El Dorado Battens

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.

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.

 

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

El Dorado Battens, Inc.   •   Phone: 530.620.5287   •   Fax: 360.251.8193   •   Email: info@eldoradobattens.com