Garden Room Workshop: Part 20. Soffits & Battens

Find the full series playlist here: https://bit.ly/2BiLSyC

Part 20 of a video series about how to self-build a timber-framed garden room office (aka tiny house) in the UK.
This video covers UPVC soffit install and the complexity of battens whether you have vertical or horizontal cladding/siding.

0:00 Intro
0:20 Cold roof soffit ventilation
1:50 Soffit orientation compared
3:35 Attaching my soffit boards
6:23 Tyvek exposure and functions
7:28 Why do we need battens?
9:38 Horizontal vs vertical cladding
11:04 Cross-battening for vertical cladding
12:32 Vertical claddings types that don't require cross-battening
13:21 Are battens required in different climates?
14:43 Insect mesh
15:35 Attaching my battens
18:22 Venting the top of the cladding
19:58 Electrics in the batten area?
21:00 Perfect build order?
21:38 Outro

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Hammer
Wood Saw or UPVC saw https://amzn.to/2O9hFsh
UPVC hollow soffit (anthracite grey, grained effect) https://bit.ly/3wh8hnJ
1.8m spirit level https://amzn.to/3ryR2KN
Short spirit level https://amzn.to/3dotseD
Sharpie pens https://amzn.to/31AFCvy
Tape measure https://amzn.to/3u6UY7i

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25x50mm (other sizes available) treated battens https://bit.ly/2QUOuKw
UPVC hollow soffit (anthracite grey, grained effect) https://bit.ly/3wh8hnJ
Soffit H-trim (also J trim link) https://bit.ly/2PlzxAK
Soffit nails https://bit.ly/3sFNgAC
Good website for insect mesh https://www.robinsonwirecloth.co.uk/

*I did have a discount code for Fascia Expert but that finished in 2020. I might put some phone calls in to other suppliers soon to try to replace it.*

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