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Srudy tlqde on Wood Used in Home Building

The United States Forest Service is making a series of studies to obtain detailed information on the amounts and kinds of wood used in residential construction.

The first of the series is a study of woo<i used in houses inspected by the Federal Housing Administration during 1959. As part of this st'udy, approximately 170,000 new single-family detached houses were classified according to type of foundation and exterior wall construction, these being two characteristics known to affect the amounts and kinds of wood used in a house.

This classification was used to determine the distribution of house construction types within each of seven geographical regions. The results were made public onlv last month.

Seven out of 10 houses represented by the sample were of wood frame construction. One house out of five was classed as having lumber, plywood, fiberboard, or wood shake or shingle siding. In the Southwest, South Atlantic, and Gulf States, 95 per cent of the siding was non-wood.

In five out of seven regions, most of the new houses had a basement or a "crawl space." This ratio also applied to floor support systems made largely out of wood. In the Southwest and Gulf States regions, however, most houses were built on a concrete slab. Nationwide, four out of every l0 houses, represented by the study sample, were built on a slab.

When the study is completed, information will be available for those wishing to learn the amounts and kinds of timber products used in building homes.

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CRA Booklet Describes Vqried Effects with Redwood Poneling

A new six-page color booklet from the California Redwood Association describes the varied effects possible with redwood paneling. Redwood Interior Finishes gives advice and instructions on finishing and maintaining redwood paneling and describes the variations possible through choice of grain or grade, mill patterns, and in sawtcxtured or smooth surface.

"In the skilled hands of an architect or interior designer," the booklet says, "redwood paneling can be used to express elegalrce and luxury, or to create a warm and cheery charm,"

A fitting companion to the recently-published Redwood Exterior Finishes. the booklet is available from the California Redwood Association, Dept. IFT-1, 576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 11, California.