Pricing and tendering
Battens
291
Gauge 100 mm 1.00 m Gauge 345 mm
1.00 m Figure 5.3
Labour constants and materials for plain tiling per m2 Lap of Number of Tile nails Battens Batten tile tiles (kg) (Lin m) nails (kg) 60 63 0.09 10.08 0.11 75 68 0.10 10.88 0.12 90 74 0.11 11.84 0.13 100 78 0.12 12.48 0.14
Labour tiler and labourer 0.67 0.73 0.79 0.83
Fixing tile battens per 100 m 2.50 hours roofer/1.25 hours labourer, including unloading. Example Roof coverings 265 × 165 mm Marley Eternit Hawkins Staffordshire Blue plain clay roofing tiles with 75 mm head lap 40° pitch each tile nailed with 2no 44 mm composition nails to 38 × 25 mm treated sawn softwood battens to one layer of felt to BS Type 1F with 100 mm minimum laps fixed with galvanized clout nails – cost per m2. Materials delivered to site Hawkins Staffs Blue tiles £640.00 per 1000 delivered to site and unloaded Underfelt £12.00 per 15 m × 1 m roll Nails for tiles £2.00 per kg Battens for tiles £3.00 per 10 m Nails for battens £1.00 per kg Assume 10 m2