhort their squads and teach them the finer points of the game, even how to energize couch potatoes to attend games.

Motivating football players has many parallel applications in business: the need to boost employee performance, get customers to focus on your company, transform suppliers into better partners and induce other firms to cooperate on mutual projects. All require motivation with a capital M.

Most football players are in their 20s or early 30s, Generation X, just the age group sports and business desperately need, yet find most difficult to manage and motivate. Business, though, has the tougher assignment as some of these young people really don't want to be at work. Their attitude has been described as directionless, with no grasp ofthe big picture, no goals, only payday and

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the pleasures of the weekend. The knock is also on their general attitude and lack of a work ethic.

Yet some reject this whole argument, pointing out that grownups have thought the younger generation was lazy and shiftless since time began.

What's not in doubt is the need for business to include and motivate our latest generation. A diminishing labor supply in the Nineties means business needs everyone it can lay its hands on. Whether it takes better pay, incentives, recognition, empowerment, training, sharing, a feeling of entrepreneurship or something else, the challenge to motivate isn't optional, it must be done.

We don't buy the Generation X-is-hopeless opinion. Mostly these young people are ready, willing and able to work. We suspect the number of flakes in their generation is in about the same proportion as in preceding generations. They just respond to different motivational tactics.

The businesses that figure out how to make young new hires enthusiastic, canny team players will likely score big.

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Ouality Assurance

O&A

ITOIIOWING industry review, L' APA-The Ensineered Wood Association r"""-ntly instituted changes to its Quality Assurance Policy for performance rated oriented strand board as part of a continuous program of quality improvement. APA explains the changes and what to expect as a result:

Q. Wttut are the testing provisions of APA performance standards?

A. ePe't performance standards for OSB include test methods and cri-

Story at a Glance

APA revises OSB quality program ... effect on available thicknesses, span ratings.

teria that address suitability for use in construction applications. The tests are performance based, evaluating panel performance under actual loads during and after construction. Panels are evaluated under uniform loads (for example, snow) and concentrated loads (for example, construction workers and materials). The APA performance criteria for these tests meet or exceed code requirements.

In order to apply the APA trademark, a mill must first qualify the product according to the performance criteria. Upon passing, production is then subject to APA's rigorous quality assurance program designed to detect changes in panel properties which may affect panel performance. Under this Quality Assurance program, panels are randomly sampled daily at every mill and tested at one of frve APA regional laboratories.

Q. Wtt"t has changed and what hasn't changed?

A. ttr" performance test requirements used to qualify panels are the same as before, and continue to meet or exceed building code requirements. Only the test methods and criteria used for daily quality assurance have changed.

The new QA test methods more directly measure strength and stiffness, with the test requirements intentionally set high in recognition ofproduction variables across the industry. Mills are permitted to establish their own daily performance limits, provided full-panel performance test requirements continue to be met, and several mills are evaluating this option. From the practical standpoint of the customer, the product is the same; only the method used to routinely assure quality has changed.

Q. Wt V were the QA test methods and criteria changed?

A. nPe continually refines and improves its quality program. APA and industry consideration of these latest changes began in 1992 as a means to provide an even higher degree of assurance to users and specifiers that the product meets APA performance test requirements and will perform well in actual service.

Q. Hrr" building codes changed regarding allowable loads for OSB?

A. No. The allowable loads for OSB have not changed in the building codes, nor will changes be proposed, since APA's performance criteria have not changed.

Q. witt all osB thicknesses continue to be available?

A. fn" new daily test methods, by yielding better information on manufacturing process and product performance, provide manufacturers a new opportunity to assess production efficiencies. Some mills, for example, have historically produced a com-

mon span rating at two distinct thicknesses (e.g., 32116 in both l5l32" and l/2). They may now find it more efficient to produce 32116 in only one thickness. So, all thicknesses will continue to be available, although some mills may elect to make changes in available thicknesses based on production efficiencies.

Q. Wilt the present OSB span ratings continue to be available?

A. Y"t. And span rating rather than thickness is what is important from a performance standpoint for conventional sheathing applications.

Q. Wttrt about l5l32" panels rabd3A16?

A. tStlZ" rated sheathing panels with a span rating of 32/16 should continue to be available. However, since 32" roof framing supports are rarely if ever used in residential construction, some producers may opt to market 15132" 24116 panels for 24" o.c. roof applications.

Q. Wtt.t about Structural I OSB? How is that different?

A. oss with the Structural I rating is intended for applications where the panel is used with the long dimension parallel to supports (i.e., panelized commercial roof decks) and/or where a higher allowable shear is required (e.g., shear walls and engineered roof diaphragms). APA's new QA program increases the assurance that Structural I panels possess the critical cross panel properties necessary for these applications. Normal residential roof and wall construction does not require Structural I panels.

Q. witt these changes affect the availability of Structural I OSB?

A. ln an effort to supply customers with the most efficient panel for a given application, some manufacturers mav refine their product lines as to span rating/Structural Vthickness combinations. However, historically produced combinations in demand by the marketplace will continue to be available.

- For answers to other OSB Quality Assurance questions, contact APA, Box I 1700, Tacoma, lla. 984 I I ; (206) 565-6600.

Why OSB?

How the Panel of the '90s got so hot

1|-\SB, introduced 30 years ago as \-lwaferboard, would nowadays be better termed "wonderboard."

After sporadic acceptance in the 1970s, steady growth in the 1980s and a Recession-induced drop in the early 1990s. OSB is now one of the industry's fastest growing products. Demand is quickening. New plants are expected to come on line nearly every month for the next few years.

But why OSB? Why is this particular product finally taking off and will the demand continue to skyrocket to keep all ofthese new plants busy?

Story at a Glance

Reasons for the sudden surge in OSB production and popularity ... are too many new plants being built?

Explanations for OSB's sudden popularity include:

(l) Overall panel demand is growing and OSB is one of the most versa-

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In addition, demand for engineered wood products is beginning to take off, and OSB is used to make foam core panels, wood I-joists and laminated beams.

(2) OSB is an accepted substitute for plywood, and supply of high quality peeler veneer logs required to manufacture plywood is starting to diminish. "There's the same demand. so we need an alternative solution.

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OSB is the alternative solution," said Dominique Janssens, manager of technical services for the Structural Board Association. "It's made with aspen, which is not of good commercial quality, or with southern pine thinnings."

(3) OSB is attractively priced. A

approved structural wood panel product in North America, Japan and Europe; accepted for packaging and crating in other countries, and used as an industrial panel in an increasing number of other nations.

(6) Manufacturers, realizing the five previous trends, are building

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* Fencing

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recent check of Chicago Board of Trade figures revealed OSB going for $80 less per 1000 sq. ft. than southern pine plywood.

(4) More builders are finally trying OSB. Resistance to change has been the biggest barrier to acceptance of OSB and its attractive price has convinced many plywood veterans to give it a chance. "Some people, especially the older guys, don't switch that easily," Janssens said. "But due to aggressive pricing, in some pockets, OSB now has a 50/50 share (with plywood). In some markets, it's taken over."

(5) The low U.S. and Canadian dollar in terms of European and Far Eastern currency should lead to increasing exports as well as offshore expansion. Experts predict over 4OVo of new demand for OSB could come from overseas. OSB is a code

plants at a record pace and, in turn, beginning to aggressively market the product. The fixed costs for building an OSB plant are very high, but the variable costs are extremely low. Raw material requirements are moderate, with margins higher than for other structural panels.

But with industry capacity slated to increase 70Vo from l1 billion bd. ft. to 19 billion bd. ft. in the next two years, many are concerned that there won't be enough demand to go around. Janssens is not worried. He thinks OSB popularity is just beginning, that it has yet to be completely accepted as a commodity.

"Plants with newer technology will have a distinct price advantage. Older plants will close," said Janssens. "Plywood (production) will taper off, maybe even stagnate."

He believes you cannot have too much of a good thing.

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Bale out

The latest lumber substitute... straw?

[|'OUSES have long been built of Ilsticks and bricks, so it seems only natural that people would one day emulate the third little pig and build with straw.

Actually, according to straw-based panel producer Glen Wiltsey, Basic Industry Technology, Chula Vista, Ca., "It's been around for a long, long time. We're just reintroducing existing technology. And it appears to us to have a good future."

Straw is a byproduct of harvesting grains such as wheat, barley, oats and rye. About 140 million tons of straw are produced annually in North America, according to Environmental Building News. In addition to its abundance, other advantages as a building material include:

. In areas of grain production, straw is inexpensive.

Lumber quality is changing, prices are unpredictable and supplies are tightening.

Since straw is a secondary waste material from grain production, its embodied energy should be quite low.

In many areas, straw is still burned, producing significant air pollution.

Although straw may hold the most promise for use in panelized construction systems, currently most of the interest lies in straw-bale construction. "Interest rises every time the price of wood goes up and whenever people see pictures of clear cut

forests," said Tony Perry, bale builder and head of the Straw Bale Construction Association, Santa Fe, N.M. "And there's been an explosion (of interest) in the last 18 months, and we expect things to continue to grow. We get five or six calls a day, from around the country and from Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine, Central Africa."

According to Perry, there are buildings still standing in Nebraska that were built of bales at the turn of the century. There were bale buildings built 450 years ago in Germany, and evidence was recently uncovered of 7,000year-old straw structures in Egypt. "The resurrection in the last five years is centered in South Arizona and New Mexico," he said. "We have straw bale homes going up now in 22 states."

Rectangular bales are produced by compressing the straw and tying it with either two or three wires or polypropylene strings. In load-bearing straw-bale construction, bales are stacked and reinforced to produce structural walls that support the roof load. For in-fill straw-bale construction, a wood, metal or masonry structural frame carries the roof. and the bales are stacked to provide nonstructural insulating walls. With either method, the bale walls are plastered or stuccoed on both the interior and exterior.

"People love those 22" walls," said Perry. "The insulation value is superb: R-54. Utility bills go down

75Vo compared to frame-built R-19 walls."

Surprisingly, straw-bale houses are very fire resistant. Although loose straw burns, tightly packing it into bales severely limits the available oxygen needed for combustion. In addition, straw's high silica content causes alayer of char to develop as it begins to burn, insulating the inner straw.

Although proponents claim straw resists rot, extraordinarily high moisture levels in bales may provide a habitat for fungi and lead to decomposition. Keeping bulk moisture away from walls is critical, so designers should incorporate wide overhangs, slope the ground away from the building, etc.

Careful plastering should keep vermin out of the bales.

Perry sees three markets for strawbale construction. "The first is the owner-builder segment, in which the homeowner plays some part in helping with the construction. More recent is the custom home segment, centered in Northern New Mexico.

Story at a Glance

Straw shooting to be the next alternative to lumber ... compressed into panels or iust stacked in bales.

Custom homes range from the 500-sq. ft. casita to, well, my company is now building a 9,800-sq. ft. home. We're now researching the third segment: the mass-produced affordable home," he said.

Yet it seems impractical for retail yards to carry bales. "It's too bulky. You don't want to have to warehouse it," explained Perry. "But there are a number of tools and currently homemade products that a retailer could provide, such as special configuration wire pegs and rebar cut to length." As well. there are now businesses that "office broker" straw bales.

The best straw supplier is the nearest farm. Southern Colorado farmers now regularly call Perry and other association members to ask how much straw they need baled for the next building season. "We've gotten calls from rice fields in California, but that's too far to ship it," said New Mexico-based Perry. "You want to get it from the farm to an l8-wheeler to the jobsite."

Mor" practical as resaleable building products are compressedstraw panels. They are lighter, easier to handle and more similar to traditional building products, reducing apprehension among builders as well as building code officials.

The first "compressed agricultural fiber" panels were introduced 60 years ago in Sweden (see sidebar at right) and have been used extensively in Europe.

At least 10 companies are currently building or planning to build strawpanel manufacturing facilities in North America, including in Texas, Montana, California and Oregon. Plants are already up and running in England and Australia.

When straw is compressed under high temperature, the fibers bond together without any adhesives (some companies do use adhesives). The compressed layers are often faced with Kraft paper, or can be finished with a plastic coating or wood veneer. Typical panels will be 4'x8' or 8'x16', 2" to 4-314" thiqk, for use as exterior walls, roofs, interior partition walls, floors and insulation.

Despite offering good R-values and resistance to fire, earthquakes and hurricane winds, the panels are catching on slowly in the U.S. "PeoPle resist change - unless there's a reason to change, such as rising lumber costs," explained Basic IndustrY Technology's Glen Wiltsey. "People have been building with wood 2x4s for so long, there's a resistance to building with panels rather than lumber,"

The company plans to begin shiP-

ping its Agri-Board panels this fall, but don't expect it to be available through your favorite distributor.

"Immediately all of our production will be shipped overseas, to Asian, Latin American, South African markets," Wiltsey said. "Those areas

badly need housing and are not so resistant to new materials. Domestic penetration will be gradual."

Use in construction should also be eventual for this renewable and plentiful resource.

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Production of interior wall panels made from wheat straw has begun at Stramit USA's new Penyton, Tx., planl

The solid, durable and repo4ed- ly fire resistant EnviroPanel Interior Wall Systems are formed through heat and pressufe extrusion using the pioneering Stramit Process,

In 1935, Swedish inventor Theodor Dieden discovered that heating and compressing straw released its own natural '''resin." Ten years later in England, under the guidance of Thorsten Mosesson, the operation was refined into what is now known as the Stramit Process.

In the Stramit Process, straw is fed into a semiautomatic machine,

requiring minimum labor. The straw is compressed and heated through melal plateq to 500T; The only: three raw materials required through the entire process are straw, paper and glue. No binder glue,or cement is added to the straw core.

"Half a centufy after its creation, the Stramit Process :showC promise of qevolutionizin$ thc way we iook at construction by blending environmental concern with straadined production. By giving farmers the added value for their crops and providing a use for a waste byproduct, wo:,are convert; ing a liability in0o a national asset,'l sa-id Stramit USA ceo Cindy Thyfault.

THE FIRST STHAW panels frqm SEamil USAC new plant are now being manufactured' The fnviroPanels provide' a high,sgqn! rati!g., eaie of in'stallation, high lirelating end traditional appearance, and come 2-114'thick,4'wide and up to 12'long,

redwood

By Paul Gaboury

ment, the car had to be hand unloaded for $40-$s0.

Green surfaced lumber used to turn black with stain, so the mills developed anti-stain treating and sealing the ends.

Old sawmill burners were ruled environmentally illegal. There was a switch to marketing the sawdust and chips, a very worthwhile additional income.

lN 1940, as production superintendent of lPacific Tank & Pipe Co., it was my job to procure 2" and 3" clear all heart redwood tank stock, clear Douglas fir tank stock and crossarm stock. We kiln dried it at our Oakland, Ca., plant and manufactured water tanks, wine tanks, acid dip tanks for galvanizing, drilled and roofed crossarrns and even Alaska-bound oil storage hnks (wi& flutes between the staves kept filled with water to prevent the oil from shrinking the redwood). There was a shortage of steel - we even manufactured wooden pipe up to 6'diameter. We were skimming the very best part of the log in all cases.

My uncle, George Gorman, as a pilot in the RCAF, was shot down behind

Story at a Glance

Al Boldt (good old Charley Beacom) and Maloney Chambers at Healdsburg took on some specified cutting.

Tom Dimmick's mill was across the river from the highway. Floods frequently wiped out the bridge, and he had ro high-

wire his lumber across.

Most lumber in Northern California was shipped by T&T. Most yards were off rail; truck service was better aud easier to finance. Due to the'pmxirnity to the mills, cargo was not a factor.

The big redwood mills, some smaller mills and large Oregon mills shipping bundled uppers offered a 5Vo wholesale discount! This was great for wholesalers, and resulted in everyone quoting about the same delivered price to the retailer. But as competition increased, the mills decided it was advantageous to quote net.

The redwood mills were very customer appreciative. Union Lumber Co. flew customers in its plane to Fort Bragg for an overnight. Pacific Lumber put you up at their Hotel Mowatoc. now the Scotia Inn.

Some sawyers stood on the headrig and hand set the log as they traveled back and forth. The sawyer was the most important man in the mill. Mill jobs and mill towns were mostly family-oriented through the generations.

Big sellers were 3/8xl-l /2 lath and handsplit redwood stakes, another father and son tradition. I doubt if either is available today - ditto large FOHC timbers.

With the surplus of small logs - not profitable for the large mills - came the tandem-blade bread slicers. Another innovation was the plywood industry. Its huge demand for choice logs greatly reduced the amount of clear and select structural left in the regular sawmill mix.

Kimberly Clark was a huge producer of paper, pine, fir and cedar lumber. Their planing mills, storage sheds and automated kiln stackers were tops. They had a pencil slab plant in the basement, "manned" by women - a rarity then. They waxed and stained the cedar, which was cut into hexagons instead of rounds. K.C. also had a houseboat on Lake Shasta available to customers.

German lines and held as a prisoner for six months. He later formed an airline in Edmonton for shipping freight to Northern Alberta, Alaska and the Northwest.

In later years, George was sales manager for Hammond Lumber Co. and flew their plane contacting customers. Then he bought a mill at Port Orford, Wa., the steamship Daisy Gadsby and his remanufacturing plant at Oakland. Unfortunately, he died in 1932 while still young.

In 1952 the large volume yards in the Bay Area were Gamerston & Green, Dickensons, Rolando, Smith, Christenson, E.K. Wood and Loop. Since at the time few sawmills had milling facilities, there was a big demand for rough lumber from Loop, Christenson, E.K. Wood and Rolando, with their milling and remanufacturing facilities.

Surfaced boards were also scarce. Christenson, with Doc White at the helm, specialized in remanufacturing boards from 2x6 and 2x8 #3 rough fir.

We had many California redwood mills to choose from - many on the road to Fort Bragg, such as Independent, Philo Lumber and Al Boldt Lumber Co. Specified lengths in dimension and timbers were very difficult to cover. Fortunately,

The Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club had a huge party every year at the Claremont Hotel, with over 300 attending. Golf tournaments were big time, held each year at Eureka, Redding, Medford, Eugene and, of course, the famous Silver Dollar at Grass Valley. The moming after the tournament, my cousin, Art Milhaupt, then with Fremont, hosted a fancy brunch at his home on the Eugene Country Club. It was a marvelous place to hear the scuttlebutt and determine the market with all those mill owners present.

Mitch Wagner at Humboldt Fir cut the 6xl4-34' rough select structural FOHC beams for my Tahoe house. After 28 years, there is not one crack that would take a knife blade.

Another fine timber mill is Rough & Ready at Cave Junction. They would saw-size your timbers to ALS in the headrig - the way to go!

I remember calling on Stan Preble, with his little sawmill around Weott. There he was running the mill in the pouring rain, cutting maybe 8-l0M' per day, his office in his hip pocket.

Lumber was all hand loaded in box cars. Larger mills had sunken tracks. Then we in California began insisting on "Flat Car Loading for Hyster Discharge."

On one of my first such orders the mill hand loaded a full car of 2x4s solid pack with no 4" spacers. To my embarrass-

Frank Close managed a yard for Diamond Match near Marysville. When he decided to start his own yard at Sutter, his former employers said he made a mistake going against such a large organization and that they would drive him out of business. Soon thereafter, they called it quits.

His little 20'x25' offtce was constantlv cluttered with guns and trophies on thl walls, four clerks and a display case with not even room on top for an order book. His yard was alone in the country, but ever crowded with customers. It was a very popular gathering place for hunters, fishermen, farmers and home builders.

The trade surely remembers and misses Hobbs Wall, owned by Al Bell and Lew Goddard. They specialized in redwood, and did a fine job for both the small and large yards. Unfortunately, it was disbanded with the death of Bill Johnson.

Max Cook represented the Califurnia Lumber Merchant (now The Merchant Magazine) in our area and was the liaison between the mills. wholesalers and retailers. It was always a pleasure to have a personal visit by Max giving us the latest scoop on everyone and everything.

These and like memories go on for all of us.

Old-timer reminisces about the much-changed West Coast lumber industry.

- Gaboury joined the industry in 1948 with Gosslin Harding Lumber Co., San Leandro, Ca. He opened Golden Gate Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, Ca., in 1952, retiring in 1982.

A LTHOUGH redwood's reputalLtion has been built on natural durability and decay resistance that make it an excellent choice for exterior uses. the wood can also be marketed for interior applications.

Rich, distinctive redwood paneling and trim can renew any room, adding luxury to a living room, kitchen, bath, accent wall or ceiling.

Interior applications include millwork, columns, doors, windows, cabinets, shelving and, most commonlY, -l paneling.

Redwood offers these "inside" advantages:

Finishing. With a nearly infinite variety of warm natural hues, rich grains and textures, interior redwood

Story at a Glance

Redwood is a fine choice indoors as well as out ... use as paneling, trim, columns, etc. ... its advantages in interior applications.

Redwood on the inside

can be stained, waxed, lacquered, varnished or even left unfinished to achieve any design mood. Redwood reportedly takes and holds stain and paint better than any other commercial softwood in America.

Selection. Clear, knot free redwood lumber is available in a plenti-

ful choice of patterns, grades and sizes, in rough sawn, smooth or reversible textures, as well as wide widths and lengths. "Surfaced" textures are planed smooth for a satiny effect, while "resawn" boards have a rough, shadowy face. Vertical grain is uniformly parallel; flat grain has a wavy, marbled look.

Individual boards can be arranged by their natural characteristics to create the best visual effect. Paneling, for instance. can be installed so that

Suggested Int€rior Finishes

Lacquer provides a totally natural appearance' with somt- protection against dirt and stains. A number of coats are necessary to add a gloss or sheen to the wood.

WaX adds a soft luster to redwood that is sufficiently durable to withstand frequent cleaning. Though easy to touch up, it is difficult to remove if another finish is desired.

Varnish completely seals the wood, forming a tough, transparent film that will withstand frequent scrubbing and hard use. It also tends to darlien redwood appreciably, readily revealing scratch marks'

Semi-transparent stain adds color toning without hiding grain or texture. Semi-trinsparent stains are especially effective in balancing out (to any degree desired) the contrast between cinnamon-colored heartwood ana ci"u*Icolored sapwood without masking the wood's natural grain or characteristics. If the wood will be exposed to heavy traffic or frequent cleaning, the stain should be covered with a clear finish or a clear sealer.

woodgrains, sapwood and board edges carry the eye from surface to surface, integrating all elements of a room, emphasizing or playing down the room's dimensions.

Different patterns (tongue and groove, shiplap, channel rustic) can also create different effects. Square or eased-edge boards cast subtle shadow lines, while sharply grooved patterns create bolder accents.

Insulation. The wood's unique cellular structure makes it an awesome insulator. A l" thickness of redwood is equal in insulating value to more than 5.8" of brick or 4" of plaster. In addition to the cell structure, redwood's lack of pitch and resinous substances contribute to a safe flame spread rating.

Workability.

Redwood receives high marks in workability and its ability to take and hold a solid glue bond, making it an ideal material for walls and trim.

Lumber is also lightweight, making it easy for installers to lift, saw and nail. Paneling can be nailed and glued directly to most walls or it can be applied over furring strips - vertical funing for horizontal or diagonal paneling and horizontal furring for vertical paneling. Wood shims or shingles should be used to even out severe wall gaps or cracks.

DESIGNER BATH: Clear all heart shiplap pattern with 1/4' reveal brings redwood indoors.

Sepreuaen

Should you add your own truss plant?

THE 1,400 to I,500 truss plants in I. the U.S. employ about 33,000, generate $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion in annual sales, and use 5 billion bd. ft. of lumber. An even more startling statistic is that 7 5Vo to 90Vo of all roof systems in the U.S. are built using wood trusses. as well as lj%o to l5vo of all floors. If you want to sell to builders, you have to offer wood trusses.

Builders may not even have a choice. "A lot of times, due to excessive load considerations, engineers require the use of wood trusses," notes Jim Ford, truss plant manager for nine-unit Spenard Builders Supply, Anchorage, Ak. "They can't use stick framing, so we lose the job if we can't offer wood trusses."

Often, a retailer will sell his builder customers a truss from a local truss plant without ever handling the truss himself. "The retailer sells the truss along with the lumber, windows and doors, but the truss plant delivers the trusses to the jobsite," explains Kirk Grundahl, P.E., executive director of the Wood Truss Council of America. "(The retailer) is just handling the paper on the truss and making a percentage on it."

But a growing number of contractor-oriented dealers have tried to cut out the middle man and now operate their own truss plants, ranging from single-unit Crissey Fowler Lumber, Colorado Springs, Co., to the 130store Wickes Lumber Co.

Spenard Builders Supply added a truss facility to serve eight of its nine locations to "provide our contractor sales people with one more thing to sell," explains Ford. "Now we can sell them the whole package, which is beneficial for them as well as us."

"Dealers may think they can take another step out of the distribution chain and absorb the extra margin,"

Story at a Glance

Pros and cons of adding your own truss plant ... key con- siderations: volume, legal liability, demand.

says Grundahl. "It's all a question of volume. If you have your own truss plant and you are only running it at 50Vo capacity, you're losing money. It could put you out of business."

The risk is real. "You must invest $50,000 to $150,000 to $200,000 jusr for a saw, then there's inventorying lumber. Your capital costs would easily be a half-million to $l million," he says.

Grundahl suggests that before making the plunge, a retailer should first work very closely with a single truss plant for a significant period of time. "And if I found that I was more than 50Vo of his business, I might buy the plant. But if I'm only 257o of his

business, there's no way I can be in that business," he says.

Once in the truss manufacturing business, the biggest concern becomes the issue of liability. Problem areas are Workers' Compensation in the plant and, even more important, at the jobsite. "Once you get it to the jobsite, lifting those trusses and especially putting them in place, that's where injuries start to happen," Grundahl relates. "It has nothing to do with the trusses and everything to do with human beings. People take short cuts, they're not thinking, they get hurt and don't take responsibility for their own mistakes." Common maladies are back problems and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Improper erection and bracing techniques can also cause truss collapse or lead to other problems down the road. The legal risk is so great, many truss companies refuse to erect lrusses or deliver them on the top plate.

Most of all, Grundahl stresses, be cautious in contemplating getting into the truss manufacturing business. You probably will be better off "partnering" with an established producer, letting each party do what it does best.

"I think they need to give it some real thoughtful consideration," he says.

"(Adding a truss plant) is a big business decision. It's like hiring an employee. Until he's working for you for six months, you don't know what you've got."

NEWS BRIEFS

Precision Lumber & Hatdware, Snowflake',and Heber, Az., has acquired Show Lots Lumber Co., Show Low, Az. (David Tenney, mgr.), and Pinetop Lumber Co. Inc., Pinetop, Az. (Mark Pachta, mgr.), and will be csnvErting all four Precision locations to the True Value format ...

Farmington Lumber & Hardw&re, Farmington, N.M., has been closed after 90 years in business due to superstore competition; ownerlmayor Tom Taylor will rent out the facility ...

AbIe Building Suppty has purchased Q,uincy Lumber Co., Quincy, Wa., as store #5, Rich Noble, mgr.; Jerry Richard replaces Noble as mgr. in Ritzville, Wa.

Plymart Inc. has moved its retail yard from downtown Portland, 0r., to near its manufacturing plant in Boring, Or. ...

Pro Line Builders Supply, Lakeview, Or., added & Winnemucca, Nv., yard ...

Capitol Lumber, Olympian Wa., has purchased Key Western Building Supply, Lake Bay, 'Wa., as its 4th location and added a lumber yard to the hardware store, Charlie Foster, mgr.; Don Ladwig replaces Foster as mgr. at the spanaway, Wa, yard

HomeBase held grand openings Sept. 2 for a new store in Renton, Wa., replacing a shuttered g-yearold Kent, Wa., unit) and five newly remodeled locations, four in Phoenix, Az., and one in Palm Desert, Ca.; the company purchased a site in Clackamas County, Or., for its fourth lacation in the greater Portland area ...

Cambria Hardware Center, Cambria, Ca., has added a full lumberyard, the Cambria Village Lurnber site to its operations

Hadlock Building Supply, Po* Hadlock,.Wa., soon.after c-ompletingra major expansion, suffered a nine-hour, Aug. 8 arson fire that caused $1.5 million in darroge; the warehouse and sales floor were destroyed, while the yard, lumber inventory, forklifts and trucks were spared, enabling the business t0 reopen the nextday ...

Supply One predicts a spring opening for its 8th unit now under construction in Klamath Fa]ls, Or,; it will feature a 92,500-sq. ft. store, 25,000-sq. ft. nursery and six-acre lumber yard

Entst Home & Nursery opened a new store in Cedar Mill, Or., and is working to move into a recently vacated Kmart in Palm Springs, Ca.

Home Depot opened new stores last month in Bitter Lake (Seattle), Wh.; Colorado Springs, Co., and its 3rd in Tucson, Az. {Frad White, mgr.); will construct its 4th Expo center in Mountain View, Ca.; will co-anchor to-bs-renoyat- ed Jantzen Beach Shopping Center, Hayden Island, Or., and will not be allowed by the city council to build in Sardtoga (Sai Jose), Ca.

Mill River Architectural Hardwoods, Inc., has moved to a new warehouse facilitv in Post Falls, Id. ...

Palmdale Plaza, a 66,000-sq. ft. strip mall now under construction in Anthony, N,M., will be anchored by a 20,ffi0-sq. ft. True Value hatdware store

O rchard Supply H ardware's 59,000-sq. ft. store nearly under construction in Thousand Oaks, Ca., has residents concerned about the safety of students at a nearby school; the project had.been approye{ earlier by the planning comrrusslon

Ev e rgre en Lumber, Harper, Wa., ha* opened a new Contractor Support Center in Port Orchard, Wa.; it features a 9,000-sq. ft. main building and two 2,500-sq. ft. pole buildings on six acres ...

Brinker Brothers Lumber & Hardw are,, Miltsn;Freewater, Or., has remodeled, adding plumbing and electrical zupply lines ...

Anniversaries: Cedar Shal@ & Shingle Bureau, Bellevue, Wa.n 80th ... Fisher Inmber Ca., Santa Monica, Ca.,72nd (not 62nd as reported in Aug.) ... Corning

Moulding Corp., Corning, Ca., 30th Horizon Forest Products, Richmond, Ca., l5th ...

Nu Forest Products, Inc., Healdsburg, Ca., has aequired all assets of NorthBav Forest Products, Healdsburg, fiom owner Ron Lewman ...

Golden State Lumber, Vallejo, Ca., has acquired Sierca Point Lumber and Plywaod Co., Brisbane, Ca.; Chris Wray continues as gen. mgr. at Siena Point ...

Jewett- Camercn Lumber Corp., Tigard, Or., will rnove its Hq. -by Oct. to a new $l+ million, 30,000+-sq. ft. facility on five acres in No*h Plainsn Or.

Hillsboro Forest Products, Hillsboro, Or., has been fonned by Ken Edwards, formerly of Forest Grove lnmber

Siskiyou Forest Products, Woodland, Ca., is now stocking lames Hardie Building Products' product lines

G e o rg i a - P ac ific br oke ground Aug. 21 on its Western sales center in Denver, Co.

United Pacific Forest Products has moved its western red cedar mill to St. Helens, Or., along with pres. Dave Weinstein and Hq. staff; the sales staff of Peter C. Murphy, Scott Majors, Rodney Gnsser plus Peter Gomezn traffic, remain in Petaluma Ca. ...

Willamette Indwst ries, Portland, Or., has purchased LumberTech, Izc., Lebanon, Or., frcm Stevs and Mary L*timer; the facility, locaned on the site of Willamette's former Lebanon plywood plant, will be called Indus triel Salat*Lumber-

Tech; LumberTech sales rep Chris Close was promoted to general production and sales mgr. ...

Miller Lumber Ca., Bend, Or., forced from its home of 35 years due to a parkway project, moved to a new Bend site, featuring a 16,000-sq. ft., heavy timber framed building originally built in the 1940s as a feed warehouse and grain elevator ...

Butler Forest Products lost its Redding, Ca., mill in a July 27 fll.e that caused $1-2 million in damage; no injuries were reported from the pre-dawn fire which investigators attribute to a propane tank explosion

Young and Morgan, Mill City, Or., has signed a letter of intent to acquire Hanel Lumber Co. Inc., Odell, Or. ...

Duke City Lumber Co. has temporarily closed is Espafiola, N.M., mill due to falling timber prices; a considerable inventory of timber is already stacked at the mill and logs will continue to be piled up until it reopens

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Pacific Coast Building Products Inc., Sacramento, Ca., has formed a joint venture with Weitblock Products /nc., Salem, Or.; dubbed Westblock Pacffic LLC, it combines Westblock's three concrete block plants (two in Portland, Or., and a newly built $7 million plant in DuPont, Wa.) with an undisclosed amount of cash from Pacific Coast

PlyGem Industries has enlisted N.Y. investment bank Bear, Stearns & Co. to explore various strategic alternatives, including possible sale of the firm

Outwater Plastics plans to open a West Coast sales office and warehouse late this year in Phoenix, Az. ...

Domtar Inc. is considering the sale of its gypsum and melaminepanels divisions and acquisitions to expand its forest products businesses ...

Custom Building Products, Seal Beach, Ca., has agreed to sell its wallcovering adhesive line to The Gibson-Homans Co. to concen-

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trate on its core business of tile installation and interior/exterior patching and repair products

Andersen Windows, Inc. will disribute its windows and patio doors in Mexico with the addition of two Mexican-based distributor partners, Cristalum S.A. de C.V and%drios Prosal

A Califurnia lien law bill has been passed that repeals the requirement mandating a preliminary 2Fday notice prior to recording a mechanic's lien and prior to the filing of a stop notice to every contractor with whom the claimant has contracted ...

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) jumped 6.7Vo, the fourth straight monthly advance and largest gain in 16 months, to an annual rate of 1.38 million ... single-family starts rose 6.87o, multifamily construction climbed 6.5, and building permits rose 5.37o ... the West posted a2.2Vo increase in stafts

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SEPTEMBER

Woodworking Eire '95 - Sept. 14-16, show, County Meath, Ireland.

Phoenix Hoo-IIoo Club - Sept. 15-16, golf, Green Valley, Az., (602) 974-3729.

American Wood Preservers Institute - Sept. 17-19, annual meeting, Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, San Antonio, Tx.; (410) 465-3169.

North American Building Material Distribution AssociationSept. 17-19, annual conference, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, La; (312\ 32r-6845.

Jarditec/Simaver/Jardiflor'95 - SepL 17-20, lawn and garden show, Paris, France; (301) 460-9751.

Hardwood Plywood Veneer Association - Sept. 20-23, fall conference, Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.; (703) 435-29N.

Mexican Construction Expo - Sept. 22-24, Guadalajara, Mexico; (708) 605-1025.

American Plywood Association - Sept. 24-26, annual meeting, Mission Hills Resort, Rancho Mirage, Ca.; (206) 565-6600.

OSHA - Sept. 26-28, compliance seminars, Tonance, Anaheim andOntario, Ca.; (800) 642-2067.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 28-30, annual convention, Radisson Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis, Mn.; (800) 634-8645.

National Decorating Products Association - Sept. 29-Oct. l, Fall Decor 1995, McCormick Place North, Chicago, Il.; (314) 99t-3470.

OCTOBER

National Particleboard Association - Oct. 1 - Oct. 3, fall meeting, Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, Il.; (301) 670-0604.

NARI RemodelWest - Oct. 6-7, show, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, Ca.; (703) 276-7600.

China Construct'95 - Oct. 10-14, show, Shanghai, China.

Branchentag Holz - Oct. 10-11, show, Berlin, Germany.

National Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club - Oct. 14, board meeting, Seattle, Wa.;(503) 672-6528.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - OcL 14-17, annual meeting, Omni Netherlands, Cincinnati, Oh.; (901) 377-1818.

Forest Products Conference - Oct. 15-17, Sheraton Grand Torrey Pines Hotel, La Jolla, Ca.; (617) 271-W30.

Saie - Oct. 18-22, building materials show, Bologna, Italy.

IIoo-Hoo International - Oct.2l-22, casino weekend, Flamingo Hilton, Laughlin, Nv.; (619) 263-3131.

Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. - Oct. 2l-24, market, Indiana Convention-Exposition Center, Indianapolis, ln.; (219) 7 485300.

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association - Oct. 21-25, annual convention, Mariott's Copley Place, Boston, Ma.; (708) 299-3400.

Wood Products Fall Conference - Oct,22-25. Sheraton Tara Hotel & Resort, Danvers, Ma; (202) 463-2769.

Ace Hardware Corp. - Oct. 27-30, show, Denver, Co.; (708) 990-6600.

Forest Products Society - Oct. 30-Nov. I, drying conference, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Bellevue, Wa.; (608) 231-1361.

Lumbermen Turn Rescuers

Steve Holmes and Steve Hautala, Fred C. Holmes Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, Ca., helped rescue the crew of a sport fishing boat that exploded in a local river, hurling five passengers into the chilly water and pinning a sixth beneath the wreckase.

The lumbermen were fishing on Holmes' boat early Saturday morning Aug. 5 when the nearby vessel exploded, possibly due to a fuel leak.

Witnesses said the blast splintered a side of the 30-ft. trawler, throwing the rear deck into the air and on top of one passenger, trapping him against a burning engine.

After helping Holmes pull one man from the water onto their boat, Hautala boarded the burning, fastsinking boat with two other fishermen from other boats. The three lifted the deck and rescued the man, who sustained a dislocated knee and a severe cut that required surgery.

"They just barely got back aboard and it went down," Holmes said.

Fishermen on other boats pulled the four other men from the water.

One of the four men tossed overboard suffered broken ribs and a broken sternum.

WESTIERN ASS0C[Alt[0N NEWS

Western Building Material Association will hold its annual convention and building products showcase Nov. l0-14 at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center, Portland, Or.

Themed "The WBMA Net," the program includes Pat Farr, Jerry's Building Material Center, and Kyle Kincaid, Vine Dahlen Werner & Co., analyzing "Employee Hiring, Training and Motivation;" Cheryl L. Bann on the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's "Managing for Excellence" program; Carl Forssen, Business Resources Services, on "Financial Statements," and NLBMDA pres. Roger Scherer, a fourth generation lumberman, on "There Is a Building Material Dealer in the Future."

The showcase will have 100+ exhibits.

WBMA also notes that the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a tip to help employers avoid breaking discrimination laws when attempting to find out if prospective employees are U.S. citizens

while having them complete federally required I-9 forms.

When interviewing applicants, show them the I-9 form and ask if there is any reason they cannot meet all the requirements of the form. If you later discover they answered dishonestly and your employee handbook or application states that intentional misstatements during hiring are grounds for dismissal, you have a good case if you are later sued.

If the applicant can't meet the requirements, you cannot legally hire that person.

WBMA says this procedure significantly reduces or eliminates having to verify new hires' statements for ADA or other reasons, thus exposing yourself to a lawsuit if you have to later confirm them.

Lumber Merchants Association will again tackle a "Superbowl of Management" seminar Jan. 26-27 at the Marconi Convention Center in Marin Countv.

On Friday, Donna Hartley, Hartley International, will address "Speak & Make a Difference," aimed at helping managers become more effective communicators to motivate employees. The next day, a presentation by Bill Lee, Lee Resources, will be followed by roundtable discussions.

LMA's annual convention Nov. 9-11 in San Francisco will offer four roundtables: "Who's Selling Your Business" led by Peter Ganahl, Ganahl Lumber; "Productivity through Technology or Take the Duplication out of the System" by Don Koch, BMD; "Your Advertising Program - Are You Active, Reactive or Invisible?" by Jeff Pohle, Southern Lumber, and "How Vulnerable Are You?" by attomey Laura Innes.

Other activities during the "LMA: Your Golden Gate to Opportunity"themed convention include a legislative update by Juli Broyles, California Employers Coalition; advice on how to motivate others by motivational speaker Jerry Wilson; a Roaring Twenties banquet, and optional group trips to "Beach Banquet Babylon" and Alcatraz.

LMA pres. Kathleen Patterson, Central Valley Builders Supply, will nrrn over the reins to Bob Rossi, Rossi's Building Materials. Other nominees: lst v.D. Bill Sullivan, Tynan Lumber; 2nd v.p. Al Stockton, San Bruno Lumber; treas. Gary DeYoung, Corning Lumber, and directors Rick Roberts, Don Fischer, Tom Janousek and Steve Stevenson.

Wood Fit For A King

E or the King Shops, a recently F completed shopping mall on Hawaii's Kona Coast, nothing but the best would dowaterfront location, award winning architecture, and durability to last through the ages. The project met all these demands plus more, and it didn't require a king's ransom.

King Shops' architect Ted Garduque of Garduque Architects, in Honolulu, Hawaii, said, "Our goal was to create a project that balanced economy with design, while creating a delightful place to shop in this Kona Coast resort setting. To achieve these goals we selected Chemonite treated Douglas Fir as our primary framing material because of its flexibility, speed of construction, and low cost."

These expectations were fulfilled when the project was completed on budset and on time.

functional compromisenor does itrequire accompanying soil treatment. Garduque said it accepts all coatings readily and like untreated lumber is easy to work with.

Built with durability by design, the King Shops 75,000 square feet of shopping space will host visitors for years to come. What's more, the King Shops are more thanjust apretty place to shop. In addition to merchandise, the complex features displays highlighting Hawaiian legend, lore and volcanology.

Chemonite is theregistered trade name for Ammonical Copper Zinc Arsenate (ACZA); it was initially formulated at the University of California in the 1920's, and developed for commercial use in the 1940' s by J.H. Baxter, a Califomia timber and treatment company, which continues to hold the product's license todaY. Chemonite treated wood has maintained its structural integrity for over 50 years with no reported removal due to failure.

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In addition tohelping Garduque meet his economy, speed and durability objectives, the King Shops have been getting the royal treatment for their aesthetics too. The project recently received the "National Commercial Builders Award" from the National Association of Home Builders, and on the Islands the King Shops have been praised bY locals and the media alike.

From the smallest I "x4" to the largest 6"x 14". all 350.000 board feet of timber used in the project were treated with Chemonite. The treating was done by Conrad Wood Preserving of North Bend Oregon, for Forest Products of Hawaii, located in Kailua, Hawaii. Speaking about the King Shops Forest Products' Owner Lee Haskins said, "Here in Hawaii, Chemonite's about the only treatment we can depend on."

While it's tough enough to withstand the rigors of Hawaii's warm, humid tropical environment including the voracious Formosan termite, Chemonite treated Douglas fir doesn't require

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The marine environment-both salt and fresh water- requires building materials that will withstand tough times. The right wood, pressure treated with the right preservative to the proper penetration and retention has been proven to

resist the stress of the environment best. For complete details on Chemonite treated Douglas fir and the name of your nearest chemonite wood treater call 415-513-331 I, or write P.O. Box 4215 Foster City. CA 94404.

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Preston Lumber Forced Into Bankruptcy

Closed and in receivership since February, Preston Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca., has been forced into Chapter 7 involuntary bankruptcy.

Preston had been in the process of selling its mill properties in Cloverdale and Philo, Ca., for 91.3 million to RJS Timber Products to help repay a major creditor, Sumitomo Bank of San Francisco.

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The sale and the state receivership process were halted when three other creditors (Acme Rigging & Supply, Ukiah, Ca.; Shuster Transportation & Logging Co., Willits, Ca., and Gregory Mathis) persuaded a federal bankruptcy judge to appoint a court trustee to help administer the debt. Trustee Raymond Carey decided the lumber company should be liquidated to get its bills paid.

In February, Sumitomo Bank filed a lawsuit against Preston Lumber, naming owner James H. Blevins, David Snodgrass and several related companies, Pacific West Forest Products, J.H. Blevins Co. and Preston Planing & Dry Kiln. The bank asked the court for a temporary restraining

order to stop alleged sales of company assets and to appoint a receiver to assume control of company operations.

The suit claimed that preston had at least twice removed two or more truckloads of logs and "apparently sold them out of the ordinary course of business."

In court papers, Jeffry Locke said that the day after he was appointed receiver, Preston issued four checks totaling $285,860. Two of the checks went to two of Blevins' sons. said Locke. He also said there was evidence that assets were being removed and sold.

Preston's attorney responded that at the time the defendants were unaware of a court-appointed receiver or a court restraining order.

Only last year Preston was ranked by The Press Democrdt as one of the area's top 25 fastest growing companies, with 100 employees and 1993 revenues of $28 million. According to court papers, the firm estimated it owed $3 million to vendors and suppliers.

Murrelet Habitat May Conflict With Salvage plan

The critical habitat proposed for the threatened marbled murrelet potentially conflicts with the timber salvage amendment contained in the rescissions package signed by President Clinton.

The off-limits habitat presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service encompasses 4.45 million acres in Washington, Oregon and California, including about 50,000 acres of private land.

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Sign Sets At Lumber City

Ten years after Augora Hills, Ca., passed an ordinance outlawing towering pole signs, the local Lumber City has agreed to take its down.

Lumber City was among a dozen businesses that sued the city over the measure. But, on the eve of the court ruling, owner Jess Ruf agreed to remove his pole sign by June 1, 1996in exchange for a prominent monument sign and the guarantee that he will be able to secure the permits needed to convert the store into a California Do-it Center.

The judge, incidentally, issued a tentative ruling that the pole sign ordinance contradicts a state business code.

Parker Named Hampton CEO

Ronald C. Parker is the new ceo at Hampton Affiliates, Portland, Or., replacing John Hampton, ceo for the past 20 years, who remains chairman of the board of directors and its executive committee.

Parker. chief financial officer for the last nine years at Roseburg Forest Products and previously with Medford Corp., will lead the companY

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through its next phase of development from its present base of four lumber mills in Oregon, one in Texas and two in Alabama, scheduled to produce 600 million bd. ft. in 1995. The company also includes Hampton Lumber Sales Co., which will market about one billion feet this year, and Hampton Resources, Inc., with 87,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and Washington.

Their five year goal is to increase production to one billion feet, broker one billion feet of outside lumber and plywood sales, and increase sales to $1 billion.

A new c.f.o. will be recruited in the next several months.

NBMDA Roofing Segment

The North American Building Material Distribution Association has formed a second product-focused membership segment, the Roofing Distribution Coalition.

Bob Wimsatt, exec. v.p., Wimsatt Brothers, Inc., Louisville, Ky., and Tim Dunlap, v.p.-commodity products, Dallas Wholesale Builders Supply, Dallas, Tx., co-chair the RDC steering committee.

More than 80 of NBMDA's distributor members and a dozen member manufacturers currently carry products relevant to I{DC.

The Kitchen/Bath Distribution Alliance was launched earlier this vear.

Huge Paris Expo ln Nov.

Batimat. the Nov. 6-11 20th annual international construction industry show, will occupy two major sites, the Paris Exhibition Cenfe at downtown Porte de Versailles and Paris-Nord Exhibition Cente, a site just north of the city.

The 1993 Batimat show featured 4,243 exhibitors and 618,000 attendees, including 64,500 international visitors from I l7 countries.

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Gene Pietila is the new gen. mgr. of Cal Coast Wholesale Lumber, Ukiah, Ca.

Richard Nelson, formerly of C.C. Crow Publications, is new to The Springfield Group, Eugene, Or., as a plywood sales rep.

Chris Nesbitt has been appointed national sales mgr.-interior products for James Hardie Building Products, Fontana, Ca. Steve Heaton has been named product mgr.-interior products.

Ronald L. Brown is now chairman of the board at Down River International, Sacramento, Ca., replacing William B. Sparks.

Shawn Crews, formerly with Orepac, has joined the millwork sales team at Hawthorne Wood Products, Sacramento, Ca. Ted Zennie is now special production rep.

Joe Lumadue has been named sales msr. of Setzer Forest Products, Sacramenlo. Ca., replacing John Campbell.

Alan J. Bowers has been named chairman of Ernst Home Centers, Seattle, Wa. Barry A. Curtis, Jeffrey A. Burian and Frank D. Casciano were named directors. Victor H. Palmieri and Peter A. Martosella have left the board.

Bob Horton has joined Contact Lumber, Portland, Or., as v.p.-manufacturing.

Rebecca Gamer, formerly with American Pacific, has joined Northwest Forest Products, Inc., Tualatin, Or.

Jerry Heemstra has been named division controller of Simpson Door Co., McCleary, Wa. Jerry Braun is new to inside sales.

David A. Bischel has been appointed pres. of the California Forestry Association, Sacramento, Ca., replacing Gil Murray, who was killed by a mail bomb at the office.

Dave Weigel is now v.p.-real estate for HomeBase, Irvine, Ca.

Doug Radestock has rejoined Redwood Empire, Temecula, Ca., reports Gary Bowen.

Barbara Hagen Anderson and Wally Smith have been elected directors of Lanoga Corp., Redmond, Wa.

Jim Busch, formerly with Snow Mountain Pine, is new to industrial LVL sales at Tecton Laminates Corp., Hines, Or.

Kevin Dolan is new to sales at Unitv Forest Products, Yuba City, Ca., reports Steve llagen.

Ron Kinnard, previously with Timber Products, is now in direct sales and Steve Brandehoff, formerly with Georgia-Pacific, is new to engineered wood products sales at Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Phoenix, Az. Rich Bilby and his family vacationed in England.

Ronald Dunham and Larry Hall are new to purchasing at Cooley Forest Products, Phoenix, Az.

Steve Page, formerly of Coos Head Forest Products, has joined the sales force at Allweather Wood Treaters. White City, Or.

Don Wallace has been appointed mgr. of technical support for the Western Wood Products Association, Portland, Or., succeeding Jeff Fantozzi. Vic Riolo, retired field staff mgr., is recovering in St. Louis, Mo., from open heart surgery while touring the U.S.

Don Frank and Randy Jones, both formerly of Schaller Forest Products, have joined Siskiyou Forest Products' Redding, Ca., office. Frank is handling inside sales & purchasing, with Jones covering No. Ca. outside sales.

Ben Cassinerio, Diablo Timber, Napa, Ca., will speak on his battles with Home Depot at the Mid-America Lumbermens Association's Feb. convention.

Arthur W. Broslat has been named chairman and ceo of Standard Brands Paint Co., Torrance, Ca., replacing Deborah Hicks Midanek, now vice chairman. Jorge Sans is a new director.

Rich Stolz, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., is back from a No. Ca. business trip.

Joshua Wilton, son of John Wilton, California Forest Products, Gilroy, Ca., has completed Army ROTC training at Fort Knox, Ky., and has entered New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, N.M.

Frank Kinney, Hulbert Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., and his wife, Beverley, spent a week at Lake Tahoe. Jim Ksonenberg, his wife, Kim, and his family, recently vacationed in Lake Shasta. George Boring has returned from a week in Washington visiting friends.

Lewis Anderson, CNC GrouP, Sisters, Or., has been elected to the board of WPCC, Inc., Bend, Or., along with George Betts, LamPine, La Grande, Or.; Ron llowe, Beautiful Wood Products, Eugene, Or., and Ron West, Cone Cut-Stock, Goshen, Or.

Mike Jameson, Treated Forest Products, Santa Ana, Ca., vacationed in Hawaii with his family.

Huck DeVenzio is back at Hickson Corp., Smyrna, Ga., after an Australia business trip.

Scott S. Livingston has been appointed key accounts mgr. for the retail division of James Hardie Irrigation, Laguna Niguel, Ca. Paul TembY is international sales mgr.

Ned Wolf, v.p.-corporate development for Hardware Wholesalers Inc., has retired after 47 years with HWI.

Barry Wigginton, Eel River Sawmills, Fortuna, Ca., spent a week vacationing in Alaska in late Aug.

Raymond J. Dobrosky is new to Snavely Forest Products as corporate controller.

Melissa Pratt, Boise Cascade, Boise, Id., and her husband, Kym, are the Proud parents of 4-lb. 8 oz. Isabella Marie, born June 19.

Butch Pope, Weber Plywood, Tustin, Ca., recently vacationed in Hawaii.

Bill Sullivan, Golding Sullivan Lumber Sales, Sequim, Wa., has returned from a recent five-day Canadian mill trip.

Steve Hoffelt, The Kelleher Corp., and his wife, Lori, are the proud parents of Michael Thomas, born Aug. 8.

Merlo Opens. Ovun Office

Depoied Louisiana.Pacific chairman and president Harry A. Merlo has opened his own office in Portland, Or.

Merlo Enterprises will oversee the many investments he has made ovei the, years and ,allow him to take a more actiVe role in the joint ventures he has participated in.

He was ousted July 25 by L-P directors, who felt new leadership was needed due to current litigation woes (see Aug., p. 19).

He began his career with Rounds Lumber Co., Cloverdale, Ca., working his way up to executive v.p. of Western operations after it was acquired by GeorgiaPacific. Merlo became pres. of L-P when it was spun off from G-P in 1973.

Barry Ragsdale, previously with Mescalero Forest Products. is now with AtchleyAlew Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Max Corning, formerly with Schaller Forest Products, has joined GabbertEdwards Lumber Sales, Sacramento, Ca., based in Arcata, Ca.

Ifarry James, James Lumber Co., Poulsbo, Wa., recently met with State Representative Rick White to discuss increasing federal regulations on business.

John Conforti, Colonial Lumber Co., San Mateo, Ca., and his family have returned from a l0-day Hawaiian vacatlon.

Dennis Heckman is the new sales mgr. for Empire Wholesale Lumber Co.

Ronald Maccarone has joined Eagle Hardware & Garden, Renton, Wa., as exec. v.p.-finance and c.f.o.

Ken Huffman has been named national sales mgr. for HL Stud Corp.

Colin Wilson is the new pres. of Yale Materials Handling Corp., replacing Edward W. Ryan, who has joined parent co. NACCO Materials Handling Group as v.p.-mktg. & counterbalanced trucks. worldwioe.

Roger Eklund has been promoted to v.p.mktg. for Morgan Manufacturing.

Sterling Walfe, retired head of MarquartWolfe Lumber, Costa Mesa, Ca., recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

Claudia Cowan, Horizon Forest Products, Richmond, Ca., celebrated her 24th anniversary Aug. 2, also the 15th anniversary of her company.

Terry Bull is the new quality control mgr. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

AUCTIONING off a Michael Jordan-autographed basketball at the recent '1 995 Southern California Manufactuiers' Reps/Local Market Golf Tournament are Home Depot v.p.-merchandising Harry Pierce lleft) ano HomeBase v.p.-merchandising Mark Baker, The two'chains cb-hosteO the event with California Hardware, raising a record-breaking $223,000 for the City of Hope National Medical Center.

SHIMMERING hardwood {loors glisten in the above shot taken during construction of the newly opened Supermall of the Great Northwesi Auburn, Wa. In addition to maple floors, oak and merbau, a tropical wood from Malaysia, were used for seating and other uses in the 643,381-sq. ft. building that houses more than 160 stores. Hardwood flooring from Contact International was supplied to Robert E. Bayley Constructron, inc., Seattle, Wa., the general contraclor, by KellyGoodwin Co., a Seattle hardwood flooring distributor. Tile work, shown below padially covered by protective paper prior to opening day, was done by Weslern Tile Co.

Clinton Signs Salvage Bill

President Clinton has signed the Omnibus Recissions Bill, which includes an amendment to accelerate salvage logging on federal lands.

After Clinton vetoed the first version of the bill in June, it was resubmitted with some cuts reinstated and minor changes made to the salvage amendment. The bill also releases 300 to 400 million bd. ft. of sold "green" timber that federal agencies have held back.

The Forest Service said the legislation would have a minimal effect on its ability to increase salvage logging this year, but should help boost efforts in 1996 and1997.

The Western Wood Products Association says the salvage bill "will make only a small dent in the estimated 20 million bd. ft. of timber in American forests killed by insect damage, disease, drought and fire."

Contract Revision OKed

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's proposal to cut in half the size of its Random Length Lumber contract has been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (see Merchanl, July, p.32).

The change makes it easier for lumber industry participants to manage their price risk, the Exchange said. The new size reduces the deliverable, underlying commodity from two rail cars (160,000 bd. ft.) to one rail car (80,000 bd. ft.), a more common industry unit.

The change is now in effect for May 1996 and subsequent contract months.

Customer Loyalty ls The KeY

Customer satisfaction is not a reliable guarantee of future sales and profits.

In most customer service surveys, 85Vo of an organization's customers claim to be satisfied, but still may wander to other providers, reports marketing consultant Jill Griffin. She adds that question formation, measurement timing and the respondent's mood inflate the ratings.

Griffin cites a recent study of top managers in 200 of America's largest companies in which fewer than 2Vo were able to correlate profits with customer service levels.

"In order to keep their customers, organizations must engender loyalty," she savs.

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Fingerioint Studs Gaining Popularity

With less suitable lumber available to produce solid studs and more stud

mills closing, fingerjointed studs are on the rise.

An estimated 380 million bd. fr. of fingerjointed studs were produced last year. The figure should reach 500 million bd. ft. this year, with the growth expected to continue in 1996.

In addition to availability (finger-

jointing allows any length of stud grade lumber in a log to be used to its full potential), fingerjoint studs are interchangeable with solid sawn lumber. They have the same design values as solid studs, are cut and drilled the same way and won't fall apart if they get wet. The glue is said to be

WOOD Fiber Products sends its lumber through a 10-saw chop line.

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FINGERJOINT studs are squeezed together and their ends surfaced by a Mann Russell continuous assembler wilh side-head surfacino unit.

stronger than the wood.

Designed for stud-vertical use applications only, fingerjointed studs are not made from scrap or junk lumber. They are manufactured from short pieces of stud-grade lumber cut specifically for fingerjoint use.

Moreover, fingerjointing reportedly produces straighter walls, since the process mixes grain patterns and knot structures, minimizing the chance of bow and crook. Callbacks for stud replacement are reduced by 5O-75Vo.

Its drawback isits newness. "There are still a lot of builders who think, 'If it's not green Douglas fir, you can't build a house with it.' You have to get by that mentality, and it just takes a while," says Gus Prouty, Wood Fiber Products Inc., Lockeford, Ca..45 miles south of Sacramento.

Prouty has also encountered resistance to fingerjointed studs from county building departments. "Some county building inspectors, especially in the Southwest, just haven't seen them before, so they're not allowing them," he explains. Again, time and experience should remove any doubts.

Wood Fiber Products was started in 1981 by Prouty's father, Bob, and two partners, cutting particleboard for

the agricultural industry. The company gradually expanded into pallets, wooden box shook, fingerjoint blanks and, about three years ago, fingerjoint studs. Studs now account for nearly 2OVo of its business.

They are most in demand in extremely hot areas, such as Phoenix, Az., Las Vegas, Nv., and the inland California vallev.

Insulated Headers

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Pre-engineered & pre-insulated to produce the ultimate in structural capacity and versatility.

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I Cost Savings - Eliminate the need for on-site insulating.

I Dimensionally Stable - No shimming required for tight fits.

I Lightweight - Light enough to be handled by a single worker, easily cut with standard job-site tools.

I Less Waste - Significantly less than solid wood.

I Energy Efficient - 2xG width provide an R-value of 20 (after sheathing & sheet-rocking)

SW-ll Headers are made with Machine Stress Rated lumber and Oriented Strand Board. They are manufactured to strict quality control standards, with

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ALL lingerjoint studs are end waxed and branded with lhe company logo.

CALIFORNIA Redwood Association was one of 350+ exhibitors at the recent Pacilic Coast Builders & Remodelers Conference in San Francisco, Ca,, thal attracted 7,000 builders, remodelers, designers and architects. With lhe aid of member mills Simpson Timber and

Enviros Go After Their Own

Jon Roush, president of the Wilderness Society, is under attack by environmentalists for logging off an 80-acre patch of old growth and mature forest on his $2.5 million Bitterroot Valley, Mt., ranch.

Two prominent green writers who investigated the matter accused Roush of practicing "Nazi forestry" after his cut removed over 400,000 bd. ft., more than was logged last year from the entire surrounding northern halfof the 1.6-million acre Bitterroot Na-

Pacific Lumber , CRA assembled a displav that showcased redwood deckino anci sidino through product samples and poiter-size phol tographs. Hundreds ol pieces of literature were distributed, and CRA lollowed up on over 200 requests for more information.

tional Forest.

Roush claimed his cut was performed well and that his land is "less sensitive" than that of the surrounding forest. Actually, his low-elevation ponderosa pine is among the rarest habitats in the Rockies, the environmentalist writers suggest.

Roush claimed he needed the money, despite suing the Forest Service in 1983 to prevent a similar cut on land adjacent to his, reportedly causing a lockdown that put entire communities out of work.

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Club Converts To Redwood

Following a five-year experiment with various woods, the San Diego Yacht Club began converting 200,000 bd. ft. of its docks to redwood.

"They replaced one board at a time with different wood, knowing that they would eventually replace the whole dock," said sales associate C harmai ne

Jennings, J.W. Redwood, Escondido, Ca.

"The redwood outlasted everything else 5 to 1," she added.

The replacement of the planking requires 12 truck and trailers of 2x6 redwood to finish and is scheduled to be completed by October or November.

With ou rccent release of Ridgeline's Lumber and Bullding Materlal Dtstrlbutlon System 5.1, our customerc have enioyed inueased productivity in all areas of ofnce automatlon. Why not find out for yourself why wholesalerc and retailerc have relled upon the Rldgeline Lumbet System for thelr computer sofrwarc. Call us today.

Teachers Learn From The Forests

Twenty-five grade school instructors are back from a four-day Redwood Region Teachers Tour, prepared to share their findings with their classes and other teachers this fall.

Sponsored by the North American Wholesale Lumber Association and the California Redwood Association, the second tour July 12-15 included trips to a publically-managed forest, a private non-industrial forest, an industrial forest, a salmon fishery, nature trails and a walk through a stand of preserved old growth redwoods in Arcata, Eureka and Scotia. Ca.

The teachers seemed to walk away with a better informed, more favorable opinion of the lumber industry' "I now have a much better understanding about forest ecology, wood use, forest management and the balance that is so important between ecology and human consumption. Truly, I got a wealth of ideas that will help me do a better job of teaching," remarked one teacher'

The instructors will use redwood cones, literature, videos, slides and the Temperate Forest Foundation's forthcoming CD-Rom as tools to develop lesson plans and presentations. "What an enlightening and educational experience. I now have a responsibility to share'the rest of the story' with my students and anyone else who will listen." another teacher said.

News Briefs

(Continuedfrom P- 19)

An Oregon Forest Resources Institute.study revealed 89Vo of Oregonians say it is possible to maintain a healthy forest industry and keep the state an attractive place to live

Mass Systems Co.,Inc. has merged with C.A.S. (C ommunicato r A sy stanc e Sy st ems) to offerco.mpuf er-assisted services via telephone to the building products industry

Dimensions Unlimited, Berkeley, Ca', has been honored as PermaGrain Producls' representative firm of the year ...

Cahner's Business Confidence Index declined to 65.2 for Aug. due to sluggish inventory growth, the weakest reading in 2+ Years.

Sales Agent lor Fontana Wood Preseruing, lnc. Phone (909) 35G1214 . FAX e0e-350-e623 P.O. Box 1070 (15500 Valencia Ave.), Fontana, CA 92335

SIMPSON Timbe/s Mark Diegan holds up a seedling as he explains lhe firm's nursery operation during the Redwood Region Teachers Tour.

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Two-Alarm Detectors

Two residential carbon monoxide detectors by First Alert provide waming and full alarm signals.

Designed to sound a warning alarm if elevated levels of carbon monoxide are present in the room, followed by a full alarm if the levels persist, one model is self-powered with a reformulated biomimetic sensor and the

Bathed In Luxury

A whirlpool bath with two neck jets and a rotating lower back jet is new from Pearl Bath. Inc.

lnformative Kustomer Kiosk

A computer-based lawn and garden information center is available from HYGNet.

The Smartyard & Garden Center Kiosk provides customers with store coupons, an E-mail feature and data and on-line shopping/special ordering.

other model is a plug-in detector which uses dioxide semi-conductor technology.

The self-powered detector comes with a replaceable Sensor Pack module to power the unit that has to be replaced every two to three years.

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Foiled Again

A foil-finished cabinet series has been developed by Yorktowne Cabinets.

The 7 2" -long, 52" -wide, 23- ll2"deep Wisteria whirlpool bath holds a minimum of 65 gallons and a maximum of 105 gallons of water. The tub shell is made of high-gloss acrylic with fiberglass laminate reinforcement and the tub base is composed of encapsulated foam that provides a solid, no-flex bottom. Standard features include a fill spout, an in-line heater, a drain/overflow, a sculptured seat, an armrest and a solid cast brass handrail.

Available in 32 colors, it has a 1hp multi-speed pump, three jets that each move approximately 30 gallons of water per minute, and a two-button control panel.

Bath hardware comes in chrome, white and bone.

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New Accounting Software

An upgraded, high-end line of accounting software has been released by RealWorld Corp.

The system incorporates motion video, audio, animation, graphics and text. The hardware is housed in a protective cabinet and overnight changes to advertising information can be made via satellite transmission.

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What A Gem

A line of cast marble tile has been introduced by PermaGrain Products.

Featuring an advanced rigid thermo foil finish engineered to look like paint, the Monticello's overlay doors and five-piece drawer fronts have a 314" thick raised panel design with a concealed hinge.

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Version 7.0 software, which includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, payroll and check reconciliation for DOS and network environments, has been upgraded to include historical and trend analysis, expanded general ledger account numbers, extended file utilities, improved security and multicity/multi-state payroll.

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The Armstone Treasure line comes in l0 colors with polished, honed or textured finishes in standard 3/8"x8", 12"x12", l6"xl6" and 24"x24" formats. The line also has 3/4"x48"x48" slabs trimmed or untrimmed for wall panels and counter tops.

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Going Dutch Lap

A 5" Dutch lap profile solid vinyl siding is new from Heartland Building Products.

Available in a variety of colors, Premium Plus siding features a low luster and soft mill grain finish.

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Get A Handle On Painting

A new brush and roller cleaner has been introduced by Sidewinder Products Corp.

Featuring a push or pull handle, the Sidewinder Brush & Roller Cleaner cleans brushes and rollers up to 6" using centrifugal force and comes with a chrome-plated handle mechanlsm.

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Weigh Cool Air Head

A depth adjustable aerating device by Way Easy, Inc. eliminates the compaction of soil caused by spike and plug type aerators.

The Hooker aerator pierces the soil up to 3" deep, hooks under it and lifts out a loose clump of soi..

Software Mania

Two new software programs for engineering analysis and framing layouts have been introduced bv Georgia-Pacific.

FastBeam is an engineering analysis software program that performs structural joist and beam design for engineered wood products. It can analyze a variety of loading conditions, enables users to control all design criteria, and help users choose the optimum product based on cost, availability, size and spacing.

Mighty Mansard Tool

A tool that eliminates the problems associated with creating a bend on fold-down roof mansards is new from Thybar Corp.

FastPlan can draw accurate, detailed three-dimensional framing layouts for architectural and construction use. The user inputs the location of the bearing points and external loading conditions and the program produces the materials list and layout that maximizes the use of inventory, depth and spacing of floor joists, and depth and placement of girders. It also supplies a suggested material cutlist, thereby reducing waste, and a hardware and accessories list.

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than traditional drywall screws. The screws are available in contractor count packs, a l-lb. box, or in belted form with 50 screws to a collated strip.

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Coming Out Of The Fog

A clear film with a fogless coating from Zadro Products, Inc. eliminates fog build up in humid environments.

Constructed of heavy gauge aluminum with channels that fit over roof ribs, the Mansard Mini-Brake is attached to the panel ribs with cclamp vise grips and then its lower hinged section is bent to form the roof panel at the desired angle.

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The All-ln-One Screw

Two units, weighing less than 4 lbs. each. install behind a standard self-propelled lawn mower providing eight aeration holes per sq. ft. in a single pass.

For crossing driveways and walkways, it conveniently latches to a raised position and has fully sealed bearings.

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Handier Housewrap

A convenient, new size of Amowrap Housewrap has been introduced by Amoco Foam Products Co.

Available in a 3'x100' roll. the housewrap is packaged in boxes of l2 which convert into point-of-purchase displays.

The housewrap is also available in 4-ll2'x195', 9'x100', and 9'x 195' rolls.

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A multi-material drywall screw by Fasteners Specialties, Inc. can be used in both metal and wood stud applications.

Scorpion Super Thread drywall screw's sharp tip pierces metal studs up to 20 gauge, while the alternating high and low threads reportedly grip lumber with l2Vo more holding power

Designed to attach to mirrors, windows or any smooth surface, the 12"xl4" Z'FogShield has a selfrepairing feature that removes minor scratches on the coating when exposed to moisture.

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FREE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

on any product in this section is available by circling the corresponding Reader Service number on the form on page 50 and sending the form to The Merchant Magazine, either by FAX 7L4-852-O23f , by mail to 45OO Campus Dr., Ste. 48O, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660, orjust call(7L4) 852-1990.

lnsulating Foam Sealant

A multi-purpose polyurethane foam available by Fomo Products, Inc., fills gaps and holes around the home.

Pocket Dial Thickness Gauge

A compact dial thickness gauge from GEI International, Inc., measures materials in .001" increments.

3 oz., has a throat depth of.39", and is available with a custom vinyl case.

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Water Meter

Designed to be dispensed as a bead on any clean surface, FastFoam is environmentally friendly and comes in 12- and 24-oz. cans.

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TIMBER SIZER

With a slight pull on the top plate of the mechanism. the BNS-0010 opens the chrome plated and lapped anvils, allowing the material to be easily inserted. Release the plate and the anvils automatically close with controlled spring pressure on the material. Thicknesses up to .375" are indicated on the dial face in inches to .001".

Designed to fit in the palm of your hand, the all metal gauge accurately measures 2-318" x1-3/4" xl /2", weighs

PRE-EABRICATION

TIMBERS

From cutting a wedge to pre-fab'd crane pads or mine shafts. Angle cut, cross cut, drilling, dapping-We'll do them all to customer specification.

A residential watering controller is new from James Hardie krigation. The single-program, six-station RainJet RJ46 can be programmed up to 99 minutes per start time and

includes a plastic case, automatic or manual watering options, electronic circuit breaker protection and plug in transformer.

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Two-ln-One Software

A line of IBM computer processors has been launched by Distribution Management Systems, Inc.

Designed for users anticipating growth, the new line of IBM RISC System/6000 Symmetric Multiprocessor Systems combined with DMSI's distribution management software enables DMSI software owners to upgrade to service hundreds of users.

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Steely Stud

A carpenter's 2x3 steel stud by HL Stud attaches quickly to wood plates using nails or staples.

The 2x3 'HUD' Stud is prepunched for easy plumbing and wiring and comes in l8 standard lengths.

Night Into Day

A portable flood lighting system is new from Allmand Bros.

Maxi-Lite parallel cushioned lamp fixtures provide up to 337o more light and can be easily towed. A reel extends and rehacts an electrical cable when the tower is raised or lowered.

Powered bv a threecylinder, 12.1'hp diesel engine, it comes in hydraulic or cable-electric configuration; can be rotated 360"; has a 50gallon polyethylene fuel tank (for 108 hours of continuous use), and has an 11'6"-diameter center-mounted outrigger system said to withstand 65 mph winds.

Now You See lt, Now You Don't

Windows that offer both privacy and a view are offered by Marvin Windows & Doors. Using liquid crystal technology, Switchable Privacy

Emergency Lighting System

An emergency lighting system by Dual-Lite links all exit signs and lighting units into a single network.

Capable of controlling up to 8,000 lighting units in multiple buildings, Spectron II Plus automates testing, reporting and maintenance functions and retains a three-year history of each unit.

Glass can instantly be changed from frosted to clear Circle

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with a flip of a switch. When frosted, the glass diffuses ultraviolet rays and provides privacy and security.

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Personalized Door Designs

The Advent Collection, l5 stylized door designs compatible with art deco, Mediterranean and Southwestern motifs, has been introduced by Simpson Door Co.

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Stylized Etched Glass Inserts

A series of decorative etched glass inserts has been introduced bv Specialty Glass Products, Inc.

The Etched Renaissance series glass inserts are available in a variety of different sizes in arched, full lite, side lite and double cut-out configurations.

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Painless Painting

An airless sprayer designed for large painting jobs has been introduced by Iron Dog.

Powered by a 314 hp motor, the Iron Dog provides fast priming and application of latex and oil-based lacquers, stains, varnishes, primers and enamels through its .44 gallons per minute diaphragm pump.

It comes with a 25-ft. high-pressure hose and spray gun with a .15" reversible tip.

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Rechargeable Lighting Unit

A high-intensity rechargeable lighting product is new from Streamlight, Inc.

Encased in a thermoplastic housing, the LiteBox features a high-intensity sealed halogen beam, which is available in spot or flood and provides up to 25,000 candlepower. It comes

Classy Glass Doors

Four new door designs have been introduced by Simpson Door Co.

Rosette

with a no-maintenance, lead acid battery, which can be recharged up to 500 times from standard AC/DC chargers or vehicle mounted for charging, and a power cord conveniently contained inside the unit's neck.

Circle No. 926 on p, 50

Featuring an insulated glass insert with a floral glass pattern of solid brass came, the Shelburne, Tuscany, Meridian and Wyndham doors are available in heights of 6'8" and 7'0". The Meridian is also available 8'0" high.

Circle No. 927 on p. 50

A Match Made ln Heaven

A new collection of roof window sashes and flashings have been developed by Roto Frank of America to coordinate with most roofing materials.

Designed for Roto's Sunrise II Series roof windows, the Rainbow Collection of sashes and flashings match most asphalt, fiberglass, or cedar shingles, as well as shakes and slate.

Circle No. 928 on p. 50

Dripless Painting

A snap-on spout from helps keep paint cans lengthy storage.

Around And Around You Go

The Oscillating Spindle Sander attachment from Delta International Machinery Corp. offers a 3/4" stroke and accepts a 3" diameter sanding drum. A 8-l/2" square table features a support ledge for attaching an auxiliary table for more work space. The attachment includes a2-114" dust outlet, 1" and 2" steel inserts, 3/4" diarneter by 2-L/2" sanding drum, and 80grit and 120-grit abrasive sleeves. The base is slotted for mounting the attachment to the drill press table.

Powerful Pneumatic Hammer

A pneumatic automatic hammer offered by Danair can reportedly deliver up to 1,000 blows per minute without a trigger.

The hammer, which works automatically upon contact on the surface, has interchangeable hammer tips to handle many surfaces. Danair has added strength to the body and cap. Circle

Silent Conveyor Rollers

A quiet-operating conveyor roller is new from Rapistan Demag.

Specially designed to snap on to one gallon paint or stain cans for dripless pouring, the reusable Cap 'N Pour is easily removed using a screwdriver.

Circle No. 931 on o.50

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We assist producers in:

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New Product Feasibility Studies

. Competitive Assessments

For more information call John Cashmore Toll Free at 800-795-3056

Designed with a unique HQ bearing to reduce noise and eliminate the need for lubrication or replacement, the rollers are available in 16- or 14gauge steel or galvanized steel.

Circle No. 930 on p. 50

National Building Products Expo

FOOTBALL GREAT (1) Ray Guy (l-r), with Martha Grissom, Clark Wiens. Guy, now with Hoover Treated Wood Products, Thomson, Ga., appeared at The Merchant Magazine's National Building Products Exposition & Conference booth to sign autographs and share anec-

dotes from his days as Pro Bowl punter lor the Oakland/1.A. Raiders. (2) Brenda Elliott, Don James. (3) Bill Meldram, Chris Wold, Dan Steinhart, Rob Dietzel. (4) Earl Hankamer, modeling a Spyder lift truck. (5) Fred Van Dyke, Kevin McGauley, Bruce Honruath. (6)Val Nielsen, Doug Caffall, Bill Burke, Vince Mast. (7) Liz Benham, Kenny Herman. (8) (back) Craig Salisbury, Jeff Bostleman, (front) Randy Beck, Ted "Frog" Rittberger. (9) Dave Renstrom, Scott Ellenson. (10) Don Hanis, Joe Pietrantou, Dennis Moroz, Dennis Sill, Tim Pappas, Michael Brown, Steve Hinga. (11) David Palten, Barry Bostick. (12) Max Deutsch, Thomas Trombatore, Gary Uecker, Jetf Hamrick. (13) Bill White, Jeff Campbell. (14) Vernon Brady, Mike Olien. (15) Rob Blake, Kirk Villar. (16) Bob Spears, Marshall Quina, Art Ramey, Jimmy Nye, Dave Cady. (17) Francis Wong, Peter Spielman, Edward Wong. (18) Jim Pearce, Jim Colliton, Susan Reed, Bob Riedlinger, Ed Sedlak. (19) Ken McClelland, Peter Lang, Randy McDonald, Jack MacMillan, Kevin Seward, John Kenmuir. (20) Dan Kane, Ray Dardis. (21) Michael Smith, Richard Karn, Bill Stotzer, Ron McJury.

The 4th annual Expo, fealuring 405 exhibitors at Chicago's newly remodeled Navy Pier, was held Aug. 12-15 in conjunction wilh the SO-year-old National Hardware Show at McOormick Place.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING: (1) John Ramsey visits Richard Karn (right), star ol ABC'TV's Home lmprovement, at the National Building Products Exposition & Conference. (2) Dick Lundgren, Natasha Edscorn. (3) Margret Junker. Susan Fitzsimmons, Kevin Breen, John DiGnazio. (4) Bill Nutting, Mike McFarland, Hobie Swan. (5) N.T. Russell, David Weverhaeuser. (6) Joe Aneskievich, Brian MacKenzie. (4 Ddnhy Rhinehart, Terry Dwyer, Richard Dannenberg. (8) Lawrence

Prendiville, Wavne Knutson, Ken Northwood, Peter Galloway. (9) Doug Fenwick, Ray Guy.

(10) Ted Lueken, Bob Dressler, Mike Nonis, Stuart Hale. (11) Allen Jones, Leo Kelsey.

(12) Greo York, Jim Whitaker. (13) Michael b'6ryanl Jana Purcell, Tony'Piits, Mike Smoak. (14) Ed Baker. (15) Andria & Jerry Haase. (16) Pat Anderson, Rick Thornton.

(17) Gabe Dickstein, Zicky Espino. (18) Jetf & Cyndi Biondi, Merlin Stingle. (19) George Keller, Richard Karn, Geolf Foreman. (20)

David Lawrence. Victoria MacFarlane, Marc Board, Cathy Meyer, Bubba Hendrix, Jim Sparling. (21) Paul Hylbert, Ron Zanchetti, Scott Klein. (22) Mike Blakley, Mel Stowers, Jerry McOubbins. (23) N.T. Russell, John Reddinq, Mel Stowers, Phil Roemich, James Havne.'izl) Lance Doalson, Jason Liebreich, Kristv iinboln, Bill Megahan, Richard Chapman, Dave Williams. Next year the Expo returns to Navy Pier Aug, 10-13.

AYDW LITBRAtrURE

Dimension Directory

The "1995-96 Dimension & Components Purchasing Guide" is $3 from National Dimension Manufacturers Association, 1000 Johnson Ferry Rd., Ste. 4-130, Marietta, Ga. 30068; (404) 5656660.

Sliding Patio Door Brochure

A 4-p. welded vinyl siding patio door brochure is free from Fiberlux, Inc., 3010 Westchester Ave., Purchase, N.Y. 10577: (800) 688-7711.

Updated Legislation Reports

A listing and summary of all legislation affecting remodeling or construction is free from NARI, 4301 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 3 1 0, Arlington, Y a. 22203; (7 03) 27 67600.

Vinyl Gorrugated Panels

A 6-p. brochure on Georgia-Pacific's Tuf-Shield vinyl comrgated panels is free from Georgia-Pacific, 133 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303; (404) 652-4746.

Trucking Along

An 8-p. electric-powered counter-balanced truck catalog is free from Nissan Forklift Corp., 240 N. Prospect St., Marengo, Il. 60152; (81 5) 568-0061.

Colors In Concrete

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Door Collection Guide

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Dynamic Forest

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Furniture Wood Trends

LBTTDRS

We welcotne your letter to the editor. Just FAX your comments about the magazine or particular articles to 714-852-0231 or mail to Editor, The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., $te. 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.

WHO'S TIIE OLDEST?

Have you ever conducted a survey to find the oldest timber merchant still active full time in the lumber business and the number of years?

It could be very interesting.

Ed Hasenyager

President Colonial Lumber Company

3975 Pacific Blvd. San Mateo, Ca.

Thanl<s for the suggestion. How about it, readers, anyone have the answer?Editor.

Welcome Wagon In Town

Regional and national home improvement manufacturers and retailers are the newest grouP to jumP on the Welcome Wagon.

Welcome Wagon International, a national greeting service, is now bringing targeted advertising messages from home imProvement manufacturers and retailers to people just moving into a neighborhood.

The service greets new residents at their home and offers them gifts and coupons from sponsors to attract their business.

Welcome Wagon estimates it will visit more than 500.000 households this vear.

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Box 2fl)0, Woodlard, CA 95776. (800) 695{nl0

Greg Hudson Rick Houk. Jeft Squires. Oe,*iBltwj*,Wfu

Doug Gendron Mike Benlon Duane Charter. Bhk Grylor. Aa weed, cA. (80-0) 374-0210. (916) 93S-2771 Fu 91&eit&32i7.offi &dri * Redding, CA. (91 6) 221.4040. fu g16-221 -400{. Fred hcl*. Sm 0hom@, Mr fM 18

SPECIES Pine Hem-Fin Douglas Fn PROTXETS Sebcled Fascia. Pat!ilt S Canadian SPF (Spruce). White Fir Fallg!fu"C^natiry Lunter. F€rFeE Bod Redwood lncense Cedar '4\.

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DIABLO TIMBER, an established Northern California wholesale distributor with remanufacturing facilities, is looking for experienced traders with strong customer bases to work independently in the Southem California/Arizona market and also the Oregon/Washington market. Excellent opportunities for the right individuals. All inquiries kept confidential. Contact John Souza at P.O. Box 3690, Napa, Ca.94558.

PLYWOOD SALESPERSONS WANTED:

Landmark Forest Products is looking for experienced plywood salespersons. Inside and outside sales positions available. Be a part of our growing company. Excellent compensation & benefits plan. 5 warehouse locations in 3 states - All rail lines. Lance Duke, (909) 888-6747; FAX 909-885-5778.

Twenty-five (25) words for $21. Each additional word 700. Phone number counls as one word. Address counts as six words. Headlines and centered copy ea. line: $6. 8ox numbers and special borders: s6 ea. col. inch rate: $45 camera ready, $55 ifwe set the type. Names ofadvertisers using a box number caflnot b€ released. Address replies to box number shown in ad in care of The Mcrchrnt Mrgrrlne, {SlXl Cempus Dr., Suite 4t0, Nerport Bcech. Ce. 92660. Make checks psyable to Tbc Mcrchent Mt3ulne. Mail copy ro above address or call (714) 852-1990. Deadline for copy is the 22nd of the month. PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY COPY untess you have estsblished credir with us.

SPECIALTY BROKER: Expanding Southern Oregon lumber wholesale company has immediate opening for an independent specialty wood products cornmission broker with strong clientele base. Superior financial split; professional office support; private office provided. Renowned fishing/skiing/hunting/golf area. Neeley-Nelson Lumber Co. Phone (503) 7737368 or (800) 547-5988.

LUMBER TRADERS: We are a new wellfinanced wholesale wood products company located in the Portland, Oregon, area. We offer excellent opportunities for established traders to expand their customer and mill accounts. Our commission and benefit schedules are one of the best in the industry. Your inquiries will be held in confidence. Call Dave Miller at Northwest Forest Products, (503\ 692-6483.

HARDWOOD LUMBER and plywood salesperson wanted. contact Butch Pope, weber Plywood, (7 | 4) 259 -l lC[..

VINTAGE DOUGLAS FIR DECKING. 3"x4" 3'to 20'T&G DFfloor deck. Grade is equivalent to D Clear. Stock is over 100 years old and is in excellent condition. Manufactured to lay up as 4" thick floor. Price is $375lm F.O.B. Bend, Or. Deschutes Pine Sales, Inc., (800) 547-5660.

COMPUTER SYSTEM: 54040 CPU V660 SCSI HD & l2MC RAM, 32 Ports, 150MG TD. Asking $8,000.00. For more information, call Kathy Anderson, Mar Vista Lumber Co., (3r0) 398-2716; FAX 310-397-5147.

BUSINESS FOR SALE: Long established, highly profitable Philadelphia and South Jersey complete building materials retailer - five locations - mill shop/cabinet shop - owners retiring. Immediate access CSX railroad, New Jersey Turnpike and I-95. Call Steve Teitelman, (610\ 827 -O97 l.

CEDARMAN'S LUMBER. $I74,OOO. Mineral, W a., (360) 492-3941.

IIYSTER forklift 22,O00 lb.; Stenner 36" VHM 20 hp resaw; Diehl 75 straight line ripsaw; Paulson 4-head moulder; l0 hp Bag House dust collector; mobile office 8x20 two doors. Call Craftsman Millworks, (310) 865-5266; FAX 310-924-5496.

WEATHERED, TWISTED OR USED LUMBER. Plywood blows, used or trims. Carl Hanson, (619) 661-2510, FAX 619-6615547, San Diego, Ca.

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LOCAL LUMBER hauling Southern California roller bed truck and trailers and bobtails radio dispatched. Rail car unloading at our spur in Long Beach, Ca. 3-C Trucking, (310) 4220426.

Calt Gindy Wild at (714) 852-1990

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The Merchant Magazine - September 1995

For more information on products or companies (see list at right), circle the appropriate Reader Service FAX

from

use FAX Respowe nurnbers in brackets.

Accents in Wood tl331..............-..................33

Alfweather Wood Treaters, Inc. [L261.........29

Anfinson Lumber Sales t1161.................,.....21

Auer-Jordan I142I.........,.,...,,................,.....,.40

Bean Lnmber Co., Curt ESEl..........Cover IV

Berkot Manufacturing Co. U511....,...........,46

Big Creek Lumber Co. If271........................30

Bracut International [38] .............,....,.......3E

Britt Lumber [157]............................Cover III

Capital Lunber Co. [104].............................3

3.C Trucking t1351........................................34

Chemonite Council [1E]......,.......................23

Colville Indian Precision Pine Co. tl301 .....32

Danair Inc. I1401 ...........................................39

Dixieline Lumber Co. [06]............................5

Fontana Wholesale Lumber, Inc. [137].......35

Forest Products Sales Inc. 11201.,.,.,......,.....24

Fourply, Inc. tf f 31...............-..,.....................19

Friesen Lumber Co. E47l ..................,.........,{4

Gemini Forest Products I1071........................6

Georgia.Pacific [110]

Haase Industries (Magnetic Broom) [131]..32

Hoover Treated Wood Products [103] Cov. II

Huff Lumber Co. F171.................................22

Keller Lumber Co. [39] ..............................38

King & Co. (Thermo Tile) [f48]..................4

Landmark Forest Products [56]....Cover III

Lumber Tag Specialties Co. [155] ...............50

Mallco Lumber & Bldg. Materials [143]....40

Market Resource Associates If441...........,...41

Martin Forest hoducts [12U ......................25

Northcoast Hardwoods, Inc. [159]...............35

Oregon Strand Board Co. Il1f]...................17

Pacific Hardwood t1461 ................................41

Paradise Packaging [145] .............................41

Parr Lumber Co. [129]...........,.--....-..........31

Penofin.Performance Coatings Inc. [154]...49

Product Sales Co. If05]..........,.....,.,................4

QB Corp. t1231..............................................28

Redwood Coast Lumber Co, [153],.............49

Redwood Irspection Service If 521...............46

Ridgeline Systems [134]................................34

SCR, Inc. I1501 ..............................................45

or Comments? We welcome your ideas about particular articles, the magazine, or news of your company (promotions, new hires, expansions, acquisitions, etc.):

Seneca SawmiI tf28] ...............,.....,....,.,.......31

Sierra Pacific Industries [102]..,.......,Cover II

Siskiyou Forest Products t1491....................45

South Bay Forest Products Co. [108]..,.,.......7

Springfi eld Group, The I1361.......................35

Strata Forest Products [115]........................2f

Superior Wood Systems, Inc. [132].............33

Swan Secure I1411.,.......................................39

Taylor Lumber Services I1141.....................20

Thunderbolt Wood Treating Co. [f09].........7

Waldron Forest Products, Inc. It2ll.....,.....28

Weyerhaeuser Co. [101] ......................Cover I

Willamette Industries [122] ............,,....,.26-n

Wood Fiber Products [19]..............,......,....24

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