Thatched Roof Ridge Patterns

Getting a thatched roof initially installed is a labour intensive process as is a full re thatch.

Thatched roof ridge patterns.

This type of ridge can have either a turnover finish or a butt up finish. It looks like a block which is where the name comes from. The ridge is created from around 4 inches of thatch. Ornamental or block ridge is where the ridge is lifted from the thatched roof.

No matter what size or shape your roof is thatch is a flexible soft material that can be shaped on any roof. This could be wheat r ye hybrid like tricale or oat straw. Of either cereal straw or sedge grass. This pattern can be anything you like whether that is a traditional pattern or something new.

We thatch up to a depth of 16 to 18 inches. It looks like a block. Heather sedge and turfs have also been used for ridging. Cool designs and patterns can also be formed at the ridge and the edges so it can be customised to your taste.

Whilst most thatched roof coatwork is straw or water reed the ridges are usually done in straw. As will be seen this was not always such a popular finish to a thatched roof. The larger the property the higher the price is likely to be. A thatched pub the williams arms at wrafton north devon england.

1940 mentions the lamb finials of the limestone belt and also dispels the myth that the patterns cut in the straw just under the ridge were of special significance or a particular thatcher s. Including to check the moisture absorption mold moss and algae build up of slime rotting and discoloration. As well as finishing a new roof. The vast majority of standard thatched roofs in britain are now topped with a ridge.

Block ridge a block ridge is where the ridge is lifted from the thatched roof. All ridge work is constructed using long straw regardless of whether the rest of the thatch is rendered in water reed long straw or combed wheat reed. The ridge is then styled into a pattern. The ridge is then styled into a pattern.

The methods for completing either being the same. The ridge is created from around 4 inches of thatch. The changes should happen once your thatched roof have different condition. This process can take a good few weeks and is priced on the size of your property.

Except it would take almost 4 weeks to do. Disadvantages of a thatched 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. This pattern can be anything you like whether that is a traditional pattern or something new.

This type of ridge needs renewing throughout a thatch s life. We are industry awarded for our thatcher roofs specialising in. The installation costs are quite expensive to pay for the labor intensive. Another meaning of the term thatcher s dolly refers to the roll of straw laid upon the ridge of a roof.