NflONTANA NtrWS

By R.V. PETERSEN executive secretary

f) UI-ES governing the Montana l\ state building code have incorporated the uniform building code, un! form mechanical code, uniform housing code and, among others, standard for mobile homes and standard for recreational vehicl'es. Included are regulations for mobile homes, recreational vehicles and factory-built buildings.

By definrtion a "factory-built" building means a factory assembled structure or structures equipped with the necessary service connections but not made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units and designed to be used with permanent foundation. "Mobile home" means any dwelling unit larger than 256 sq. ft. in area and which is either wholly or substantially manufactured at an off-site location and movable or portable dwellings over 32 ft. in length and over 8 ft. wide, constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed without a permanent foundation for year-round occupance which includes one or more components that can be retracted for towing purposes and subsequently expanded for additional capacity, or two or more units separately towable but designed to be joined into one integral unit, as well as a portable dwelling composed of a single unit. These rules provide for specification and construction controls. In the case of factory-built units these were not heretofore applicable. The Construction and Maintenance Division of the Department of Administration is and women's activities are planned to make this an exciting Convention for everyone.

The Bui-lding Material Mart will have its Grand Opening Preview on Sunday evening and continue open all day Monday. A large variety of products and services will be there for vou to see and buy.

By an overwhelming margin, our members have elected to go to Kuilima, Del Webb's fine resort on Oahu. Hawaii. Feb. l5-29, 1976.

This l3th Exploraires Tour and Management Conference will include several productive roundtable management sessions with counterpart business owners and managers from the Islands. The resort hotel and country club on Oahu's North Shore is just a 5 5minute drive from Honolulu but it's like being on an outer island. Every one of the rooms has a spectacular ocean view, air conditioning, color tv, refrigerator, separate dressing room and either two queen size beds or a king size bed. charged with supervision, enforcement and administration of the rules. Division inspectors are empowered to inspect such housing and also the assembly or manufacturing plants, whether local or out-of-state. to ensure code compliance. These rules provide that every manufacturer subject to the regulations shall be reviewed and shall obtain insignia for each unit as an indication of code compliance. Manufactured units sold or offered for sale are to bear legible manufacturer's identi fying serial numbers along with the compliance insignia. As a measure of consumer protection, these provisions have been needed. For the ethical fabricator of such structures, they should provide some relief from the competition of lowquality, off-code structures.

Where questions arise about the quality of construction of m anufactured housing coming into your community, the quickest answers may be obtained from the above division in Helena. Copies of the regulations may be obtained from Construction and Maintenance Division, Department of Administration, 1500 E. 6th Ave.. Helena 5960 l t^l|UFACTUREnS

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Dstsil€d. Mlllwork

Wardrobes

Flbsrglass Ml$lon Tlla

Flb€rgla$ Brlck

Flbergla33 Stone Panels

DISTRIBUTONS

Decra Mold

Slcb Door8

Foldlng Doors

Termlio Control & Pestlcidss

Cox Hlrdwarc

Lits-Beams

K-Lux and Emco

Famowood and Epoxybond

Waddoll and Fara Wood Mouldtngs

ENJ0YING J0KE (1) at center is a laughing Sterling Wolfe, Sr., along with Joe Wheeler, Karl Drexel (beard) and Merl Tanner; right rear: Bill Johnson, Chris Johnson, Swen Gummer. The Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club #181 annual b-b-q (No. 18) was held again this year at Jack Frank's house in Ukiah, Ca.

Thompson (back to camera), George Reinking. (3) Joe Bowman, John Wilton, Dwight Curran. (4) Boger Howard, Rick Curb. (5) Bill Sharp...he didn't really streak the party, he has a bathing su it on. (6) Cliff Smoot. (7)

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Art Atkinson. Don Michaelson. (8) Elmer Padula (center). and Bob Kilgore. (9) Among those visible are Bill Bright (back) Chuck Gaither, Steve Eastman (glases), and Chris Jepsen, G&B Lumber. (10) L Ps Bob Bonniksen, Don Sundstrom (facing camera).

Hardwood Retailer

(continued from page a ) furniture by building it themselves," he said.

Along with hardwood lumber, they also stock a full line of hardwood sundries. Rod and spiral dowels are constant movers, according to Sisemore.

Campbell sells so much Supercedar brand closet lining that they buy 50 four-foot bundles at a time. "Because it's tongue-and-grooved and end-matched it's easy for both contractors and do-it-yourselvers to install," Sisemore added.

Sisemore, a former custom contractor, is personally pleased that the firm stocks hardwood mouldings. "l personally don't sell vinyl panelling very well. And the genuine hardwood panels I sell demand hardwood mouldingsplastic just won't do," he said.

Doc Arends belongs to the second generation of his family to manage Campbell Lumber. The yard was founded by the Morton'family of San Jose in 1873 and purchased by the Arends in 1943.

Doc, a former teacher and medical student, was named after the poetphilosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

are wholesalers of hardwood lumber, oak flooring, thresholds ond sills. Specialists in hardwood t&g wall paneling and Hardwood Mouldings.