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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



How Can a 



Home-Builder Be Sure 



of a Good Job? 



THE I'l NXN^ 1 VAN! A COLONIAL 

 A diBina archileOuTal Byte developed by the 

 early selllers around Philadelphia, notably 

 Germantown. This is one of the 16 architec- 

 tural Bylts illustrated and disctissed in "Good 

 Houses," a book for home-builders intereBed 

 in good design, efficient planning and thorough 

 conBruaion. "Good Houses" interprets the 

 architeSural Byles on which American build- 

 ing tradition reBi, and which are adapted to 

 wood conBruSion. Send for your copy today. 



Illustrating a Good and 



a Faulty Method of Framing 



Around Window Openings 



THE above drawings illustrate a 

 good and a faulty method of f(/Un- 

 ing around window openings. This is 

 one of the points discussed in "The 

 High Cost of Cheap Construction," 

 mentioned in the opposite columns. 



The framing around window open- 

 ings ( Point 1 ) should always be double 

 to insure greater strength and to per- 

 mit better nailing of outside sheathing, 

 siding, casings and interior trim. 



Careful fitting of lumber at Point 2 

 and caulking or packing between lower 

 header and sill with a substance such 

 as mineral wool will prevent much 

 leakage of heat in winter. 



The side jambs of the window frame 

 should be braced at Point 3 to hold 

 them securely in alignment. 



"The High Cost of Cheap Construc- 

 tion" will be mailed free, on request. 

 It is another evidence of the policy of 

 this organization to have every foot of 

 lumber it sells deliver 100% service. 



RIGHT in your neighborhood 

 you perhaps know a dozen 

 houses that you wouldn't pro- 

 nounce first class. 



Probably what you've heard 

 about them originated in the un- 

 guarded remarks of the owners 

 themselves. 



Ample money was spent. But 

 why so many repairs why 

 creaking stairs, sagging floors, 

 draughty windows, cracking 

 plaster, excessive fuel bills, and 

 other ills? 



Somebody is responsible. 



THE fault lies not in the 

 lumber but in the way the 

 lumber is used. First cost, the 

 only consideration, where thor- 

 oughness of construction and the 

 right use of materials mean 

 ultimate economy and life-long 

 satisfaction. 



This demand for "cheap" 

 houses has forced the legitimate 

 contractor the man who knows 

 good materials and how to use 

 them to bid against construc- 

 tion practices that every honest 

 craftsman condemns. 



PROFITING by the mis- 

 takes of their neighbors, 

 home-builders today are de- 

 manding better-built houses. 

 How can they be sure of getting 

 them? 



We say, go to a legitimate con- 

 tractor one who takes a pride 



in his craft and would rather de- 

 liver a good job at a fair profit 

 than a poor job at an unfair profit. 



You will find these men, more 

 and more, using lumber of the 

 Weyerhaeuser standard of 

 quality trade-marked with the 

 manufacturer's pledge of per- 

 sonal responsibility. 



YOU will find, too, that retail 

 lumber dealers are proud of 

 their stocks of Weyerhaeuser 

 lumber, and glad to assist in 

 selecting from the ten different 

 kinds of lumber offered by 

 Weyerhaeuser those kinds and 

 gradesbestadaptedtothevarying 

 requirements of house building. 



Just why Weyerhaeuser is 

 backing the legitimate contrac- 

 tor, and how to tell a legitimate 

 contractor by his knowledge of 

 lumber and by his observance of 

 approved construction practices 

 in the building of houses, is con- 

 tained in "The High Cost of 

 Cheap Construction," a booklet 

 mailed free on request. Ask also 

 for "Good Houses." 



Weyerhaeuser Forest Prod- 

 ucts are distributed through the 

 established trade channels (to 

 contractors and home-builders 

 through the retail lumberyards) 

 by the Weyerhaeuser Sales 

 Company, Spokane, Washing- 

 ton, with branch ofiices and 

 representatives throughout the 

 country. 



WEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS 



SAINT PAUL* MINNESOTA 



Producers of Douglas Fir, Pacific Coast Hemlock, Washington Red Cedar and Cedar Shingles 



on the Pacific Coast; Idaho White Pine, Western Soft Pine, Red Fir and Larch in the Inland 



Empire; Northern White Pine and Norway Pine in the Lake States 



