Thatching A Curved Roof

Dickie wright from rj wright and son master family thatchers explains the key elements to thatching a roof as he demonstrates his skills at the royal bat.

Thatching a curved roof.

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. Shingle thatch or american thatch is the technique of using cedar shingles to recreate the texture and look of a reed thatched roof. Known variously as shingle thatch cottage thatch and thatch effect this embellishment was meant to recreate with shingles the curved lines and varied textures of reed thatched roofs. A thatched roof is one of the most distinguishing features of a traditional english cottage.

It is a very old roofing method and has been used in. Step 1 build the roof structure for the thatching by nailing a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber from each of the four corners of the building up to a center ridge pole that runs parallel to the ground. By bending shingles around eaves and gables and by curving course lines and changing exposures craftsmen simulated the look of real thatch.