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Deck, screen with attached bench partition yard to provide
outdoor living room secluded from garden work areas,
driveway. Posts of 4x4-inch western wood support screen of
2x2s, bench with 4x4 legs. Deck of 2x4s sets on treated 4x4s.
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Divide rd
Increased use and enjoy-
ment of outdoor working and
leisure areas can be accomp-
lished with a deck and screen of
western wood that partitions a
yard and garden.
The screen will divide the lot
into outdoor living space, gar-
den work plots, a driveway or
other areas that fit the family's
lifestyle or leisure preferences.
A six-foot tall, L-shaped
screen of 2x2s, nailed on edge to
2x4 stringers on 4x4 posts, sets
off part of the yard for leisure
use. The vertical 2x2s are spac-
ed an inch apart to make the
screen less obtrusive.
A rectangular deck of 2x4s
laid flat is built into the L of the
screen, and a bench seat of 2x4s
with legs of 4x4s completes the
outdoor room.
Behind the screen, there can
be space for cutting beds, com-
post pile and storage for gar-
den supplies and equipment.
Substitute Hedge
A long, low planter box'of
western wood can act,,as a sub-
stitute hedge under a window or
at the edge of a porch or deck.
Grade Changes
Imperil Trees
Care should be taken when
raising or lowering the grade
around large trees to minimize
damage to large or small feeder
roots.
When surrounding ground is
excavated, retaining walls of
treated 2x8-inch western wood
will maintain the level sur-
rounding the tree, and a flat cap
can be added for a bench.
Raising the grade around
trees will cut off some air and
nutrients, damaging the roots.
A tree well, decked over with
2x4s to match the new grade,
will avoid covering the roots
and shocking the tree's system.
Ideas For Outdoors
Ways to add outdoor living
space to kitchen, bedroom, en-
try or bath are shown in a 12-
page color booklet available for
25 cents in coin from Western
Wood Products Assn., Dept.
547-P, Yeon Bldg., Portland,
Or. 97204.
Banquettes Offer
Seating, Storage
An efficient way to gain both
storage and extra seating in a
family room or basement "rec"
room is the addition of ban-
quettes.
Simply framed with 2x4-inch
western wood, these up-
holstered benches along a wall
can be fitted with lift-up seats
for storage of play equipment,
party supplies, out-of-season
clothing and many other items.
A banquette built into a cor-
ner ol a room. combined with
folding screens offers an im-
promptu guest room for over-
l']O~A COlllpiin_vor a small
shlmhcr party.
Shopping for lumber calls for
more awareness today than in
years gone by. Prices on all
building materials are higher,
and that's a real incentive for
careful buying.
Two basic keys to prevent
overspending for lumber: l)
Buy the lowest grade and the
lowest-priced species that will
do the job, and 2) Buy the
smallest amount possible, and
that requires accurate measur-
ing of needs.
Where lumber is to be used
for framing and must bear
loads in floors, roofs or the
walls that carry them, it must
meet varied minimums• of
strength• Building codes now
cover almost all localities.
The reasonably skilled home
handyman can build a new
room, carport or garage, shed
or barn, but he has to follow the
same rules of safe construction
as the professional builder. This
applies to outdoor decks also.
Decide Spans First
There's plenty of help close
by. You can hire a designer --
the fee will be worth it. You can
enlist the aid of a knowledge-
able lumber dealer, or you can
study span tables and other
data and specify materials
yourself.
First, you must determine the
rafter and joist spans you want.
Then check from the printed
tables what sizes of lumber are
required. Species make a dif-
ference; the nine western
species and groupings have dif-
ferent allowable spans, and
they differ in price.
Grade stamps on framing
lumber are guides to its cap-
abilities. They show the grade,
species, moisture content and
identifying number of the pro-
ducing mill.
Grade names seem complex,
but they can be sorted out. For
wall framing, a grade called
simply Stud has largely replac-
ed Construction, Standard and
Utility grades for studs.
Economy Studs Useful
The small part of the old Util-
ity category that does not qual-
ify for Stud grade drops into
Economy Stud, which is en-
tirely adequate to frame stor-
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
OF
MASON COUNTY
P.O. BOX 716 * SHELTON, WA. 98584
DON'T WAlT FOR INTEREST RATES
TO DROP TO BUY THAT HOME
By Gene Luz, President
Home Builders Association of Mason County
Are you waiting for interest rates to drop before you buy a new home? If so, you are making a
costly mistake.
That's right, even if interest rates do decrease in the near future, you probably will end up losing
money.
Let's look at a few economic facts of life.
age, partitions, fences and the
like -- and is much lower in
cost.
Floor joists and planks six
inches and wider are graded
Select Structural, #1, #2 and #3,
and rafter and truss stock four
inches and narrower may also
carry these marks. The official
span tables will show the grade
and size needed for any struc-
tural use.
Another symbol on the grade
stamps reads "S-DRY" or '%-
GRN" to indicate whether the
lumber was dry or green (un-
seasoned) when surfaced.
Lumber stamped S-GRN is
surfaced to a larger net size to
allow for shrinkage as it dries in
use.
End-Splicing OK
Home sale prices have increased from a median of $18,000 in 1963 to more than $36,000 today.
And the spiraling cost of land, materials, labor and financing will continue to force up the price of
homes in the years ahead. Therefore, each day of delay in the purchase of a home results in bigger
down payments and higher monthly mortgage payments, regardless of any hoped-for drop in interest
rates.
Sylvia Porter, the syndicated newspaper columnist, explains the situation this way:
- If you are looking at a $36,000 home, with a 10% down payment of $3,600, the same home a
year from now will probably increase in value by 10% and cost you $39,960. Immediately you have
saved $360.
- If you compute the monthly payment on a 25-year mortgage for the house this year at 91/2%,
you pay $283.16. Now if you wait a year and if the mortgage rate drops a full percentage point to
8V:%, you will pay $286.98 per month or $3.82 per month more. In one year that's $45.84. Over 25
years that comes to $1,146.
- If you add the $1,146 saved on your monthly payments to the $360 saved on the initial down
payment, you come up with a total of $1,506 saved over the term of the mortgage.
In other words, unless there is a steep decline in interest rates and unless there is a drastic
reduction in the price of housing, there is no way you can save money by waiting to buy.
And there are other advantages to buying now. Consider the federal and state income tax
deductions you can claim on your mortgage interest payments, real estate taxes, and maintenance and
repair costs. These deductions can save you hundreds of dollars at the end of the year.
So, despite the current unfavorable economic conditions facing this nation, buying a home today
is about the safest and best investment a consumer can make.
End-spliced lumber is com-
ing into wider use. These pieces
are certified as adequate for any
use allowed for the grade
stamped on them, states the
Western Wood Products
Association, largest U.S.
lumber agency.
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Our top-quality
Hearth Craft
Franklin heater.
Includes cast-iron
grate, cast-iron boot
with damper
control. Brass
ornaments, BBQ
grill additional.
Handy, one pound size. Plenty of cement for
anchoring or patching. Sets in 15 minutes!
Reg. price 79¢. On sale now
Patching Plaster
Five-pound box.
Reg. $1.30
Plaster of Paris
Five-pound box.
Reg. $1.30.
Grouting Cement
For tile & mosaic.
Five-pound box. Reg.
$2.30,
Slate Seal
SPecial formula seals and
protects slate floors. One
pint cleans 100 SCl. ft.
lb. box
RITE
Our most popular built-in barbecue./
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Just a turn
of the handle
adjusts fire
height. Easy
to install for
a great backyard
barbecue. Reg.
$62.75
Cleans soot, smoke & water stains on brick.
Safe to use, not an acid. Reg. $1.95
* Walks
* Patios
* Driveways
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Sale ends Thursday, March
Size Sale Price
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:2'/d'x 12".x 16" . ............... 67j
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Kidney ......................
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CORPORATION
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