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Redwood Plywood
:,:3#I""ll'iill,1li I ploducers has been in redwood plvrvood. N{anv plyrvood.
as it has the uniquc characteristics of redwood conrbined with the utility of l pancl.
The panels have the combination of rveatherabiJity'. insulation and beauty that only r.edwood possesses. The ease and econorny of modular panel L()r)slruction lrrs brouglrt thc product incrcasing recognition from botli builders lrrd do-i t-your:elfers.
In the full color lllustration above, we see Simpson Timber's Ru1--Salvn redwood plywood used on the cxter.ior of a condorninium in the Calif'or.nia desert.
Regarding product durability. Sirnp- son notes tl'rat its RuiSarvn I.edwottd "offers exceptional resistancc to surface checking." an irnportant advarttagc in a desert location rvhere sun. rviud and extrernes in ternperature all contbine to test fully the lveathcrabiiity ol an exterior siding. Additionally. its strcngth clintinates the need lbr slieathing ttr corncr bracing.
Architects havc lbund tl'rat a rrrultitu.le ol- intercsling cf'fects can be achicved with redwood plyrvood. Thc product has fbund wide application in office buildings, private residenccs, schools and commercial facilitic s.
"More than half of the specifications being written for wood in construction can't be met." (W.E. Moore).
"Ninety-five percent of those who buy wood never see what they get. It's an open invitation to suppliers to cheat." (John Hurley).
"Enough wood is wasted at any big home construction site to build another house." (Charles C. Shinn).
Statements like those by wood products and construction experts convince the people who'd like to see wood more widely appreciated and used that they won't realize that goal without some massive attempts at understanding.
One of the consequences is that W.O.O.D., Inc., the forward-looking Denver-headquartered organization oncerned with such understanding, is co-sponsoring a five-part seminar series that began Sept.22 and ends Feb. 16 at the University of Denver, in cooperation with DU's Beaumont Center for Management Development.
