House & Garden 
If the Home-builder 
Would Listen More to 
a Good Contractor 
Y OU can know in advance whether your house is 
going to be the success you want it to be by your 
contractor’s attitude toward a few essential princi¬ 
ples of house construction. 
The “low-bid” contractor isn’t necessarily the 
cheapest. He may be forced to short cuts to justify 
his price and make a profit. Dealing with this type 
of contractor you will get no more than you pay for 
—perhaps less. 
I T may be a new thought to many that fire-stopping is essen¬ 
tial to fire-safety in any house—regardless of the materials 
used on the outside. 
How easily a house may be fire-stopped is shown by the 
method illustrated above. 
By the use of headers between wall studs and floor joists 
these flue-like openings are divided into compartments,which 
retard the quick spread of fire and allow time to extinguish it 
without serious damage. 
In the light of the fact that 96% of all dwelling house fires origi¬ 
nate inside the house, fire-stopping is infinitely more important 
than the use of non-combustible materials on the outside. 
Unfortunately, fire-stoppingis oneof the essentials ofa well- 
constructed house that the “low-bid” contractor is likely to 
disregard. 
<( In selecting your contractor you will find valuable help in 
“The High Cost of Cheap Construction,” a booklet that ex¬ 
plains the essentials of correct building practice in language 
that any home-builder can understand. Sent free on request. 
House of Cottage Type—English Style 
THIS house reflects the spirit of the cottages found throughout Kent, 
Surrey Sussex, England. This cottage of English style is another of 
the 16 architectural styles illustrated and discussed in “Good Houses,” a 
book for home-builders interested in good design and efficient planning, 
oent free on request. 
T HERE is another type of contractor who talks 
in terms of a first-class job. He knows the im¬ 
portance of fire-stopping and the other construction 
essentials often overlooked. 
He will put a little more time and materials into 
your house but they are cheap insurance against 
future repairs and endless annoyances. He makes 
every foot of lumber deliver 100% service. 
In the long run he is the cheapest and most satis¬ 
factory. That is why we say, go to a legitimate con¬ 
tractor. Why we have published “The High Cost 
of Cheap Construction,” referred to on this page. 
Y OU will find this high type of contractor is as par¬ 
ticular about the lumber he uses as the way he 
uses it—demanding more and more, lumber of the 
Weyerhaeuser standard of quality, trade-marked with 
the manufacturer’s pledge of personal responsibility. 
You will find, too, that the dealer from whom he 
buys his lumber knows the value of thoroughly man¬ 
ufactured and properly dried lumber; and that he 
carries in his stock Weyerhaeuser lumber of the 
kinds and grades that meet building requirements 
in your locality most economically. 
Weyerhaeuser Forest Products are distributed 
through the established trade channels (to contrac¬ 
tors and home-builders through the retail lumber 
yards) by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, 
Spokane, Washington, with branch offices and rep¬ 
resentatives 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 If kite Pine, Western Soft Pine, Red Fir and Larch in the Inland Empire; Northern White Pine 
and Norway Pine in the Lake States 
