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Do-lt-Yourself Termite C.,ontrol

The manufaeturer of Arab U-Do-It Termite Control, sold successf,ully through building material dealers since 1950, announces a new merchandising prograrn.

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Koppers Technicol Bulletin

A technical bulletin, W-408, describing the Cellon treatm€nt of Douglas fir poles and crossarms has been recently issued by the Forest hoducts Division of Koppers Company, Inc.

The Cellon process, which uses liquified petroleum gas to carry the preservative chemicals into the wood cells under pressure, results in the deepest penetration of any treatment yet devised. Cellon treated poles and crossarms are clean, dry and virtually unchanged in color when removed from the treating cylinder.

Bulletin W-408 lists the properties of the treated poles and crossarms and describes the many pennanence, strength and penetration tests conducted.

vinyl panels on an average kitchen sink and counter back splash wall.

The back of each foot square vinyl panel is pre-coated with self-sticking adhesive. To install a panel, one simply peels off a protective backing paper and presses the vinyl square against a wall. It adheres to virtually any surface.

Besides its use in kitchens, bathrooms, dens and other wall areas in homes. Decrotile is ideal for inside cabinet doois. cabinet sides and shelves and window sills.

'Write: Decro-wall Corporation, 21 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, N. Y.

Bird Feeder Interesl Incrcoses

New bird feeder interest has prompted Beco Products Chicago to expand its -bird feeding accessories line.

"We have had outdoor Bird Feeders in our line for several years,tt said John Devlin, sales manager for Beco, ,'but only recently has public interest and demand made it advisable to get more items into the line,,,

The feeders are designed to blend in with outdoor environments, a pretty brown Bungalow style, an .authentic Gas Light style both in pole style or hanging style. These two styles have been added to the regular Promotional Feeders line.

Includes individual cartoning, a floor merchandiser which displays complete stock, and a 16-page Illustrated Direction Booklet included with each individual unit of U-DoIt. For more information on this new program, write Federal Chemical Co., Inc., 2701 Winthrop Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46205.

Unique Woll Covering

A unique wall covering from the Decrowall Corporation, is attracting the homemaker's attention in a wide range of outlets throughout the country.

The product is Decrotile, designed and molded in three dimensions, authentically capturing the texture, color and glaze of fine imported ceramic mosaic tile. It is manufactured in convenient-to-handle onefoot square vinyl panels-an ideal item for the do-it-yourself homemaker.

A package of eight one-foot square panels earries a retail price of $3.98. Compared with the installation of imported ceramic mosaic tile, Decro-tile represents a savings of about 8O/o fot the homemaker, according bo the manufacturer.

firree difrerent patterns, in 16 decorator color variations, are available.

Feeders have a g:enerous 5 Ib. or more capacity, whidt is an important thing considering their immediate popularity to the Bird population. Now, you can buy the feeders, a 5 lb. bag of Bird Seed and put it all into the feeder, thus no messy s[orage problems with the surplus seed,,, he continued.

Devlin also noted that all Beco,s Bird Feeders are individually packaged in attractive, self-selling display cartons. Complete information available on request.

For copies write Bulletin 'W-408, Forest Products Division, Koppers Company, Inc., 750 Koppers Bldg., Pittsburgh 19, Penna.

IVlosonite Disployer Ofiered

With dealer demand for its 4,x8' and 4'x7' multi-panel displayers exceeding the

Write: Beco Products Coryoration,5262 S. Kolmar Avenue, Chicago 32, Ill. Depa.rtment G3.

Royalcote "Junior" Model available supply, Masonite Corporation has announced another displayer offered complete with 2'x4' panels of the nine Royalcote woodgrains and Marbletone. The "junior" model can be wall mounted or free standing, as it appears in the photo. The compan/s building: products salesmen have order forms for the displayers, ava.ilable under two plans, both described by the company as advantageous to the dealer.

Home Decorofing Booklet

Rooms full of ideas are available in a new 24-page, full-color booklet, "New Fashions in Home Decor Featuring Masonite Panels."

Eleven room settings, chosen by an authority in the home building and decorating fields, Mrs. Maxine Livingston, are educational and inspirational for all persons interested in building or remodeling a home, according to Masonite Corporation.

Each colorful photograph illustratcs one or more finishes in the company's line of panels for interior decor. Included are beautiful woodgrains, embossed and filigreed panels.

The text by Mrs. Livingston, who has counseled nearly 2,000,000 families on home building needs, helps the reader make decisions not only on wall paneling selection but the right accessories.

For copies, write the Home Service Bureau, 29 North 'Wacker Dr., Chicago, IlI., 60606.

U. S. Plynrood Announces Economicol Woll Syslem

U. S. Plywood has announced a new partition system called Designer Wall,/6, a simple inexpensive movable wall system for office buildings, schools, hospitals and other installations where flexible space arrangements are required or desirable.

The new system consists of only six basic metal parts as framing members for a wide range of panel materials. This compares with 30-odd parts necessary for installation of previous movable wall systems.

Panels for the new Desigrrer W'all/6 may be fashioned from a wide range of economical V+" or 8/16" stock products such as Hardply, Glasweld, fiberglass, prefinished plywood or Micarta-faced panels. The system also may utilize 1y4" Novoply panels, incombustible Weldrok core materials, even stock doors.

fire new system enables a simple interchange of faces for variety or repairs, 100 per cent salvage of panels and completely reusable parts, A minimum lead time is required on orders, thus affording speedy installation.

U. S. Plywood estimates that it will be able to furnish Designer Wall/6, at an installed base price starting at $16 per lineal running foot-as compared to $26 and up for other systems, This $16 price includes painting and base mouldings.

The six basie parts in the new system are: an H-shaped post; a half-post used as a ceiling channel, starter, or railing for a low-rail bank screen; an insert for glass; floor channel; panel support; and painted steel base covers.

Deoler Promolion Aid

This big, bright window banner for retail lumber dealers is a blow-up of the first of a new series of full-color ads by 'Weyerhaeuser Company for its prefinished hard-

Reflective Signs for Sofety

Reliable protection from accidents that happen when a truek stops or stalls in the roadway is now available with a highly reflective removable sign that shouts a message of caution from luminous red block lettering: eight-inches high, and from the entire reflectorized surface which is co,mposed of the same fabric as used in movie projection screens.

The "Warn-O" Screen, totally reliable since it has no batteries to replace and nothing to burn out, can be seen by oncoming motorists 120O feet away by day and up to 600 feet at night in headlight beams. For trucks of all sizes, the "'WarnO" S,creen is stored until needed. fn an

Shingle & Shoke Buyer's Guide

First of its'kind ever published, a comprehensive Buyey's Guide which gives de. tailed information on red cedar shingle and shake production items a.nd plant facilities of its 195 member mills has been issued by wood panelings, The message: "Real wood is original in tone and texture. Printing repeats itself; nature doesn't." It's a fresh new consumer promotion; the ads run in Bettar Homes & Gard,ens, HouseBeau,fi,ful, House & Ga,rdan and, Sunset. The all-year advertising is backed by complete merchandising materials and listing of stocking dealers in BH&G and, Sunset. Owner Harry Lewis of Hyak Lumber Co. at Olympia, 'Wash., seen here, was annong first dealers to hang the banner in a prominent window of his modern retail building materials yard. V/rite: Weyerhaeuser Company, Wood Products Division, Tacoma, Washington. emergency, the "Warn-Ott Screen, sets into the rear bracke,ts in seconds, unrolls to its full 40-inch length from the metal protective case.

Write: "Warn-O' Safety Division, Radiant Manufacturing Cory., 8220 North Austin Avenue, Morton Grove, Illinois.

Plostic Repoir Moteriol

For over twenty-five years, Durham's Rock l{ard Water Putty has been recognized as the ideal plastic repair material in powder form. Compounded to handle thousands of repair needs, Durham's Rock Ilard Water Putty can be sawed, chiseled, polished, colored and molded. It sticks and stays put, will not shrink and withstands weather when painted. Durham's fills cracks, crevices, joints, knots and nail holes.

Guide Gives Detailed Information

the Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau, Seattle.

The Guide lists mill addresses and phone numbers, sales offices, plant facilities, and types and sizes of shingles, machine-grooved shakes and handsplit shakes produced by the bureau's members, located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia.

The listed mills produce only industryinspected products which are identified by the Certigrade label for shingles, Certi-Split Iabel for handsplit shakes, and Certigroove label for machine-grooved shakes.

Such specialty items as uniform-width dimension shingles and fabricated shake hip&-ridge units are included in the listing. Also shown are private brand names crf individual mills, and data as to whether they mainta.in dry kilns, treating facilities, and palletizing services.

Copies may be obtained without charge from the bureau at 5510 White Bldg., Seattle, Wash., 98101.

Deoorolive Foce Ofiered On Floor-Ceiling System

A single floor-and-oeiling system, designed to save home builders time and money with an added bonus of decorative beauty, now is available from United States PlWood Corporation.

Weldwood Surfwood T?i-Plex, a doubleduty severn-ply fir panel, canr be used as a roof decking-ceiling or sub-flo,or-ceiling. fire panel derives its tSurdwood name fro'm the abraded bottom (or ceiling) face which is similar in appearance to Weldwood Surfwood wall paneling. This abraded surtace is adrieved by shot-blasting a ffr panel to remove soft surface gEoiwth, leaving in high reliof a weather pattern of the ha^rder grain in the wood. When prefinished, the Surfwood 1?i-Plex face provides a ready-made ceiling.

For Thousands of Repair Needs

Permanently adheres to wood, cement, plaster, tile, composition and stone. The wide range of customers from woodworkers, painters, electricians, carpenters, manfacturels, housewives and schools have proven the value of this outstanding product. \{rite: Donald Durham Co., Des Moines, Iowa-

Ttre unabraded side, which seerres as the sub-floor, ca.n be covered with any flooring material without wrderlayment or building paper.

Surfwood 1!i-Plex 4x8' panels are tongueand-grooved on the eight-foot side, eliminating the need for blocking. Spans between exposed beams may be 4' o.c., comllaled with the usual 16" o.c. firis providee a clea^n, uncluttered dhg, according to U. S. Plywood.

Ceiling Suspension System

A new eeiling suspension system, featuring lightweight, prefabricated metal components for trouble-free assembly, is being marketed throughout lumber and building supply dealers by the Wood Conversion Company. Tthe Nu-Grid system is designed for light commercial and residential construction. ft forms a rigid framework that accepts attractive 2' x 2' or 2' x 4' acoustical ceiling boards and translucent panels.

A Nu-Grid ceiling system is the ideal solution to remedy high or unsightly ceilings. Ceilings can be actually suspended to more attractive room height without costly conventional framing and excessive weight.

be removed and replaced instantly for access to overhead wiring and plumbing.

In addit'ion to attractive acoustical ceiling boards such as Nu-Wood boards, translucent panels are available that provide bright, yet glare-free, atmosphere.

Installation of the Nu-Grid system takes but four easy steps: (1) First, the wall molding is applied around the room at desired height. (2) Then main runners are hung from the existing ceiling-at 2, or 4' intervals depending on ceiling pattern. (3) Cross tees are inserted into maiir runners. Nu-Grid cross tees have locking wing tabs to eliminate separate fastening operations, (4) The system is ready for the application of ceiling panels. These panels are quickly applied by tilting, lifting and dropping into channels.

Nu-Grid components are available separately-10' wall molding, 10' main runners, and 4' x 2' cross tees-or in utility packs that contain all m^aterial required to cover approximately 64 sq. ft. of ceiling area.

Step-by-step instruction and a handyplan- ning graph are included in a four-page folder that is available.

Write: Wood Conversion Company, First National Bank Building, St. Paul, Minn.

Hydroulic Shock Absorber

new hydraulic device stops all types of moving loads quickly and gently, without bounce-back or impact, thereby eliminating damage to the Ioad or its supporting structure. The Rex Load Stop is able to halt any kind of movement-swinging, rolling, falling, rising, linear or rotary, pure inertia or power driven loads. These moving elements may be machine slides or carriages, a package or product assembly moving down a conveyor, a shuttle, or a transfer table.

Relatively small in size, Stop standard units range the Rex Load in size from

Since ceiling boards lie in the suspended channels of the Nu-Grid system, they can

Introduction of a new self-contained, hydraulically-controlled shock absorber-called the Rex l"oad Stop-designed to decelerate and stop moving loads has been announced by Rex Chainbelt, Inc., Milwaukee, The lr/g-incll' to 4-inch bore with overall lengths ranging from six inches to three feet. These sizes have the ability to stop loads with kinetic energies varying from 3,000 to 350,000 inch pounds. 3 l%-inch bore, 3-inch stroke unit, for example, could stop a 20 il:ll: *.t"nt traveling at 30 miles per

Re:< Load Stops provide gradual deceleration without sudden impact by creating a constant resisting force.

For complete information about the new Rex Load Stop, write: Rex Chainbelt, fnc., 1765 Elston Ave,, Chicago, Illinois 60622.

Unit Speeds Deliveries

Waterloo Unloader has introduced a unique new wallboard fork for use with its truck-mounted hydraulic booms to expe- dite wallboard deliveries into buildinEs under construction.

With the combination unit, packages of board can be lifted of the truck and into second and third floor windows as well as first floor windows and doors.

Also, the board can be tipped on edge or at an angle for placement through windows or doors too narrow to admit the board in horizontal position.

One rnan, the truck driver. also oDerates the boom and the fork with a hand-held remote control box. He does the entire de- livery job, including placement of the board thro'ugh the window or door. and needs the help of only one workman at the site to set the board on the floor inside the building.

The boom is the .,Iowa Unloader." hv_ draulically powered and w.ith travelirig trolley to the end of the boom, Available in lengths ,,tp to 24 feet, the boom elevates up to 60 degrees and has a rotation of 400 to 480 degrees in either direction. This sharp elevation permits delivery to third story windows with ease.

Unique feature of the equipment is the new wallboard fork, suitable also for deliveries of ply'wood, sheathing or other flat packaged building materials.

The heavy-duty two-tine fork spears the package of board on the tr"uck. Then. if desired, it will tip the board to a vertical or diagonal position for insertion through a narrow window or door,

The new fork is designed for use with truck-mounted hydraulic boom.

Vertical loads roll off on non-corrosive rollers on the back of the fork. Horizontal loads are lifted otr. In either case, removal of the board from the fork to the floor inside the building is accomplished by the boom operaLor and one on-site workman.

According to M. G, Balhorn, sales manager of Waterloo Unloader, this new equipment reduces man-handling of board to a minimum and eliminates the need for a follow-up crew to place the boards inside bhe building after delivery.

It ehminates the need for placing the boards outdoors, even temporarily, and for carrying them inside and up stairways. Boards are delivered undamaged, thus saving finishing time and costs for the builder.

He quoted a letter from a building materials dealer who wrote: "Recently we had a 3-story apartment building job which would have required six men at least two days for the unloading alone. With the Iowa Unloader and wallboard fork, we did it with two men in two days, with a savings of approximately $275."

Write: Waterloo Unloader Division, The Greater Iowa Corporation, Box 970, Waterloo. Iowa.

lumber Testing Mochine

Most recent deveiopments to insure the stability and protection of dimension lumbel are Protection Products' new convoy and its applicator, the convoy in line tleater, manufactured by George Koch Sons, Inc., Evansville, Indiarra.

Convoy is an emulsified, semi-penetrating, rvater.r'epellent fungicide for spray application at the mill. It controls lapid pick-up and ioss of moistule in the *.ood, minimizing swelling, shlinking, l'arping, checking, splitting and discololation while lumber is in tlansit ol in outdoor storage.

The convoy in-line treater by Koch is a highly versatile treating machine lept'esenting the ultimate in application flexibility. (1) portable-fitted with lock-out casters and may be moved in and out of the

Iine. Locks rigidly in place when operational. (2) optional size-may be varied in Iength, width or height u'ithout penalty in price or delivery. (3) resewoir tank location is at the users' option. It may be used adjacent to the applicator or' located lemotely. Two compartments are providedone side may be operating 'w'hile a new mix is prepared for the other side. (4) auxiliarry power equipment may be operated from the basic power unit. Head and taii shafts are equipped u'ith extended shafts.

It is luggedly constructed to rvithstand the wear and tear of normal mill operations and it is assembled of standard components leadily available from the factory or mill supply houses. Both the interior and exterior of the tank and machine are paintecl with an epoxy finish, r'esistant to chemicals ano \1'atel'.