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and carried to the point of loading by the liit truck n'ithout any further travel time.

5. Enables dealer to load delivery trucks mechanically and faster. Divider strips placed on the bed of the deliverltruck enable the lift-truck operatcir to deposit his load, 'rvithdralv the forks, and move right on tc another job.

6. Minimizes damage of the gypsum boa,rd edges. The tapered edges of the rvedge cleanly split the stack at the desired point, and the plates prevent the truck f<trks fronr scuffing any portion of the boarcl u'hile l>eing loadetl or unloaded.

7. Reduces required dunnage up to 75()b. ()rdinarill- 3 to -l

0AillfY IEADERS every store needs

The Originol Crystol Cleqr Plostic Spor-All purpose noturol finish in gloss or semi-gloss. Beoutiffes ond protects inside ond outside.

Perfecied REDWOOD FINISH-Now fortified with oddiiion of SRO-l0l for greoter durobility. Also mqde in cleqr qnd colored.

These Redwood Finishes ore best by fest. Contoins no Rosin. Mqde exclusively of heqt lreoted oils.

Buy dlrect ond sove on our comptefe fine of Quallty Palnts, E onefs and Srppfies inches of dunnage dividers are requirecl for fork entry due tt-r the thickness of the forks. With the wedge and plate method, no diviclers are required except on the floor, thus there is less cleanup time required and the clealer is spared possible extra hauling charges.

8. Makes inventory taking easier. Since this method nrakes possibie uniform storage patterns u,ithout divider strips throughout the rvarehouse, inr-entories can lte taken iry merely measuring the height of the stocks.

Hou, to make the use of the rvedges and plates is sh<.rrvn in the accompanying illustrations. Tl-re wedges, rvhich the dealer can pr<iduce in his orvn shop. should be made from oak, birch or other hardrvood. The plates, rvhich can be easily produced by most steel fabricating shops for about $1.25 to $2.00 each, are made from 10-gauge steel. A set of four plates is recluired per unit of rvallboard.

Februory Housing Storrs-78,OOO

The preliminary estimate of 78,000 nerv nonfarn"r dwelling units started in February is 11,900 units less than February last year. 1,200 units 'ivere public housing. A downward revision in the November figures brought the total prelinrinary estimated starts for 1955 dorvn to 1,327,9O0. This is 107.500 more than in 1954.

Plrlnnini snd t'Doing" Jor Tomorrow

Keeping up with the burgeoning western building industry takes a lot of high powered action .. and a heap of planning, too! For after today's emergency is past comes tomorrou!

I7inton Lumber is manufactured bv sawmill people who know their business.'Their modern, capably-manned mills, reflect their great perconal interett in the high quality of the product they manufacture. \$Tinton Lumber is as good as today's machinery and "Know how" can make it !

Services like WIN-MIX (Mixed Carload Shipments) and VIN-DRI (high quality dry lumber priced competitively) are typical of the ways in which S7inton is planning and doing for tomorrow today!

Your friendly STintonman will be glad to give you full particulars. Write or phone todav.

Sliding G/oss Door und Window lndustry Expects $50,000,000 Year in 1956

(Es pecially lVritten for The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT)

The outdoor-indoor trend of living during the past decade has been responsible for a flourishing nerv industry-sliding glass doors and rvindorvs.

\\,'hile this innovation is being specified in a large percentage of nerv home construction, thousands of homeorvners rvho are remodeling are seeing their patios and scenic vistas for the first time from the inside looking out.

Figures released by the Sliding Glass Door and Window Institute, Los Angeles, disclose that the national industry reached a gross of $25,000,0O0 in 1955, and the expectation for 1956 is double that amount.

This is based on the estimate that from one to one-anda-half million new homes u'ill be built in the United Srates this year, and that a large percentage of tl-ris neu'constructior-r will contain one or more sliding glass doors.

Hou'ever, that is only one segment of n'hat u,ill happen cluring 1956. Home remodeling is increasing daily rvith these jobs almost as nunlerous as new installations. Any home constructed from 1940 through the end of World War II is ready for modernization, and a sliding glass rloor has proven indispensible in these improvements.

In fact, the remodeling phase has grorvn to the extent that it has brought about the formation of remodeling corrstruction companies. Separate crews knock out u,-al1s, install the door, patch the plaster and rvoodn'ork, and refinish u'ithin a day's time u'ith the exception of the final touchup 'rvork.

Much of the remodeling is donc on srnall homes, and it is a revelation to see what happens "before and after." The conventional installation is betrveen the living roorn and patio, and converts the patio into an "outdoor roonl." The doors provide a feeling of spaciottsness to the intcrior and, figuratively, the dimensions of the living roorn take on the additional footage of the patio or outdoor area. Full-length pull draperies or hinged, incloor movable shrttters provide complete privacy'ivhen desired.

Architects and contractors have utilized sliding elass doors as openings from every room in the house, including dens, bedrooms, kitchens and from batl-rrooms to sun decks

Although ner.r, residential constrrrction and remodeling lrill alrvays be the biggest factor in the industry, strides in the commercial field are steadily closing the gap. Architects are designing large hotels and apartments to inclucle large numbers of doors. Modern motels across the nation feature them. Las Vegas, noted for another :rctivity, is lr virtual city of glass. Other types of commercial installation includc hospitals, schools, office buildings, c()untry clubs and churches.

The nse of sliding glass doors originaterl in Southern California, rvhere temperatures are comparatively eveu thc vear round. Ilut, through improt emerrts in manufacturing and the perfection of double-glazing to .rvithstand both heat and cold, sliding glass doors are no\\r standardized for all parts of the corrntry. In the Neu' England states, for exatnple, owners of traditional Colonial homes have installed the doors leading t<t 1>atios and their heated srn'imming.pools.

With the amazing gror.vth of the industry since the rvar, it follou'ed that numerorls collrpanies would be establishecl in the Southern California area. ]irom a handful of em-

40 firms now actually engaged ir-r manufacturing.

With these rapid business strides, many company executives favored the fornration of an Institute for members to meet and discuss their general problents.

-Ihe Sliding Glass Door and Windorv Institute \,vas formally organized in 1954 n'ith Charles Morearty of Vista Sliding

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