Rosboro humher Co.

Springilield, Oregon

Mcrnulccturer oI Ccscade Old Growth Yellow Fir

Thoroughly Modern Plcnt

Dcdly Ccrpccity 150,000 Feet

Everything Kiln Dried

Up to 20 Feet

Speciclizing in Perlectly Mcnulqctured

High-Grcrde Uppers

Southern Calilornia Representqtive t. W, Cooper

149 So. Orcmge Drive, Los Angeles

Telephone WYoming 2770

Sav-A-Space sliding door frames are now being marketed nationally by manufacturers of Douglas fir doors. The product, which previously has had only limited distribution, is expected to prove a fast selling specialty for lumber dealers. The complete assembly of door frame with hanger hardrvare is sold as a unit by lumber dealers just like any door frame. Established sash and door distributors will perform the service of assembling the unit to present it to the retailer as a "package." Stock doors will fit the unit and will be furnished as a separate item from the dealers' stocks, or with the special finish hardware.

It is a minimum cost sliding door frame of simple design intended for mass sale, and is being mass-produced of Douglas fir by the door factories of the Pacific Northwest. The frame is built to conform with standard two-by-four construction with all the framework to be concealed by the finished wall; the frames are made to receive standard stock doors of I)(-inch thickness.

While the new type frame for house doors will be sold as a unit, the door itself, the finish hardrvare and finish trim will be sold separately so the ultimate consumer can choose these exposed parts to match the decorative treatment of the home.

In announcing the decision of the fir door manufacturers to market the Sav-A-Space door frames, W. E. Difford, managing director of Fir Door Institute, said the fir door men are convinced sliding doors can add so much usable space to homes of functional design that everyone should have access to the new type frame for sliding closures. "Nucleus of the installation," Mr. Difford explains, "are t'ivo patented metal rollers which glide quietly in the cylindrical channel grooved into the header of strong, durable Douglas fir. The door is suspended from these rollers. The mechanism is simple, foolproof and very inexpensive; no old-fashioned metal tracks are needed."