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You get permanence of masonry, economy of pre-engineering with the Van-Packer Chimney
You're installing a 100% safe, permanent masonry chimney when you specify the Van-Packer Packaged Masonry Chimney for the homes you build.
Van-Packer flue sections are built of ā " fire clay tile liner, 3" vermiculite concrete insulating wall and cement-asbestos jacket.
Low-cost, pre-built Van-Packer Chimney goes up in 3 hours, saves you 20-40% over brick. All parts provided, including flashing.
Brick-panel housing of weather-proof cement-asbestos blends with your homes, assures buyer acceptance.
UL listed for all fuels for all home heating plants and incinerators; approved by major building codes.
Ceiling or floor suspended Van-Packer saves you space, lets you locate furnace anywhere. 14" O.D. flue sections fit between joists 16" O.C. without joist cutting.
Immediate delivery to job from your local heating jobber or building material jobber. See "Chimneys
Prefabricated" in yellow pages of classified phone book, or write Van-Packer Corp. for Bulletin RS- -i.J.
MASONRY Chimney
Van-Packer Corporation • Bettendorf, Iowa • Phone: Davenport 5-2621
y. New structural panel acts as subfloor and underlayment all-in-one. The panel called 2.4.1 is engineered to function as a solid one-piece base over supports on 48" centers and you could lay wall-to-wall carpets, tile or strip flooring directly on it.
Product is unsanded lā " seven-ply panel with Interior type mold-resistant glue, line, conforming to US Commercial Standard. The face, made of C-repaired veneer, has no open defects larger than Ā¼" x Ā½".
Douglas Fir Plywood, describing the panel, says that one contractor using a framing system designed to get the maximum from this method estimates he's saved over $500 a unit. They recommend a framing scheme devised by Kenneth Larsen, president of Continental Homes, Inc.
Main girders are 4x6 set on posts with 2x4 blocking at panel edges.
Here's how the system works. Larsen's system calls for 4" x 4" posts placed inside the footings on 4' centers with 2" x 4" blocking under panel edges on the same spacing. Girders can be tied to concrete or masonry foundations several ways: they can be set into pockets in the foundations flush with top of the sill, or supported on posts adjacent to foundation.
2.4.1. goes down on floor framing fast, gives tight, solid base for flooring.
The 2.4.1 panels are nailed with face grain running across main girders so edges are supported by the 2" x 4"'s. Panels can be brought out flush with outside edge of sill so plate is nailed over plywood or can be placed directly on the sill. Plywood should be nailed with rink shank or helically threaded nails spaced 6" on all bearings. If foundation is planned to a 4' module, as Larsen's is, only starter panels need one straight cut across center.
At present, 17 West Coast mills are planning volume production for distribution through building supply dealers. For more information, write Douglas Fir Plywood Assn., Tacoma, Wash.