Roofing battens or laths are strips of timber which are nailed into lines along the roof trusses of a house from which the roof tiles are hung.
Gauge roof tiles.
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The gauge will be the spacing between your battens.
The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known as the gauge this usually varies according to the size of the tiles the pitch of the roof and the degree of exposure.
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The gauge is in fact the same as the margin which is the length of the tile exposed.
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How to work out roof batten gauge.