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Welcome to El Dorado Battens, Inc.
Ventilated Battens are the Future of
Quality Wall Construction
El Dorado Battens, Inc.
manufactures corrugated plastic wall
battens for use as a residential
rain screen / drainage plane / furring
strips under
exterior siding or cladding. The fluted
plastic battens (plastic furring strips) allow air circulation
behind the siding and provide a moisture
break to stop capillary moisture
penetration into the wall. Wood battens
can rot over time because they do not
allow full air circulation behind the
siding.
Ventilated battens also keep your
walls cooler, increasing the
life of the siding and decreasing the
energy costs associated with air
conditioning. To increase the life of your siding, use
El Dorado Battens, fluted
plastic battens.
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New Oregon Code R703.1 Requires
Furring Strips behind Siding
A new
building code in Oregon, R703.1.
requires a rain screen (air
space) behind all exterior
cladding (siding). El
Dorado Battens can be used to
meet this new requirement.
The battens allow both vertical
ventilation and horizontal
ventilation behind the siding.
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What Others Are Saying:
"We did a prototype house to see how it
would work. The battens are very light
-- you can carry a load of them up on a
ladder -- and they can be cut with a
utility knife. In addition to saving
money on the battens, there are labor
savings, and also fastener savings,
since we don’t have to use
stainless-steel sinkers. What we are
doing now is phasing out our
pressure-treated battens."
-- Renaissance Homes |
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