Roofing battens are often classified in colours to indicate which quality grade they ve passed.
Tile and slate battening.
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This means the tile batten meets all uk tile company specifications.
Tile types such as marley and redland are explained explaine.
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According to cemtile most roof tile manufacturers allow direct nailing but on roofs with a slope greater than 7 12.
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When using reclaimed slates or tiles the gauge will need to be taken by reference to the.
Battening and coursing 04 eaves and vertical slating 08 change in roof pitch and abutments 09 hips 10 verges 11 valleys 12 ridge tile and slate ventilators 14 gas flue ridge terminal 16 fixing information 17 roofing technical data 02.
A common short cut is not to cut the full slate but to turn it around and lay it along its length so that the under eave will then be 250mm rather than 288mm.
The slate or tile manufacturer or supplier will specify the spacing of the battens up the roof for the particular type of covering this spacing is referred to as the gauge the gauge may depend upon the pitch of the roof and the amount of exposure.
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Blue roof batten for example signifies it s met the strength requirements of bs 5534 2003 a1.
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The under eave slate should be cut to the correct length for example a 500 250 slate laid to a 75mm headlap should be cut to 288mm long gauge lap.
03 roofing technical data composition the bradstone range of roofing slates is.
On roofs with a steep slope tiles are usually fastened to battens.
This method could cause problems.