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Research Potentiat House Shows Of Components

(Continued from Page 34) in the shop and put into place without additional finishing. The 5/16" walnut-printed fir plywood is pressure-glued to 2x4 top and bottom flanges.

The "walnutized" cathedral beams support a stressed skin panel roof deck. The panels have 3/t" plywood top skins and 5/16" medium density plywood bottom skins, pressure glued to 2x4 framing. Each panel contains a threeinch layer of reflective covered glass fiber insulation.

The bottom skin of the panels is the exposed ceiling of the living wing. Similar stressed skin panels form the roof of the kitchen-utility area, but span 13'6" plus a 4' overhang.

Garage

The construction of the two-car garage is still another example of a component system. Pre-assembled rigid frame bents made up with 2x8 framing and 3ft" plywood gusset plates are spaced two feet on center. They are covered with a s/g" PlyScord roof deck, with Plyclips. These bents are fabricated in halves and joined at the site with a nailed crown gusset.

Miscellaneous Components

The Research-Demonstration House also features some new ideas for garage lintels and gable ends.

The lintel is made up with one f" medium density plywood skin nailed to 2x4 framing. It spans a 16 foot garage door opening. This nailed component can be fabricated by Lu-Re-Co dealers.

The gable ends also have a single plywood skin on 2x4 flanges, but are of glued construction since they carry a heavier load.

Cooperating Agencies

halves, and are joined at the job site by splicing them together with plywood cover plates nailed to the top and bottom flanges.

printed overlaid fir plywood

A unique feature of these box beams is the walnutwhich is used for the webs.

This provides a pre-finished beam which can be fabricated

Douglas Fir Plywood Association is the nonprofit trade association which represents 129 western fir plywood mills. The association carries out quality control, promotion, and research of fir plywood. Lumber Dealers Research Council has a membership of 1,600 lumber dealers who built 20,000 homes last year. This group pioneered the Lu-Re-Co com-