Accessories
The screws, mesh and battens that go with the cladding. Everything here is what we actually stock — if it is not on this page, it comes from your own merchant, and we will say so rather than order it in badly.
Collection
Pomathorn Farm, Penicuik — Mon–Fri, 9–5
Samples
Stock items go out in 24–48 hours, Royal Mail Tracked 24
Delivery
Not published yet — ask us
Coated orders
Ship with a free tub of touch-up paint for cut ends
Everything on this page is in stock. That is our word rather than a live count — ask us before ordering a large quantity.
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A2 / 304 stainless In stock
Stainless Steel TX Screws
The default face-fix screw for every species we mill.
Size Unit Price Each 4.5 × 50mm box of 200 £38.00 £0.190 4.5 × 70mm box of 200 £50.00 £0.250 4.5 × 80mm box of 200 £54.00 £0.270 What it is for
- A2/304 is the industry default for general external cladding; step up to A4/316 near the coast or on industrial sites. — Abodo, Accoya
- Aluminium, electroplated steel and brass are unsuitable for cladding. — TDCA
- Western Red Cedar, oak and Accoya are slightly acidic: non-stainless or galvanised fixings cause permanent black staining. — data/faq-verified.md
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A4 / 316 stainless In stock
A4 Stainless Steel TX Screws
The coastal and industrial grade, where A2 is not enough.
Size Unit Price Each 4.5 × 50mm box of 200 £44.00 £0.220 4.5 × 80mm box of 200 £60.00 £0.300 What it is for
- A4/316 near the coast or on industrial sites; A2/304 is the default everywhere else. — Abodo, Accoya
- Not listed on the online shop — order it through us.
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Coated stainless In stock
Black Stainless Steel TX Screws
For black coated and charred cladding, so the fixing disappears.
Size Unit Price Each 4.5 × 50mm box of 200 £44.00 £0.220 5.0 × 80mm box of 200 £64.00 £0.320 What it is for
- Supplied for black coated cladding. — data/faq.md
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Coated stainless In stock
Bronze Stainless Steel TX Screws
A warm head that sits down into cedar and larch rather than on top of it.
Size Unit Price Each 4.5 × 50mm box of 200 £44.00 £0.220 5.0 × 80mm box of 200 £64.00 £0.320 What it is for
- Stainless (silver) is the standard finish; bronze and black are the alternatives we stock. — data/faq.md
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A2 / 304 stainless In stock
Secretfix TX Screws
Through the tongue, so the finished face carries no fixings at all.
Size Unit Price Each 3.2 × 40mm box of 200 £26.00 £0.130 What it is for
- Secret-fix profiles take 3.2 × 40 stainless steel Torx screws. — data/faq.md
- Screwed through the tongue of a T&G profile; keep the screw at least 12mm from the tongue edge. — Abodo
- Trade-off: a clean fastener-free face, but less pull-through strength and harder single-board replacement. Some suppliers restrict secret fixing to boards under about 100mm wide. — data/faq-verified.md
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A4 / 316 stainless In stock
Stainless Steel Insect Mesh
Closes the bottom of the cavity to vermin without closing it to air.
Size Unit Price Each 30m × 75mm — £60.00 — What it is for
- A4 grade stainless: highly resistant to corrosion and will not react with timber. — live product page
- Fit vermin mesh at the cavity base, and keep the bottom of the cladding at least 150mm above ground — TDUK recommends 200mm. — data/faq-verified.md
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Thermal Pine In stock
Counter Battens — Thermal Pine
The cavity itself. Without these the cladding is not a rainscreen.
Size Unit Price Each 42 × 20 — sloped per metre £2.16 — 42 × 20 — PAR 4RA per metre £2.27 — 42 × 42 — PAR 4RA per metre £3.83 — 42 × 42 — sloped per metre £3.83 — What it is for
- 42 × 20 and 42 × 42, each available square or sloped. — data/faq.md
- The build-up is membrane on the wall, then counter battens, then the cladding. The counter battens are what create the ventilated cavity. — data/faq.md
- We would never advise fixing cladding straight onto a membrane. — data/faq.md
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Plastic In stock
Ventilation Strip
Keeps the head of the cavity open where a mesh will not fit.
Size Unit Price Each 10m roll — £22.20 — What it is for
- Ventilation strip can be supplied. — data/faq.md
- Plastic, supplied in 10 metre rolls. — Benji, 2026-08-14