Thatched Roof Northern Ireland

Cork 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.

Thatched roof northern ireland.

Residents often choose this type of material for everything from barns to estate homes. Our northern ireland office is 5 pines park lurgan craigavon. If local farmers were growing wheat then wheat reed or straw was used. Thatching in northern ireland.

If you think i am wrong then why would a celt go from tying his thatch on a celtic round house to deciding to go out and dig 50mm thick sods from his front lawn. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. We have been thatching in northern ireland since 1994. They re just the thing for people looking for a taste of traditional ireland when they go away.

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. When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old. Save on northern ireland thatching costs including reed and straw even with the availability of more modern roofing materials many people still prefer northern ireland thatch roofing. And eddie black of countrywide thatching who is revamping the thatched roof on the national trust s historic hezlett house in castlerock with colleague peter is one of only two northern.

Our team covers both northern and southern ireland. Tel 0845 500 1986. Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels. Thatch is a natural reed and grass which when properly cut dried and installed forms a waterproof roof.

Our thatched roofs can meet the most stringent fire safety standards and they last for decades. Rye barley and oat straw and even heathers have been used. The old thatch killeagh co. On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate.

Around 50 of our work in northern ireland is new build but we also work on many historic and listed buildings some of which need more than just thatching. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries usually with low. 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. Traditionally thatchers use locally available materials.

Heritage centres throughout ireland. Scraw roof came from as it is easier to tie the thatch directly on to the wooden structure may that be from using deer hide or straw made into rope. A complete luxury estate of thatched homes. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates.