‘No change to battens following revised BS 5534’ declares SR Timber

One of the leading distributors of specialist roofing battens and the renowned “Premium Gold” battens has gone on record to provide assurance to roofers that there are no changes to the grading process of battens following the revised BS 5534:2014 Standard. Instead, SR Timber stipulates that the Standard is simply encouraging “best practice” when it comes to the installation of battens. Shaun Revill, Trading Director of SR Timber explains: “Following the revision of BS 5534:2014, there appears to be confusion in the market as to whether onsite grading is still an acceptable practice, and