FIREPROOFING WOODWORK.
With changing . methods of construction and the erection of higher and higher buildings, states the “Timbermari,” it is beeofning increasingly difficult in some of the larger cities to employ wood interior trim, wood doors, 'frames and sash in ’ competition with the so-called fireproof building materials. Wood can be “fire-proofed,” or made fire resistant, without changing the natural beauty or reducing its adaptability to carry oiit any desired design. At present it is said to cost from £ls to £2O a thousand board feet to “fireproof” interior finish, though doubtless this cost could be considerably reduced through quantity production or through the development of new treating forinulas. Perhaps in rendering .interior finish. • sash, doors and frames fire resistant lies the opportunity of the lumber industry to hold a part of the market'which is threatened, or even to regain lost ground.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1929, Page 6
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141FIREPROOFING WOODWORK. Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1929, Page 6
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