roofing lathes

Well it depends on the tile gauge as that can effect the amount of batten by 100%.

I would hire a nail gun, it's one handed to use which means you can hold the batten or hold on for that matter with you're other hand.

 

Well it's a nail gun so hold it with one hand. Thats one handed use yeah? You know, like no hands into pouch to fetch nails.

 

Put it this way,

If you can't stand on the roof without needing a hand to steady yourself then the pitch is so steep you need to scaffold it.

And why would want to re-load the nail gun and hold the batten (not lathe) at the same time.

You sound like you are extracting the urine tonight.

 

You still need a nailbag even with a Paslode. It needs reloading more often than you think + gas + battery swaps.

Even so, I reckon the Paslode makes battening about twice as quick as hammer and nails.

 

**** Collins dictionary, go to a roofers merchant and ask for laths and you will get a strange look or two.
And besides you seem hell bent on using a hammer so why ask the * question you chopper?

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depends how quick you want to do the job, when i'm roofing i will (nearly all the time) use my paslode, no matter how steep the roof

if you don't want to spend the money on hire / buy, then nail by hand, simple.

also they are called, BATTENS

 

lath is a well known term for batten. Go to any decent place ask for bundles of lath and they will point you straight at the battens

 

noooo,

down south, batten.

 

forgot the

 

http://www.timberlink.co.uk/sawn-timber/building-and-carcassing/roofing-laths/

Just to confirm laths aren't like fairies, they do exist

 

As they did 8 years ago!.

 

Yep another old thread being resurrected by a newbie for no reason