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.

Roof thatchers in ireland. 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. 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. It has been owned and run by the same family for over 300 years and was renovated in 1962 with an inner ceiling made of irish willow twig. The old thatch pub has a beautifully thatched hipped roof and is one of the oldest thatched pubs in the south of ireland dating back to the 1660s.

When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in. A complete luxury estate of thatched homes. Childs master thatcher is a thatching business owned and operated by peter childs.

Heritage centres throughout ireland. Water reed thatching is a proven system with a life expectancy in excess of 60 years. A thatched roof is sturdy durable and an effective barrier against the elements and is impenetrable to bugs birds and vermin. The biggest single thatched roof in ireland a hotel.

Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels. On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate.