Metal Battens

Metal battens are often used underneath existing structures of buildings to fix plasterboard sheets to. This is done for several reasons:

• To laser level substrate for the new ceiling rather than follow the imprecision of the building's larger structures
• To minimize the risk of plasterboard cracking due to the thermal expansion and contraction of the timber
• To reduce the amounts of timber required in the structure and save cost

Metal battens can be installed on laser-levelled clips directly onto existing structures or suspended entirely on wires. The same system can be used to build bulkheads and other fancy structures in the ceilings.