Water reed roofs are generally thought to be the longest lasting of the thatching materials.
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How long does thatch last and how much will it cost these are the questions every thatcher is asked most frequently.
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The common or water reed phragmites australis occurs along the margins of lakes fens marshes and streams from the arctic to the tropics it is a broad leafed grass about 1 5 to 5 metres 5 to 16 5 feet tall with feathery flower.
Roof covering of the top of a building serving to protect against rain snow sunlight wind and extremes of temperature roofs have been constructed in a wide variety of forms flat pitched vaulted domed or in combinations as dictated by technical economic or aesthetic considerations.
When straw or other dried grasses are used to cover a roof it s called thatch.
An average roof can use around 1 500 to 2 000 bundles of water reed.
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Which answers two questions.
People have used thatch to keep the rain out for at least 300 years.
Adding ambience to your living space the natural way.
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Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge cladium mariscus rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed trapping air thatching also functions as insulation.
Once on the roof the bundles are positioned and the strings bindings cut so the material can be fixed and dressed into place by the craftsman.
Reed in botany any of several species of large aquatic grasses especially the four species constituting the genus phragmites of the grass family poaceae.
It is a very old roofing method and has been used in.
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The reed s metals team will vote on submissions and we ll even install the roof for the lucky winners.
The earliest roofs constructed by man were probably thatched roofs that were made of straw leaves.
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And they are the most difficult ones to answer as nearly every thatch roof is a unique combination of the size shape and location of the roof and the materials and thatching skills used to create it.
A beginners guide to the craft of thatching.
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