Pink Roofing Batten

It also takes time to install battens on a roof and they can be exposed to rain during the installation.

Pink roofing batten.

This means they re better protected against damage than other brands of batten. The solution is to select diamond blue batten products which are pressure treated for increased durability stability and water resistance. The battens are a minimum size of 50mm x 25mm and meet the grading requirements specified in bs 5534 code of practice for slating and tiling including shingles and nfrc technical bulletin 33 graded battens for slating and tiling. Factory graded batten often coloured red this is batten which has either been mechanically or visually graded at source and is guaranteed to meet all the performance requirements of the british standard without any further time consuming grading on site by the roofing contractor.

Following this some producers have tried to short circuit that process by colouring their battens to try to make them look official but bypassing actually producing anything like a proper bs 5534 batten. This also means less waste making it a very cost effective. Click and collect is available or enjoy free uk delivery on selected orders over pound 150 excl. Browse our range of trade standard roofing batten such as graded bs5534 treated timber roofing batten 25mm x 50mm.

There has been a lot of fuss in the past year or two about needing to use the right sort of batten for roofing work.