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Premium Quality Western Red and Incense Cedar

PRE.ASSEMBLED FENCE PANELS

RAINIER - 55,,h.x96,,w

Rough-sawn 1x6 T&G ooards rr a grooved sunaced irame

RIDGE & VALLEY - 60,, h. x 96,,w. Bough.swn 1x4 pickets, spa@d ya,1 3 backrails

Custom designed panels are available along with a variety of other panel and gate designs.

GOTHIC PICKET - 36" h. x 96,,w. Bough-sawn y2x4 pickets, 2x3 backrails. (Matching gate available).

LATTICE TOP PANEL - 69,, h. x 96,,w.

Rough-sawn 1x6 T&G boards ln a grooved, surfaced lrame w/buill-in lattice toooe.

COLUMBIA -72"h.x96"w. A full-height orivacy design uti||zrng rough-sawn '1x6 T&G boards in-a grodved, surl-aceo rrame.

BOARD-ON-Mf L - 72' h. x 96', w. 7i6^x 5% rough.$wn. dog.eared bGrds. on J 5/4 back ratts.

All Cedar Fence Panels feature sturdy construction and tight-knot quality. Shipped in vwll-pacl€ged units via rruck or piggy-bacK van.

QUALITY + PLUS. CEDAR DECKING

Versatile, sound-knot appearance with premium length structure. Available in nominal 5/4 and 2 inch thicknesses, and 4" to 12" widths Surfacing in S4S radius edge, S1S2E and S4S eased edge

Cedar Gniden Lumber

From lx2 to 4x6 posts to paneling. Caffall Bros produces a variety of competitively priced, high quality cedar pncducts offering versatility for multiple outdoor applicationspackaging suitable

4afIE CEDAR market is evolving.

I Supply is tightening. Users are looking to substitute products. And the industry is responding, intent on reclaiming lost market share by producing and marketing products with the buyer in mind.

The most important development is the recent introduction of a standardized tongue and groove V-joint profile by the 18 member mills of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association. "Everybody had their own patterns and they wouldn't match with other manufacturers' (patterns)," said WRCLA standards committee chair Cados Furtado, Sawarne Lumber Co., Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. "Once the patterns got to dealers, they either had to keep two invenlories, or,

Story at a Glance

Changes in the cedar market ... mills offering user-friendly profiles, grades, availability.

more likely, they just mixed it all up. As a result. builders had trouble fitting together the slightly different sizes. It caused a lot of headaches. So we decided WRCLA members should all offer standard size panels."

Every mill now produces the identical profile so customers can order from any of them and use the products interchangeably. The new siding/paneling profile is available in 4 to l2-inch widths. And the mills are currently developing an interchangeable profile for channel siding.

Another problem producers tackled was cedar still being considered as a commodity even though it is now sold primarily with appearance in mind. "Cedar has always been graded with structural grades, Standard & Better, erc. But what people are after is cedar that's graded for end use," Furtado said. "If it's 2x4, 2x6 S4S, they're going to use it for decking and theY don't want it full of holes. They want a tight knot product. But they never knew what they were going to get."

As a result WRCLA introduced a decking category. The grades still meet the standard rules, but Ne catggorized by appearance. "Too many dealers have been burned. Now they know what to specify and what to expect. When they order Architectural Knotty, for instance, they're paying a little bit more but they lnow they're