Roof Thatchers In Ireland

When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old.

Roof thatchers in ireland.

Peter is an award winning craftsman who qualified from the countryside agency s thatch training centre in salisbury in the uk. It has a riverside beer garden and a restaurant. The largest thatching project in the uk or ireland a holiday village. A roof thatched with water reed a more durable and water resistant material than straw can last 35 40 years in ireland with very little maintenance.

On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate. Childs master thatcher is a thatching business owned and operated by peter childs. Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels. Heritage centres throughout ireland.

A complete luxury estate of thatched homes. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in. 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. A thatched roof is sturdy durable and an effective barrier against the elements and is impenetrable to bugs birds and vermin.

Water reed thatching is a proven system with a life expectancy in excess of 60 years. With almost 40 years of experience in the industry peter has thatched roofs all over ireland.