Metal Roof Batten Spacing

If additional fall protection is required on steel sheet roofs stratco ceiling battens may be fixed intermittently between stratco roofing battens giving a batten spacing no greater than 600mm.

Metal roof batten spacing.

The batten seams are covered with batten joint and then the metal sheets are attached at specific intervals. Roof batten spacings are influenced by support truss spacing sheeting capacity or roof tile spacing. A metal roof must also allow for some overlap on each side of the panels which will reduce the effective width of the panel. For example metal roofing will be attached to special metal roof battens.

Each product has different requirements for example batten spacing for 0 42bmt corrugated metal roofing needs to be no more than 1100 mm apart but batten spacing for 0 48bmt metal roofing can be up to 1600 mm apart. If you want to use metal battens thinner than 1 0mm seek advice from our information line. The spacing of the roof battening highly depends on the type of exterior roofing material that is going to be used. The spacing of the battens depend on the type of roofing material and are applied horizontally.

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. In all cases cladding is fixed to a support of 1 0mm minimum base metal thickness bmt and minimum yield stress of g550. Your choice of batten size here will be determined by the weight and span of your metal roof panels. Refer to stratco for applications in higher wind conditions.

There are several things to consider when determining whether or not to have your new metal roof installed over battens. Wider panels allow for greater spacing between rafters. Roofing battens are suitable for non cyclonic conditions up to and including w41 n3. Twenty four inches is a common spacing of furring strips for a metal roof.

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.