Patent ID: 7877957

Claim:
A method of installing roof tiles atop an existing inclined roof supporting surface, said method comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of elongate batten assemblies by assembling each of said batten assemblies as follows: 1) providing an elongate batten strip, a plurality of support pads, and a plurality of fasteners each having a head, said elongate batten strip having an underside, each of said support pads having opposing first and second sides, each of said first sides including a substantially flat portion and each of said second sides including a substantially flat portion as well as a depressed portion; 2) assembling said elongate batten assembly by attaching said plurality of said support pads adjacent said underside of said elongate batten strip such that each first substantially flat side of said pads is substantially in planar contact with said underside of said strip, such that each of said support pads is attached to said elongate batten strip by at least one corresponding fastener, such that each of said fasteners extends through said depressed portion of said pad into said strip and attaches said pad to said strip, B) installing said batten assemblies atop said roof supporting surface such that said substantially flat portions of said second sides of said support pads are substantially in planar contact with said inclined roof surface, such that said undersides of said batten assemblies face said roof supporting surface; and wherein said width and depth of said depressed portion of each of said support pads is dimensioned to be at least as wide as a width of the heads of said fasteners and at least as deep as a thickness of said heads of said fastener, such that said head of each said fastener is recessed within said depressed portion of said pad and does not contact said roof supporting surface; and C) installing tiles atop upwardly facing sides of said batten assemblies, said upwardly facing sides being opposite said undersides of said elongate batten strips.