Counter-battened roof

[PvNewbie]

Hi

I'm looking at a roof which is counter battened which is causing me some confusion, so perhaps someone can help me out. Basically, if I put my roof hook above the horizontal batten, then it will sit on the lower vertical one and 'rock' as the batten isn't wide enough to support the hook properly. I probably wouldn't be able to screw properly through the batten into the rafter anyway as it is too thin and will split!

Has anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Earthstore]

Drill the batten maybe??

 

[PvNewbie]

Thanks...The problem is you're sitting a hook on a one inch wide batten. Usually it sits on a 2-inch rafter. So thinking that it will not be stable enough.

 

[Earthstore]

Pack the hook out with some batten, and use longer fixings into the rafter.

 

[solarsavings]

Cut out that 1" batten and replace it with a 2"