NFRC

How to tell if your roofing battens make the grade
by Jennie Ward|07 March 25|Build, Supply
Roofing battens are a safety critical building material subject to strict grading and quality requirements. Roofing battens (sometimes known as tile battens) are structurally vital to any roof, ensuring the roof is solid, stable and won’t fail once erected. They are also structurally significant during the construction of the building...
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Guard against substandard battens with TDUK Trade Note advice
by Jennie Ward|21 February 25|Build, Supply
TDUK is offering advice to members and the wider industry on how to ensure the timber battens they stock, sell and use are fit for purpose, following warnings from The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) that counterfeit battens are available on the UK market. The NFRC is once again...
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battens
Make it a quality year for battens
by Jennie Ward|14 December 22|Build, Supply
An industry working group is raising awareness of the risks caused by the sale and use of substandard roofing battens. Shaun Revill, Trading Director at SR Timber, talks to TDUK about why these products have begun to creep into the UK market, and what we can do to stop it....
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