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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatching
    Thatching - Wikipedia
    Overview

    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 … See more

    How to Thatch a Roof
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    How to Thatch a Roof
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    History

    Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past three centuries survive in archives and early public… See more

    Material

    Thatch is popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, parts of France, Sicily, Belgium and Ireland. There are more than 60,000 thatched roofs in the United Kingdom and over 150,000 in the Netherl… See more

    Maintenance in temperate climates

    Unlike conventional roof coverings, thatch has a maintenance cycle in the UK of 12–15 years. At this time, the ridge will need to be replaced and any other works to the main body of a roof can be undertaken. Rethatchin… See more

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