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Have you ever wanted to know how to
thatch?
Professionally
printed, 115 gm gloss paper and 250 gm art cover to be more durable with 56
pages A5 size with over 6,300 words, 70 b/w detailed photographs, plans, and
illustrations Including a glossary for our strange thatching terms - Second
edition of this popular little book with more content than the first edition and
at no extra cost- email support included. With a CD copy of this and other
information.
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Written by a thatcher of 40 years experience on full size,
interior design and museum exhibit thatching. The roof slopes are thatched
the same way as a full sized one so you can get a detailed insight into the
British thatching technique. An extremely detailed step by step
instruction booklet with photo's and drawings of all stages
click
HERE for ordering details. £8 (UK) (US and worldwide
$16 US or €16 EURO) including postage. Paypal available. |
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The cost to have this porch
made and thatched for you would be £470 This one was not made by a thatcher
but a diy carpenter following the plans in the book and without my
help. I know of no other highly detailed books on thatching for this type of
project. Tried and tested by many users since 2001 |
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33" High 50" long Porch /
Wishing well top in combed wheat reed made for, constructed and used as the
model in this thatch booklet. Approximately 1/6 of a full scale roof. Exact
in details apart from stainless steel fixings and bamboo instead of Hazel
spars on the ridge. The smallest practical accurate scaled down size using
full size material. |
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Not tidied up or varnished, thatched using ordinary baled
straw from any farm, you must be able to get 6" lengths from the bale for
example to thatch a 24"
X 12" roof. This is thatched exactly as a long straw main roof even down to
the Hazel spars and Liggers, apart from the bale and few Hazel or
Willow sticks all tools and fixing materials easily available from DIY shops. Up to 2.5 litres of
good quality varnish will be required to be soaked into it to give a life in
excess of 10 years. |
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An example
of the difference. Very easy
to make this, the booklet will help but is not really needed, all that is done is
long lengths of material is fastened onto the roof, the patterns and fixing
method is detailed in the booklet this is 2 feet long, just copy the garden centre variety! |
Thatcher's material suppliers will be
reluctant to supply small quantities of reeds and straw, and the type and shape will almost
certainly be unsuitable for very small scale. Thatching straw / reed is normally sold
by the lorry load!. Contact a local friendly farmer and cut some yourself with
garden shears while it is still slightly green, grasses, heathers and other
suitable types of vegetation have been used over the years to thatch. Try wools,
plumbers hemp, cocoanut fibre, even cheap paint brushes are a good source for
tiny ones. Coco fibre now available by post- see
Dolls House
Click for a sample from
the book - Combed Wheat Reed (mechanically prepared wheat straw) is shown for
clarity, but your own choice of vegetable material can be substituted, cats
tails, deer grass, and all of the marsh sedges and grasses 1 to 2 feet and above can be used
but remember that for a decent thickness a double armful of material covers 1
square foot
An
explanation of all these strange terms is included in the book!
Click
HERE for ordering details. £8 (UK) (US and worldwide $16 US
or €16 EURO) including postage
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