CPD Specifier May 2015 issue September 2014 | Page 32

Roofs
Demand for SR Timber roofing battens
fuels expansion
SR Timber - one of the
leading distributors of
specialist roofing battens
and the renowned
‘Premium Gold’ battens has announced increased
production at its partners’
new state-of-the-art sawmill
in Latvia, as well as newly
expanded storage facilities
at its holding terminal
in Goole. This latest
development follows the
huge growth in demand for
its market-renowned range
of battens.
At what is said to be Europe’s
largest production factory
specifically designed for the
manufacture of roofing battens
(one of two in Latvia owned by
the company), the new facility
enjoys a fully integrated production
process that has been developed
by experts from inception over
the past two years. With a market
leading capacity, the mill has
now stepped up output to meet
both demand and assure roofing
contractors in the UK of that
continuing vital consistency of
supply of the company’s bestselling gold and traditional battens.
Shaun Revill, Trading Director of
SR Timber explains: “Over the
years, we have invested heavily
with our partners in buildings, plant
and equipment and, of course,
quality control procedures at our
newly-built premises in Latvia.
Together with our second sawmill
nearby, our current production
volume is running at record rates.

Pontefract site is latest ASDA store to get
Seamsil cut edge roofing treatment
In 1994 ASDA had the foresight to
use an innovative product called
Seamsil, to repair the roof of its
Lutterworth Magna Park distribution
centre. 20 years later its Pontefract
store has become the 34th ASDA
property to benefit from the
patented silicone external repair
system, for cut edge corrosion on
profiled Plastisol/PVDF coated
steel roof sheeting.
Manufactured by Delvemade
Ltd, Seamsil was invented and
developed ov \