However the roof ridge will have to be replaced roughly every 8 10 years.
Roof thatcher northern ireland.
We can carry out the re timbering of roofs repair or renewal of chimneys and can fit insulation and fire retardants to roofs.
A complete luxury estate of thatched homes.
When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old.
And for the people of ireland and especially the north the thatcher years were among some of the worst of the conflict.
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.
Heritage centres throughout ireland.
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Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels.
How long does a thatched roof last.
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.
Our team covers both northern and southern ireland.
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.
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Thatch roofs are made from reed and certain types of grasses that are all known to have waterproof characteristics.
When thatched properly by professionals the major portion of such a roof the water reed should last about 30 years in the irish climate.
The biggest single thatched roof in ireland a hotel.
On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate.
Such ridge line replacement is luckily a fairly rapid and reasonably inexpensive procedure.
It has a riverside beer garden and a restaurant.
We have been thatching in northern ireland since 1994.
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.
M argaret thatcher was a hugely divisive figure in british politics.
Our thatched roofs can meet the most stringent fire safety standards and they last for decades.
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.