In response to Jim Coulson’s article, published on 27th March and featured in RCI magazine March 2012, Christian Brash addresses the question of supply and demand for graded timber roofing battens. Letter to the editor: The issue of BS5534 marked battens and the importance of third party accreditation is a long deliberated subject. Being wholly in support of the NHBC decision to only use graded battens on sight, I eagerly …
Category Archives: Roofing Battens
On site roofing batten grading
Why use graded Battens? BS5534 is the British Standard for Roofing Battens. Within BS5534 there are the specific grade and identification requirements for battens. It does not set out how or where they should be graded but that they should meet the standard. The requirements for battens have been there for many years but it is only recent technological advances that have made the production economical on a commercial scale. …
Do I need to treat the ends of cross cut treated timber battens?
When cross cuting treated timber, it is standard practice to treat the cut end with a brush on preservative. For roofing applications the advice can be varied, as the risk of the treated batten decaying within the roof space is minimal. However, the advice is different at the verge, especially when the batten is bedded into mortar. The most simple method is to turn the batten so that the treated …
Roofing Battens – Standards & Safety
There has always been a British Standard for Roofing Battens. However, in the past often scant regard has been taken of it. There have been four major revisions of the Standard over the last fifteen years. Each time the requirements for Roofing Batten has been examined and improved. The grading rules for battens are set out within: BS 5534:2003+A1:2010 Code of Practice for Slating and Tiling, including shingles. This requires …
What is BS5534 Roofing Batten Standard?
BS5534:2003+A1:2010 Code of Practice for Slating and Tiling, including shingles. This requires that roofing battens are graded in accordance with Annex ‘C’ and are marked in accordance with section 4.12.5.2. each batten should be indelibly marked with: Supplier Origin (i.e. species code) Graded BS 5534 Size Before 2005, factory or pre graded battens were not available and the NFRC published TB33 – Graded Battens for Slating & Tiling, as an …