Re: any one know this roofing?
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Cliff, I was born and raised in Norfolk UK (emigrated because of the 690 days of rain per year) and yes there are some beautiful thatched rooves there (rooves being the traditional spelling but now commonly spelt roofs).....did you notice the windows in your attached photo? they were stone frames with lead sashes...
Jonathan
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, 21:06 Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq., < rohrabacher@...> wrote:
I was unaware that thatch? was still a thing.? I looked up imaged
of thatched roofs for Norfolk UK and???? yep? that's what it is.
So I did some surfing and reading?? I'm impresses 20 - 30 years
life span and 7 for the ridge?? Wow.? In the UK where it rains
about 690 days a year?
They are more than a foot thick??? I'm thinking Fire.
Interesting?
Thanks for that
On 12/14/20 2:40 PM, Bean via
wrote:
It will be thatch, which is done with reeds. Norfolk in the UK
used to be reputed as the best thatch available in the UK. Put on
by a "Thatcher" which is a dying art but still pretty strong in
the UK. Thatchers would usually leave their trademark on any job
they done which in a lot of cases would be a small bird or animal
made out of thatch and left somewhere on the roof.
Mark.
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