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Battens – Standards Made Easy

Aug 19, 2013/ Comments Off / in General News / by
Battens – Standards Made Easy

At the end of my first article about battens, I said that I would try to “de-mystify” the British Standards that batten producers should comply with, in order to produce high quality material such as SR Gold. In fact, there is really only one main Standard that relates directly to battens – and that is BS5534:2014. But…

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The Journey of the Batten

Jul 26, 2013/ Comments Off / in General News / by
The Journey of the Batten

Just exactly how does a timber roofing batten become a batten that is suitable to use on a roof? This introductory article is intended to illustrate the “journey” that begins with a tree and ends up with a product that is used all over the UK in its tens of thousands every month, and for…

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