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The 4'x8' drywall, steel or wood panels attach directly to wall studs or floor joists and don't interfere with cellular reception or wireless network operation. No special tools or equipment are required, just score, snap and install.

- Please contact (800) 456-4061 or go online at www. suppressproducts.com

Flooring Adhesive

DriTac's 9200 FasTac wet-lay adhesive reportedly inhibits the growth of bacteria and mold in installations of multi-ply engineered plank and acrylic-impregnated plainback parquet.

The product is low in odor, V.O.C. compliant, and spreads and cleans up easily.

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Easy Basement Windows

Silver Line's Series 400 windows reportedly make accurate placing of basement windows quick and easy. In addition to traditional poured concrete foundations, the system can be used with insulated concrete forms.

Each two-piece window features a wood-reinforced, vinyl poured-insert frame, and the option of a hopper or sliding window. The injection-molded units are air and water tight, and never need painting.

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Giant Windows

The Ultimate Double Hung Magnum window has been designed by Marvin Windows to provide easy to operate, high performing and his- species for the inside, l9 vinyl-clad colors for the outside, divided lite choices. and several glazing choices.

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A Fistful of Clamps

Quick Fist and Super Quick Fist clamps from Davis Instruments help keep gear where it belongs.

The smaller clamp can secure tools, hooks, hoses and extension cords; the larger clamp can hold bigger items like fire extinquishers.

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Double Slider Windows

Milgard's Vinyl Classic line now includes a premium-quality double slider window that allorvs easy opening from the left or right are UV-resistant and can withstand extreme heat or cold.

A 3-318" frame depth resembles a wood-window profile, but is said not to swell, peel or require paint.

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Big Wheels

Speed Meter electronic measuring wheels from C.H. Hanson come in 4" and 13" rvheel sizes. rvith brakes to hold the measurement until reset. Features include a large LCD display rvith selectable on/off backlight and adjustable telescoping handle.

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AF&PA Speaks Out On PBS

The American Forest & Paper Association participated in a tv documentary on disaster-resistant housing currently appearing on Public Broadcasting Service stations throughout the West.

The one-hour documentary. Disaster Resistent Homes. features onair interviews of AF&PA technical staff concerning safe and effective design fbr homes. The show airs as the U.S. Southeast begins its post-Katrina, post-Rita rebuilding process.

When expertise on disaster resistant home design and construction \vas needed for the program, PBS turned to AF&PA's American Wood Council. In the program, viervers are educated on proper design fbr homes and small businesses that may be threatened not only by hurricanes, but by earthquakes and wildfires as rvell. The PBS taping allowed AWC staff to share how wood can play an important role in helping designers, builders. and homeowners make their homes more disaster resistant.

The producers chose to include two segments with AWC staff, one in the first half on wood product performance in earthquakes and again in the second half about the potential contribution to saf-ety of available innovative products. AF&PA's "Wood Frame Construction Manual for Oneand Two-Family Drvellings" rvas also mentioned as a good tool to be used fbr designing more disaster resistant homes.

In the documentary. AWC executive director Robert Glorvinski noted that "one of the benefits of using wood construction in an earthquake area is that rvood is very ductile. For example. rvhen ',vind blows a tree, the tree bends, it doesn't break...and wood has the characteristic that it is very flexible and very strong. So, in an earthquake that is shaking a building. wood is a flexible material that actually performs very, very well. And so, as long as you've used proper design for your building in that earthquake, you rvill do very, very well in a r.vood-frame building."

Additionally, the show highlighted The Wood Frame Construction Mcutrrrl, specifically developed by AF&PA for aiding design of buildings in high wind, snor.v or seismic areas.

The tlvo 30-minute segments can also be vier,vcd at www.itvisus.com/ programs/hornes/rvatch. asp.