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If youneed strength andbeauty PALCO makes the grade . . .
Redwood structural grades.
PAICO makes the grades with the strength of the NGR grades and the beauty of redwood. PAICO makes 2x8,2xLO and 2x12 No. 2Heart
Structural and No. 2 Structural using the high-quality appearance standards of redwood and the shength standards set by the American llmber Standards Committee For deck joists, ledgers and stringers, PAICO makes the grades demanded by architects and engineers.
P stands for panel
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Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF): A dry-formed panel product manufactured from wood fibers combined with a synthetic iesin or other suitable binder and com- pressed to a density offrom 31 to 50 pounds per cubic foot in a hot press.
Medium Density Overlay: Exterior type plywood finished with an opaque resin-treated fiber overlay to provide a smooth surface ideal as a paint base.
Oriented Strand Board (OSB): Structural wood panels manufactured from reconstituted, mechanically oriented wood strands bonded with resins under heat and pressure.
Oriented Waferboard: Structural wood panels manufactured from reconstituted mechanically oriented wafers bonded with resins under heat and pressure.
Overlaid Plywood: Plywood panels with factory applied resin-treated fiber faces on one or both sides.
Particleboard: Nonveneer panels manufactured from reconstituted wood particles as opposed to wafers or strands, bonded with resins under heat and pressure.
Plywood: All veneer panels consisting of an odd number of cross-laminated layers, each consisting of one or more plies.
Structural Particleboard: Panels comprised of small particles usually arranged in layers by particle size, but not usually oriented.
Waferboard: Nonveneer panels manufactured from reconstituted wood wafers, as opposed to particles or strands, bonded with resins under heat and pressure.
These de.finitions are based on moterials provided by the American Hardboard Association, the American Plywood Association and the Particleboard/Medium Density Fiberboard Institute -Ed.
Over leadingwholesale lumber companies. Our 16 professional traders do much more than buy and sell lumber. Each is a specialist in his field, his job is to personally represent his customers and meet their special needs. Half of the billion board feetwe market annually comes from nine well established Pacific Northwest captive mills which provide a broad range of species and grades:
Wheeler Manufacturing - Specified heaug cuttings up to 40'.
You get firm delivery commitments from Hampton on our contract rates. For safel faster, more reliable service we now have a new fleet of 73-foot center partition flat cars. From our reloads we offer reciprocal switching on the SB UP and BN; and we have monthly barge loadings from Newport, Oregon. For selection and service, for quality and quantity, Hampton is the name to remember for your lumber needs.
