Structurally fixing cavity battens for horizontal timber weatherboards
Using longer and thicker nails to fix horizontal timber weatherboards to structural framing through cavity battens can damage the weatherboards.…
Using longer and thicker nails to fix horizontal timber weatherboards to structural framing through cavity battens can damage the weatherboards.…
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