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AME old story. Solid foundation; heavv frame; best of lumber, and yet the builder is slarnmed with re' marks like, "the house has setfled." No builder can afford to have it said that his construction and materials are faulty. But people often think it when doors get stuck.
The truth is that comrnon doors are affected by changing conditions of atmosphere-in bath rooms, halls, closetsrkitchens and outside exposures. A vivid instance was described by Myers Bros., building contractors of Los Angeles."We had an experience," they stated, "with doors that sgrlit and warped. We had to replace fourteen of them. The house was closed up in damp weather. When the sun came out it split all fourteen doors." Such troubles are unknown to Lam' inex doors. Not only are the Panels rigidly built up of ply.wood, united lvith a lvaterproof cement that is stronger than the wood itself,but the