S R Timber Premium GOLD Roofing Batten - 25x50mm

SR Timber Premium Gold Graded Timber Batten

SR Timber Vacsol Premium Gold is their highest grade of roofing batten, incorporating a unique and distinctive gold colouration that does not hide any potential defects that can be found within traditional battens.

SR Timber Vacsol Premium Gold roof battens are produced in their own sawmill in Latvia and then imported as a finished product to their timber terminal on the Humber.

Fully compliant with all relevant standards – BS 8417:2011 + A1:2014 (Preservation of Timber) and BS 5534:2014 + A2:2018.

Manufactured fully to size in both thickness and depth.

Produced from the highest grade, slow-grown spruce (Whitewood) Picea abies – or pine (Redwood) Pinus sylvestris – WPPA is the species code covering both species. All are supplied from either FSC or PEFC fully certified or controlled resources.

The raw material is pre-graded prior to processing to enable an even higher finished grade of roofing batten.

Visually piece was graded to fully comply with BS 5534:2014 + A2:2018. The grading process is third-party assessed and audited by CATG to ensure continued compliance with BS 5534:2014 + A2:2018.

Visual grading to the following defects:-

• Dimension
• Quantity of Knots
• Wane
• Fissures & Splits
• Slope of Grain
• Rate of Growth
• Decay and Insect Attack
• Size of Resin Pockets

Battens are dried in order to comply with the correct moisture content as recommended by British Standards and should not exceed 22% moisture content at time of fixing.

Individually piece marked for full identity, as required by BS 5534:2014 + A2:2018.

Vacsol Aqua preservative treated to BS 8417:2011 + A1:2014. (double Vacuum Treatment also know as Vac-Vac) with the standard 60 year lifetime warranty against insect attack and wood rotting fungi (when used correctly and installed above dpc level in buildings).