How To Felt And Batten A Roof

Jb red battens from marley is a high quality roofing batten that is pre graded and meets the performance requirements of bs 5534.

How to felt and batten a roof.

I had been using tarpaulins over the trusses but they can only do so good a job and when the wind blows the damn things rustle like mad the rain then finds its own lovely little route to somewhere you don t want it. Eventually i was in a position to lay felt and batten out the roofs. The cost of a roof replacement will depend on the size of the roof and the location of the property. Should any of the horizontal felt overlaps not coincide with a batten fix an intermediate batten just to hold down the overlap but ensure that if using tiles there is enough room next to the primary batten for the tile nib.

Next it s time to select the battens. A roof replacement cost uk is approximately 5500. This would be a big step to being properly waterproof. Roof replacement cost uk.

The basics the slate or tile manufacturer or supplier will specify the size of battens to be used typically this would be 40 x 20mm 1 5 x inch but where the horizontal gaps between rafters is large or the slates tiles are heavy then. With the roofing felt fitted see fixing roofing felt the next job is to fix the roofing battens. Underlay is generally held in place by the tile battens but where nailing is required nails should be extra large head felt nails of 3 35 mm shank diameter and 20 mm long. Two options are available depending on your roofing requirements.