When you build buildings and houses, there are many components that make it up. In addition to the foundation as the root of the building, the roof of the house is also an important part. In compiling the roof, several materials are needed. One of them is wooden battens that support the roof covering. The types of this material are also very diverse, usually the good ones are made of quality wood. Such as camphor wood, ironwood, bangkirai wood, and merbau wood. It would be even better if you use a waterproof type of wood. So that the battens are not easily weathered when exposed to water seepage.

Actually the benefits of wood battens are not so many but have very important uses. Here are some of these benefits:

• The batten is useful for supporting the roof covering, it is the tile.
• The batten section is useful as a connection to the rafters.
• The batten is useful for strengthening the roof of the house.
• Wooden battens are usually only used for roof tile types. For asbestos and zinc batten do not need it. In the installation process, the batten must be properly installed and measured according to the size of the tile.

Not only battens, the roof frame consists of several elements, including trusses, ridges, gording, rafters, battens, and roof coverings. The truss serves as the main support that accepts all the pressure on the roof truss and is attached directly to the body of the building.

The ridge or beam is a structure that connects the truss to one another. Gording is the main beam that serves to hold the structure above it. The rafters have a function as a recipient of the load from the battens and roof coverings that are forwarded to the gording.

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