Audio Visuals
American Hardboard Association
Eight Tips to Enhance Your Home's Value - Video tape
Hardboard Siding Installation: Key to a Successful Project - Video tape
American Institute of Timber Construction
The Manufacture and Use of Structural Glued Laminated Timber - Video tape
35mm color slides with script on production, quality control and construction application. 65 slides. 20 minutes, VHS.
Fire Test - Slide Presentation
35mm color slides with script, on a comparative fire test of glulam and steel beam. 39 slides.
AITC, Peak of Performance - Video tape
AITC, Imagination in Wood - Video tape
Sup-R-Floor - Video tape
Stock Beams - Video tape
American Wood Preservers Institute
Your Town: Getting to Know the Wood Preserving Industry - Video tape
A video tour designed to introduce local communities to wood preserving operations and the measures we employ to protect citizens and the environment while providing a beneficial product. 24 minutes.
Consumer Information on Handling of Pressure-Treated Wood Poles - Video tape
Based on information in the Consumer Information Sheets, this video uses cartoon characters to emphasize the basic information as it relates to handling and disposal of pressure-treated wood poles in utility line applications. 7 minutes.
EPA-Approved Training Program for the Non-Restricted Use of Creosote for Pole Framing, Piling Applications, and Railroad Tie Repair - Video tape
This program consists of a video presentation and an accompanying training manual. This training is required for all persons who field-apply creosote to poles, piling and railroad ties. 13 minutes.
Hometime Training Video for Retail Clerks on Sales Handling and Use of Pressure Treated Wood - Video tape
Approximately 6.5 minutes.
American Wood Systems and
American Institute of Timber Construction
Safety on the Commercial Roof Job Site - Video tape
Depicts various safety aspects associated with the erection of commercial wood roofs. The video is broken into four segments titled Personal Safety on the Job; Safe Equipment & Material Handling; Safe Installation of Beams and Purlins; Safety on Top & Finish Work. Approximately 11.5 minutes total.
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
Selling APA Panels - Video tape
Addresses common questions about structural panel selection and application. Accompanying booklet. 20 minutes, VHS.
Quality Roof Construction - Video tape
Shows how to reduce complaints and callbacks with proper installation of roof sheathing. 15 minutes, VHS.
Quality Floor Construction - Video tape
Shows how to choose the right materials and install them for best performance. Topics include single- and double-layer floors, the APA Glued Floor Systems, and proper spacing and nailing techniques. 15 minutes, VHS.
Installing and Finishing APA Siding - Video tape
Describes APA Rated Sidings and explains installation and finishing techniques. Topics include single- and double-wall construction. 15 minutes, VHS.
California Redwood Association
Properties & Uses Slide Show (Redwood)
130 slides and script for educational seminars discuss the unique properties of redwood and how these characteristics are used in construction.
Properties & Uses Video (Redwood)
Discusses the unique properties of redwood and how these characteristics are used in construction. 18 minutes.
Redwood Beauty that Lasts Video
Builder's sales tool showing variety of redwood applications, decks, fences and outdoor structures. 8 minutes, 20 seconds.
Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau
New Roof Construction (Guide to Cedar Roofing) - Video tape
Educational tool for both professional roofers and do-it-yourselfers. Viewers learn about the tools-of-the-trade, product features, advantages and benefits. This video offers professional installation techniques even for those tough jobs like hips & ridges, skylights, roof vents and chimneys. 15 minutes.
Certi-Guard Shakes & Shingles - They Work, They Last! - Video tape
Informative tape about pressure-impregnated fire-retardant cedar shakes and shingles for anyone living, or looking to build a home, in an area with strict fire codes or in a wildland urban interface location. The same product meets the demanding UL-790 standard. You'll see how they are tested and retested to ensure the safest product available. This video tape also shows a test done on 16-year-old weathered shakes from a home in Malibu, California, which passed the Class C test with flying colors.
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
Patterns of Time - Video tape
The story of hardwood plywood narrated by Rod Serling. 13 minutes, VHS.
National Timber Piling Council
Building Foundation - Video tape
A video tape addressing the 6000 year history of timber piling up to the present time, showing many new structures.
Southern Forest Products Association,
American Wood Council and
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
Nothing Complicated, Nothing Complex - Video tape
Shows how a builder in Minneapolis uses the Permanent Wood Foundation system for a new home. Construction is detailed from start to finish. Shows full basement application. For builders, architects, consumers. 12 minutes, VHS.
Southern Forest Products Association and
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Engineered Wood Roof Systems: The Cost-Effective Alternative - Video tape
The start-to-finish process of how engineered wood components were used for the roof system of a retail complex. For architects, engineers, fabricators, and developers. 12 minutes, VHS.
Engineered Wood Systems: Contemporary Construction Applications - Video tape
College-level presentation about the basic characteristics of sawn lumber, specification writing, design considerations, plus innovative uses. For students in engineering, architectural, and construction technology. 25 minutes. #AV12.
Case Studies: Engineered Wood Systems - Slide Presentation
Complete case-by-case descriptions of how Southern Pine engineered systems are used in a wide variety of non-residential structures, including hotels, restaurants, banks, and warehouses. 20 minutes. slides.
Case Study: Wood Bridges - Video tape
Follows the construction process of a typical wood bridge in a Florida state park. For architects, engineers, transportation officials. 10 minutes, VHS.
Empirical Design Values - Video tape
Explains the background of the North American In-Grade Testing program, which resulted in a more accurate assessment of mechanical properties of lumber, and development of new, empirical design values for Southern Pine dimension lumber. 12 minutes, VHS.
Preserving Our Forests (high school) - Video tape
Lively story of how pressure-treated wood extends the life of wood structures, thereby reducing the demand for wood to replace deteriorating structures. Brief history and the treating process are detailed. Supplied with teacher's guide that includes classroom experiment and brief quiz. 7 minutes, VHS.
Western Wood Preservers Institute
Getting It Right The First Time - Video tape
Educational video shows how wood is pressure treated and uses case studies to show proper applications. 16 minutes.
Western Wood Products Association
House (grades 2 through 6) - Video tape
Lively, humorous tale of a tree's life-cycle journey to become part of a family's home. The lumber manufacturing process, home construction, and forest replanting are shown. Sponsored by members of the Wood Products Promotion Council. 9 minutes, VHS.
Natural Wood Siding Video Kit (TG-8V)
Instructional video and 12-page technical guide. Covers manufacturing and grading; selecting the right species, grade and pattern for the job; sheathing, building paper and nails; moisture content and acclimatization; correct installation and nailing; appropriate finishes; proper maintenance. 40 minutes, VHS.
In-Grade Video: Western Lumber Design Values (IGV)
Video covers history and purpose of In-Grade Testing Program; explains Base Values along with new species groups and the No. 1 & BTR designation for Douglas Fir-Larch and Hem-Fir; explains impact of Base Values on lumber specifying; addresses impact of In-Grade on floor joist and roof rafter applications as well as on engineered walls and trusses; discusses the implementation of In-Grade results into building codes. 20 minutes, VHS.
Western Lumber Manufacturing: History, Standards & Production (WM-V) - Video tape
Video summarizes history of the lumber industry, past and current practices for harvesting and reforestation, and the evolution of grading rules and quality control mechanisms. Topics include: history, development of standards, wood as a renewable resource, logging, natural characteristics in lumber, manufacturing process, seasoning and grading along with brief discussion of basic differences between structural and appearance lumber. 28 minutes, VHS.
Western Softwood Lumber: Dimension & Board Grades (WL-V) - Video tape
Video summarizes two of the major classifications for Western lumber: dimension and board grades. Topics include: quality control mechanisms, sizes (nominal and surfaced), moisture content, specific grades within each category, interpreting grade stamps, and recommended end uses. 12 minutes, VHS.
Wood Truss Council of America
Keys to Quality Wood Truss Construction - Video tape
Strategies truss manufacturers use to produce a high-quality wood truss. 20 minutes, VHS.
Bracing and Erecting Wood Trusses - Video tape
A presentation on industry-recommended erection and bracing practices. Updated in 1996 to include techniques for lifting trusses with cranes, and to comply with HIB-91 bracing provisions. 17 minutes, VHS.
Safety in the Truss Plant I - Video tape
Provides an overview of critical truss plant safety considerations. Available in both English and Spanish. 12 minutes, VHS.
Safety in the Truss Plant II - Video tape
Reviews the five main saw types used in a truss plant, and shows how to reduce your risk of injury. Available in both English and Spanish. 26 minutes, VHS.
Safety in the Truss Plant III - Video tape
Material handling by people and machinery is the most potentially dangerous aspect of truss plant operations. This video demonstrates material handling safety procedures from raw material to the finished product to the job site. 14 minutes, VHS.
Framing the American Dream - Video tape
Two identical homes were built on the parking lot of the 1996 NAHB Builders' Show - one conventionally framed, the other built with engineered trusses and wall panels. This video demonstrates the advantages of framing with components, by showing all phases of the construction process of the project. 20 minutes, VHS.
MPC Trusses: Fire Performance, Tactics and Strategy - Video tape
Educating the fire service about the truss industry is extremely important, since their adverse opinion can cause adverse local legislation that seeks to ban the use of trusses. 26 minutes, VHS.
Fire Presentation Slide Program
This 102-slide show provides detailed fire performance information including fire statistics, ASTM E119 fire testing, fire assembly performance, char rates, firestopping, sprinklers, etc. This presentation is a companion to the fire video (above), and rounds out a complete fire education program.
Building with Floor Trusses - Video tape
Shows builders how to efficiently construct buildings using floor trusses. All of the floor truss features and benefits are simple, clear and concise. 11 minutes, VHS.
