This cane plant grows well in moist soils in temperate and fresh climates making it easily available in ireland.
Roof thatcher ireland.
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.
The biggest single thatched roof in ireland a hotel.
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.
When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old.
A complete luxury estate of thatched homes.
We have been thatching in northern ireland since 1994.
A thatched roof is warm and there is nothing more sustainable with completely natural.
The downside of thatched roofing is its high maintenance requirements.
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.
Such ridge line replacement is luckily a fairly rapid and reasonably inexpensive procedure.
Wheat straw was the most popular material for thatching buildings in ireland.
Roof thatching in ireland restoration construction any thatching projects thatched gazebo thatched garden entrance.
However the roof ridge will have to be replaced roughly every 8 10 years.
Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels.
Our northern ireland office is 5 pines park lurgan craigavon bt66 7bp tel 0845 500 1986.
It has a riverside beer garden and a restaurant.
Though flax rye oat straw reeds rushes and tough grasses have all been used in different parts depending on the region and availability.
When the project finished ronan moved into carpentry where he worked for 10 years as a roofer building and covering roofs.
Our team covers both northern and southern ireland.
Ronan s interest in this age old craft started in 1997 when he worked as an apprentice for a dutch thatcher for 6 months.
Ronan is a qualified thatcher with a construction background in carpentry and roofing.
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.
The thatched roof is the feature we associate most with the irish cottage.
Thatching an irish cottage costs around 10 000 20 000 and takes a month to two months to complete.
A skilled thatcher uses domestic cane to create these beautiful roof lines.