Roof Battens

The roof battens were placed over length and 3 per side. They were positioned straight by using a string line and held in place by nails. 

View of the fitted battens from above.

Note that batten screws were subsequently using to secured via batten screws.

Batten screws will tend to split wood if the wood is not pre-drilled and they are also hard on drills due to the torque required to screw them.

Batten is held in place at the ridge board via skew nailing and hoop iron and clout nails.

The battens have been trimmed in preparation for the fitting of the gable ends.