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Wood Finishing Color Guide
An 8-panel color selection guide for exterior transparent wood finishing products is available from Performance Coatings Inc., 360 Lake Mendocino Dr., Ukiah, Ca. 95482; (800) 736-6346.
Laminated Flooring Info
A 6-p. laminated flooring brochure is available from BHK of America, 3 Bond St., Central Valley, N.Y. 10917; (800) 663-4176.
AWPA Book of Standards
The 1996 "Book of Standards" is $75 from the American Wood Preservers Association, Box 286, Woodstock, Md. 21163; (410) 465-3169.
Locating Remodelers
"How to Find a Professional Remodeler" is $20 from the National Association of Home Builders, 1201 15th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005; (800) 368-s242.
Hand Tool Ergonomics
A l2-p. "Introductory Hand Tool Ergonomics" booklet is $l from the National Safety Council, 1l2l Spring Lake Dr., Itasca, Il. 60143: (630) 77524t1.
Gas-Fired Duct Furnaces
An 8-p. gas-fired duct furnace catalog is available from Airfan, 260 N. Elm St., Westfield, Ma. 01085; (413) 568-9571.
Designing With Hardwood
"Hardwood Built-In Installations" is $7.75 from The Hardwood Council, Box 525, Oakmont, Pa. 15139; (412) 2814980.
Plastic Greenhouses
A greenhouse product catalog is free from Flex-Lite Corp., Box 467, Mt. Vernon, In.47620; (812) 838-5500.
Foaming At The Mouth
An 8-p. polyurethane foam material guide is free from Crest Foam Industries, Inc., 100 Carol Place, Moonachie, N.J. 07 O'7 4; (2Or) 807-0809.
Home Repair Tool
The updated "New Fit-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home" is $35 from Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Rd., Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570; (203) 629-4416.
In Hot Water
The 140-p. "Hot Water and Steam Source Book" is available from the National Energy Control Corp., 312 Darby Rd., Havertown, Pa. 19083; (800) 227-9800.
Fiberboard Sources Listing
A revised fiberboard sources listing is free from the American Fiberboard Association, 1210 W. Northwest Hwy., Palatine, Il. 60067; (847) 934-8394.
It's Good In Or Out
A 6-panel indoor/outdoor fumiture catalog is free from Leisure Life, Inc., 215 4th Ave. N., Baxter, Tn. 38544; (615) 858-5788.
Engineered Plastic Products
A 40-p. engineered plastic products catalog is free from DSM Engineering Plastic Products. lnc.. 2120 Fairmont Ave., Box 14235, Reading, Pa. 19612;' (610) 320-6600.
New lnsulation Board Info
A revised foam sheathing/insulation board brochure is free from The Celotex Corp., Box 31602, Tampa, Fl. 3363 l; (8t3\ 873-4230.
Wood Moulding Profile
A revised 64-p. "From Tree to Trim" is $10 from the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association, 507 First St., Woodland, Ca. 95695; (916) 661-959 l.
Door Delights
Hand Tools & Electronics
A 280-p. hand tool and electronic accessories and parts catalog is available from GC Thorsen, Inc., 1801 Morgan St., RocKord, Il. 6l 105; (815) 968-9661.
Long-Lasting Shingles
A 4-p. rustic shingle brochure is available from Classic Products Inc., 8510 Industry Park Dr., Piqua, Oh. 45356; (800) 543-8938.
D-l-Y Faux Stone Finishes
A do-it-yourself faux stone finish instruction book is $9.95 from Creative Touches, 5900 Green Oak Dr., Minnetonka, Mn. 55343; (800) 328-0590.
A 30-p. door and decorative glass catalog is available from Stanley Door Systems, 1225 E. Maple Rd., Troy, Mi. 48083.
New Cement Fiberboard Plant
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp., Diboll, Tx., has entered into a joint venture with Re-Con Building hoducts Inc., Mission, B.C., to build and operate a cement fiberboard plant south of Dallas/Fort Worth, Tx.
The facility will take two years to build and have an annual capacity of 240 million sq. ft. of cement fiberboard siding and related products.
Temple-Inland will market the product through its sales network, backed by the technical expertise of Re-Con, North America's largest producer of cement fiberboard roofing products.
Safecracker Can't Crack Safe
Police have arrested a suspect who reportedly was able to break into Scotty's, Big Pine Key, Fl., and steal the store safe, but was unable to break into the safe.
Police said the suspect allegedly broke into the hardware store early Aug.18 by cutting through a security fence, severing alarm wires and prying open a roll-up door. He then allegedly used a pick axe to remove an office safe containing several thousand dol- lars worth of cash, keys and office items and hauled it off on a Scotty's handcart.
An anonymous source later directed police to a vacant lot, where they found the safe, intact but "it was obvious that attempts were made to break it open."
The day before, employees had seen David Berkshire, 31, in the store examining the alarm's wires. He was charged with burglary and grand theft.
Hues You'll Choose In 1997
Reds and browns, especially in the mid-range of browns touching red, will be the hot colors for manufactured products in 1997, forecasts Color Marketing Group.
Also popular will be metallics, veiled colors, matte yet reflective surfaces, special finishes and "active brights," such as gypsy orange, magenta madness, lime fizz, bourbon blue and mardi green.
Housewares Continue Climb
The average U.S. household spent $567 on housewares last year, boosting retail houseware sales 6.37o to
$57.9 billion in 1995.
Among the top gainers, outdoor furniture sales climbed 257o, and smoke alarm sales ro*,36.6%.
Check Your Fax Costs
Fax transmissions make up 367o of. total telephone costs, according to a recent survey. The Western Building Material Association suggests the following tips to reduce fax charges:
' Ensure employees send faxes using the correct numbers. Often they may dial a telephone number or use an incorrect area code (especially where area codes have recently changed).
' Fax during non-business hours when rates are lower.
' Send only what is important. Combine copy rather than sending pages that arc primarily blank. Every page counts.
' Eliminate cover sheets. Use a stamp or affix a sticker with the name of the sender and recipienr qUALTTY
' To save time, respond using the incoming fax. When answering a question, try to use the same fax on which the question was asked, simply redirecting it back to the sender.
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