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Earth Tones Are In

Natural themes continue high in popularity today, with do-it-yourselfers seeking earth tones and rugged textures for their projects.

Roxite decorative brick builds these themes by adding the browns, beiges and rusts of nature to an accent wall. Lightweight and easy-to-install panels are afixed with nails or adhesive. Mortar fills the channels for a final touch. Six or l2-brick man-made masonry panels turn an accent wall into a weekend project (or less).

Five "brick" and three "stone" reproductions bring authentic textures right into the home.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., suite 476, Newport Beach, Ca.92660.

Heat Circulating Display

Your customers can actually see how Western's power circulator turns Western's Built-in Fireplace into a forced-air heater that saves heat other fireplaces waste. The display gives customers a close-up view of the quality that goes into Western Fireplaces and lets them visualize clearly how the power circulator option works.

The display is completely framed-in with artificial brick facing to show ease and simplicity of installation. All that is needed to complete the display is to mount the fan with two screws and plug the unit into the nearest I lOv outlet.

The fan switch is mounted near the fireplace opening for easy access, and plastic streamers across the top vent help dramatize the power circulating system.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., suite 476, Newport Beach. Ca. 92660.

It's Z Newest

Z-Brick. makers of the nation's best-selling brick and stone facings, has iatroduced a new adhesive mortar and stucco for use on interior surfaces.

Called Z-Mortar, the new product is used to adhere Z-Brick brand face- brick, Fieldstone and any other decorative brick wall coverings to any permanent wall surface.

It can also be used by itself for creating dramatic stucco effects. For this application it is troweled right on the wall, with no mixing required. The new mortar is a companion to Z-Ment adhesive mortar which can be used for both exterior and interior surfaces.

Both products are available in black, white and natural colors. Suggested list price for 1 gallon of mortar is $7.99. Suggested list for the Z-Ment gallon container is $9.99.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., suite 476, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.

Fire Test Panels lor Dealers

Marlite Fire-Test Panels, designed to provide easy-to-maintain, fire-retardant walls for commercial buildings, are now available through regular distribution channels.

The panels originally were developed for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, but Marlite found dealers can utilize these speciallytreated panels in their business.

Class I panels are available in a variety of colors and woodgrain reproductions. Textured woodgrain designs are available with Class II ratings.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., suite 476, Newport Beach. Ca.92660.

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O-P Expands Sales Office

Oregon-Pacific Industries is rapidly expanding its new offices located in Concord, Ca., according to Ron Robbins, manager.

Traders are being added to the sales staff to sell into the Eastern market. In addition, two salesmen are selling hardwood lumber on a national basis. Sales personnel have already been added earlier who specialize in plywood and redwood to complement the sales of Douglas fir, white fir and pine dimension and boards.

In a related move, the Fullerton, Ca. office has been closed. Its manager, Ralph Cardwell, has established a new firm under his own name. Brad Howell has transferred to Concord and Gil Harris left to join another firm.

The company has also added a toll free line for its California customers. Oregon-Pacific Industries, which is owned by Merrill Lynch, Inc. buys and sells forest products nation-wide.

More Redwood for L-P

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has purchased more than 2,000 acres of mature, high quality redwood timberlands in Humboldt County, Northern Calif. from the Church of Latter Day Saints, according to Harry A. Merlo, L-P chairman and president.

The timber, acquired for in excess of $10 million, is adjacent to L-P's Big Lagoon timberlands and approximately 15 miles northeast of the company's pulp, lumber, particleboard and plywood production complex at Samoa, Ca.

"The maturity, quality and location of the redwood timber complements the present 125,000 existing acres in the Samoa division and the additional 500.000 acres of L-P timber owned nationallv." said Merlo.