Lower - Cost, Long - Length Laminated Redwood Beams Added to Union Line

T ANll\A'l-El) redwuod Leams up to U sixtt' fet.t hrng jrr I new lower-cost grade are nor,r. bcing produced by Union Lumber Company. De-"ignated as an architectural appearancc grade, the newly developed beam is an addition to Union's line of premium appearance Noyolam Beams. The new gradt: contains typical rustic characteristics such as sound knots.

The new architectural srade of Novolam l-leams brine tht: r.ost oI redwood laminated mt:mliers dou'n by approximatcly thirty percent, explained Shcrman A, Bishop, vice president of sales. Manufacturing economies resulI from the sclected stock and also {rom the use of two inch laminates rather than the one inch usually specified {or premium grades,

Both thc premium and architectural grades are manufactured in stock widths