SR Timber is marking a significant milestone in 2025: 20 years in business.
Shaun Revill, the current Trading Director and the “SR” in SR Timber co-founded the company in 2005. As an industry expert in timber roofing battens, Shaun possesses extensive knowledge about every aspect of production, from log processing to sawmilling and distribution.
For many years, his guiding principle has been to promote the importance of using only certified, graded, high-quality battens in the UK roofing market.
Shaun started in the roofing business on the tools working for his late father, a 3rd generation slater and tiler. He expanded his knowledge of the industry and learnt about timber production and distribution by working for a Swedish timber exporter that specialised in the production, sales and distribution of roofing batten.
Following a spell as a timber agent where due to his knowledge of both Swedish and Latvian sawmills, he placed suppliers and customers together in this specialist area, he partnered with a leading UK roofing contractor at the time to establish SR Timber. The business was formed along with its sister business, a Latvian timber sawmill, which since that day has been its only source of roofing batten, procuring logs and boards, and producing batten that is quality-checked and third-party certified to BS5534.
Today, SR Timber employs 9 staff, nearly half of which are female in what has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. All the management and sales staff are independently qualified batten graders, continuing to raise industry standards.
Its offices are based in Huthwaite, North Nottinghamshire, and it has a sizeable import terminal at Immingham, where it stocks significant volumes of their flagship trademarked brand of PREMIUM GOLD™ BS5534 graded batten. Thousands of cubic meters of SR Timbers PREMIUM GOLD™ batten are delivered into and out of its Immingham terminal each month, it is consistently arriving from Latvia and is produced by their long-standing sole partnership sawmill.
Over the years, SR Timber has expanded its timber product range to include various roofing timbers and the business is planning a number of celebratory activities over the year to mark this special achievement.
