Show more materials available for vets housing nails long one of the most critical building materials in utah have been placed on the set aside list to channel more of them into the veterans housing program arnold al M seller seiler district manager here of the C P A construction division reported nails long have been critical in utah because the bulk of nail manufacturing is outside the state mainly in the east explained mr seller seiler under the new order 50 0 per cent by weight of each shipment of housing type nails received by suppliers from nail producers now must be set aside and held indefinitely to fill rated orders the nails which are subject to the order are wire and cut nails 2 penny to 20 penny inclusive nails and brads smaller than size 2 penny but suitable for roofing siding lath or millwork this does docs not include size 2 penny to size 10 penny cement or bright box nails veterans housing program order 1 which prohibits the use of cast iron soil pipe more than five feet beyond the building line of a new structure will make enough of this pipe available in utah to equip hundreds of additional new homes by the end of arnold al seiler district manager here of the civilian production administration construction division estimated in the nation said mr air seiler the order will make available enough of this pipe to equip more than 21 aul new homes active cooperation of builders in complying with the order said mr air seiler should save several hundred tons this year in utah mr air seiler explained the order makes possible the building of three homes for every two that could be built without the order the order covers all new construction st from farmhouses to factories but does not apply to the replacement of damaged or worn out cast iron soil pipe in existing waste disposal systems |