Ventilated plastic battens

[Russell griffiths]

hi I have watched a couple of vids recently where a plastic batten with holes in it has been used behind cladding, it provides a good air flow and obviously doesn’t rot like a timber batten could

 

anybody used or know where I would look at buying them. 

Cheers russ. 

[oranjeboom]

How big are the ventilation holes? Would they be prone to insects clogging them up?

[Mr Punter]

I have used the perforated metal stuff from James Hardie.  They do a bottom profile which gives a kick to the first row of cladding or slate and a l shaped top profile.

[Russell griffiths]

1 hour ago, oranjeboom said:

How big are the ventilation holes? Would they be prone to insects clogging them up?

I don’t think so as they would be behind cladding protected by insect screening top and bottom 

[Russdl]

43 minutes ago, Mr Punter said:

I have used the perforated metal stuff from James Hardie.  They do a bottom profile which gives a kick to the first row of cladding or slate and a l shaped top profile.

 

Can you provide a link to that @Mr Punter, I can't find it.

[Mr Punter]

1 hour ago, Russdl said:

 

Can you provide a link to that @Mr Punter, I can't find it.

 

https://www.jameshardie.co.uk/product/accessories-and-tools-cladding/ the ventilation stuff

[Russdl]

@Mr Punter Cheers, got it now ?

[Triassic]

Are you using the James Hardie cement weather board? 

[scottishjohn]

On 21/10/2018 at 10:59, Russell griffiths said:

hi I have watched a couple of vids recently where a plastic batten with holes in it has been used behind cladding, it provides a good air flow and obviously doesn’t rot like a timber batten could

 

anybody used or know where I would look at buying them. 

Cheers russ. 

only seen them advertised in US

[Russell griffiths]

Stuck in the bloody dark ages this country.