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Make Masonite Presdwood short panels your traffic stopper

You'll be annazed at the people who need just a small panel or two. There's a big demand for these "short lengths" of Masonite Presdwood. Youngster, housewife, handyman...they all will have a reason for picking up a panel they can carry so easily.

You will want to stock all the items in the Masonite line in these "handy size" pieces. They come in 4-foot Iengths and from 1 foot to 4 feet wide. You can include your order for them in your next pool car.

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Don't miss this chance to build plus sales and steady fl oor traffi c. And, remember, everytime you sell Masonite Presdwood@ you will get extra sales in other items you stock nails, paint, lumber, and hardware. Everyone needs something else when he buys Masonite Presdwood. You make extra profits and extra sales. For more complete information ask your. Masonite representative. Masonite@ Corporation, Dept. CLM-9, 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco 4, California.

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FHA Minimum Properfy Chonges

Washington 6, D.C.-FHA Commissioner Mason has announced certain changes in FHA Minimum Irroperty li.equirements. He made it clear that these are the minimum requirements and that FHA mav retluire cor.npliance rvith higher standards in the interest of market acceptance or to meet special local conditions.

Upgrading of insr.rlation requirements is perhaps the most far-reaching of the ner,v changes. It involves a reduction from (t0 BTU to 55 RTU per square foot of floor area in calculated l.rourl1' heat loss, the establishment of maximnm heat loss coefficient for rvails, ceilings and floors, ner,v requirements for perimeter insulation of floor slabs on ground, a limitation on loose fill insulation and other changes.

The minimurn interior garage length is increased from 19 feet to 20 feet, and the minimum rvidth of a 2-car garage fr<tm 17 feet, six inches to 18 {eet, four inches.

Concrete block must fully comply u'ith applicable sltecifications of the federal government or the American Societv for Testing N{aterials.

To redrrce costs to the home owner. a nnmber of unnecessary items have been elimir-rated. For example, .ivhere assurance is given that the ()wner or builder intends to install rvall-to-lval1 carpeting at his o\\'n exl)ense in either a new or an existing l.rouse, finishing flooring is not required as a base for the carpeting. Instead, plyrvood, softu'ood, hardu'ood, concrete slab or other hard surfacecl material may l>e used if desired.

Wall-to-'rvall carpeting is r.rot to be corrsidered part of the realty and is not included in the amount of the insured mortgage.

Other relaxations in the minimum property recluirements include:

1. Wood joist floor systems are no\v acceptable u,ithout anchoring, in areas not subject to earthqu:ike.

2. Corner bracing may be installecl on the inside faces of studs, u'ithout being let intci the corner posts.

3. Setting and puttying of nails in exterior u'ood trin-r is not required i{ corrosion-resistant nails erre usecl.

4. Painting of unexposed portions of galvanized sheet metal used as flashing or roofing is n() longer required.

.5. Installation rif gutters and don'ns1>outs is required only if soil ancl other conditions make thenr necessary. In many tr'pes of architectural design, liarticularly tirose usinq u'ide roof clverhangs, gutters and do$rnsponts are not needed.

There are also changes macle in the reqtrirements for slab-on-ground construction including a linritation ol f" on the maximum tolerance of thickness of slabs. clarification as to the use of admixtures, membranes, and beds tunder slabs.

Veterqn Lumbermqn Dies

in Arizonq

\\r. N. Sangster, age 69, for many vears vice-lrresident and general manager of the great Kirby I-umber Corporation, Honston, Texas, died at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. July 19. He had lived in Phoenix since retiring lrom the lrrmber lrusiness in 1935.