UAP(lRST(|P

is Easier to Handle-Sayes Money

Tough, rot-resiatant Vaporstop is lower in material.cost, saves labo_r. Unlike tliin, flimsy plastic, it resists tearing and puncturine durins abolication. Becawe it has body, it "be-haves"lniiindy jobs.

Vaporstop is ideal as a vapor barrier under concrete. and as a gtound cover-in crawl spaces. Stops 4oisture migration through floors. Meets FHA arid VA minimum Property -Requirements for these uses. Available in widths of 36" ,48" .60' ,72" .84" and. 96" from Lumber and Building Supply Deilers.

Northcrn Calilornia Represenlotives for Dont &

Home Builders Get Look of Shope of Things to Come

Washington, D.C.-Home buyers and builders got a look at the shape of things to come in the American home at the National Housing Center on May 14. The National Association of Home Builders unveiled a dramatic exhibit of advanced products and construction techniques on that date. The display is based on new products and processes which are already available-or will be by the end of this yearto builders and buyers errerywhere.

In fact, the exhibit is entirely devoted to materials and methods used in the construction of two of the NAHB Research Institute's current Research Homes, located in South Bend, Ind., and Knoxville, Tenn. While experimental in their use of building innovations, both of these homes were built to be occupied by typical middle-income families. Their purpose is to prove that by taking advantage of the very latest time-and-labor saving equipment and materials, home builders can provide their customers with more house for their money in terms of living space, comfort and durability.

The Housing Center Research Exhibit features the outstanding products and techniques used in the construction of these experimental homes. On display are full-scale mock-ups and cutawavs of manv of the features of the "laboraiory" homes. Some of the exhibit highlights include :

-Exterior walls made up of 4 ft. by 8 ft. panel compollents. Each panel is a complete wall section which may include any one of a number of exterior finish materials and a variety of interior wall surfacing materials. Heart of the panel is a new polystyrene foamed plastic core which in addition to adding structural strength also serves as insulation and vapor barrier.

-Interior doors that run straight up to the ceiling. This method not only represents a dollars-and-cents saving of $12-15 per door, but provides better air circulation.

"You All Gome-"

In his peppy talk at the recent April conventi< Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., NRLD dent H. W. Blackstock, the Seattle dealer, told ence of dealers, of his recent attendance at the anI vention of the Montana association in Bozerr Blackstock said that there was an attendance of 1 tana dealers out of the state association's total mer roster of 170.

-A new system of framing window openings the in-place cost of each window to less than half of conventional systems, without any sacrifice in appearance or durability.

-Hardwood floor tiles, identical in size and shape to standard asphalt floor tiles and specially treated against swelling, shrinking, and warping.

-A newly developed water closet and system requiring only one gallon of water rather than the usual five or six gallons.

rvention of the TIRLDA Presi, told his audi:he annual conBozeman. NIr. :e 165 Montal membership that cuts the cost strength, sewage disposal for each flushing, trees iust like the ones from SU P EFd)N.C ON IF ER LTJ MBEr. C O. uho specialize in Quatitg Lumber from the Finest Mills in California, Oregon a:nd. W ashington

-Plastic pipe for hot and cold water supply and drainage. Research House manufacturing suppliers represented iu the exhibit include Aluminum Company of America, Bakelite Company, E. I. Dupont de Nemours, General Electric Company, Higgins Industries, Inc., Koppers Company, Inc., Masonite Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Protection Products Manufacturing Company, Simpson Timber Company, The Stanley Works, and Wasco Products. fnc.

Speed was blamed for more than 4$/o of the traffic deaths and injuries in the U.S. during 1958.