The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-09-13
BuhdingCurbs
Reported as
Less Drastic

Montana Retail LumbermenS
association takes issue with re-
cent statements in the press
and radio in connection with
revision of building construction
controls announced by the Ma
tional Production Authority.
In a news release from the
associations headquarters in
MissouIa recently, w. J. Howard,
manager of the association,
states, 1T is unfortunate that
the public has been misinformed
as to what they can do in
building homes and other
structures under the revised
NPA regulations. While it is
true that various types of con-
Struction cannot proceed if
certain quantities of the three
critical materials, steel, copper
and aluminium, are exceeded,
yet it is also true that the reg
ulations provide that permission
to build where these quanti-
ties are exceeded is provided
for and there is no reason to
suppose that applications for
permission will not he approved
for reasonably necessary con-
struction and where every eff
fort has been made to eliminate
unnecessary uses OF these met
ais"
"Also, it has been stated
| that the allotments, where per-
mission is not required, are such
that no construction can pro-
| coed. This is not true. For eX-
ample, the regulations permit
a single residence to be built
without permission If the
amount of carbon steel does
not exceed 1900 pounds and
the amount of copper does not
exceed IS pounds and no alum
mum or alloy steel is used. Fol
the ordinary five room house OF
approximately 1000 square feet
we find by a check-up today
with local plumbing and heat
ing shons that the carbon Stee.
requirements will be somewhat
as follows:
For plumbing pipe and fit
tings to take care of the water
supply and plumbing with one
bathroom an the normal fix
lures for kitchen and laundry
SIS pounds; galvanized iron fol
heating ducts for the modern
forced air heating plant, 47s
pounds; galvanized iron flash
ing metal and nails, 55(
pounds.
This gives us a total of 1,55t
pounds with the balance of the
allotment of 1900 pounds avail
able for miscellaneous reinfor-
cling steel and mesh"
I'm talking with local cleo
trical shops we are Informed
that the amount of copper wire
required would be approximately
1900 feet of No. IL wire, weigh
ing 25.6 pounds, plus about s
pounds of No. 6 wire for meter
loop and electric range con-
nection for a total of 33.f
pounds, where an electric range
and water heater is provided
for. The IS pound allowance is
sufficient except for larger
homes"
"It must be understood thai
these maXimumS of 1,80(
pounds of carbon steel and 81
, pounds of copper include only
the amounts required for Class
A mill products. The metals in
corporated into Glass B pro-
ducts such as plumbing fixtures
and other items which are fac
tory made are in addition anc
need not he counted"
Our industry has advocated
this new type of control basec
on the amount of critical ma
terials required rather than dol
lar value of the construction OF
type of building. There is NJ
reason to stop the construction
of a building, for instance
which uses only lumber ano
other common materials o:
which we have a plentiful sup
ply, at least as long as these
common materials are not il
critical supply"
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