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Dolallytap
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Batten or Bearer.
Mar 28
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, 2008, 3:40pm
In Carpentry what is the difference between a batten and a bearer?
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
Would this be a good description?
Bearer
a term used for a batten in first fix carpentry or roofing which is normally concealed i.e. sawn timber not planed or machined timber.
Batten
a term used for a bearer in 2nd fix carpentry that is concealed or visible and usually planned or machined timber.
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Mar 28
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A bearer usually goes below something and bears the load, but could also have something hung from it.
A batten is usually fixed vertically and has something fixed to it.
Batten is also used to describe the strips of wood that tile/slate is fixed to when roofing.
Both could be 1st or 2nd fix
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i had a discusion with d/t earlier and expressed simmilar setiment about bearers being heavy fully load bearing
and battons being lighter and more spreading the load
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A batten is usually fixed vertically and has something fixed to it.
So is it a batten or a bearer that helps support a shelf ?
In the enclosed
drawing
I have described the timber supporting the plywood as bearers is this correct?
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Mar 28
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Can't get your site up but without seeing it I would go with batten, but if its a trap door then "stop" may also be a possibility, will try the site again later
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Mar 28
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It’s not a stop
Try this link it’s direct to the pdf file
http://www.practicaljoineryandcabinetryguides.co.uk/Guide/Semi%20Concealed%20Tra...
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Got it now and would still go with batten, maybe its a regional thing
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