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Month: April 2018

Tiling batten sizes (UK)

27 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

This is a short post looking at how tiling batten dimensions (according to the standards, at least) have changed over the years. It is sometimes […]

The strength of tiling battens (UK)

26 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

BS 5534:2014+A2:2018, the UK code of practice for slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding, contains rules for visual grading of tiling battens.  […]

Wood in pianos

14 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

A while ago we were contacted by the Pianodrome project, asking for some help identifying wood species.  They plan to build a 100-seat amphitheatre entirely from […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

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