Metal Roof Batten Spacing

If you want to use metal battens thinner than 1 0mm seek advice from our information line.

Metal roof batten spacing.

The spacing of the battens depend on the type of roofing material and are applied horizontally. By design some metal roofs must be installed over battens some must never be installed over battens and some can be installed over battens or solid decking. 2 4 maximum lengths of roofing the valleys or pans of roofing have to carry water to the gutters. Ceiling batten spacing is invariably chosen to suit plasterboard manufacturer s requirements.

To determine how far apart to set rafters measure the width of the metal panel and then the width of the first hill and valley of the panel. Twenty four inches is a common spacing of furring strips for a metal roof. Correctly measure the spacing of furring strips for a metal roof to further decrease condensation. Wider panels allow for greater spacing between rafters.

Your choice of batten size here will be determined by the weight and span of your metal roof panels. The batten seams are covered with batten joint and then the metal sheets are attached at specific intervals. Refer to stratco for applications in higher wind conditions. The spacing of the roof battening highly depends on the type of exterior roofing material that is going to be used.

For example metal roofing will be attached to special metal roof battens. In all cases cladding is fixed to a support of 1 0mm minimum base metal thickness bmt and minimum yield stress of g550. Roofing battens are suitable for non cyclonic conditions up to and including w41 n3. A metal roof must also allow for some overlap on each side of the panels which will reduce the effective width of the panel.

Roof batten spacings are influenced by support truss spacing sheeting capacity or roof tile spacing.