Board and batten metal roofing and siding has a long history in construction. In siding applications, when wood panels were first used in construction, wood battens were placed over the panel joints to provide additional weather-resistance of the materials. In roofing, battens were often incorporated into early handcrafted copper roofing to create a drainage path and to allow for the individual sheets of panels to be joined together in a weather-resistant fashion.
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