Roof Thatching Courses

You use a range of thatching craft tools including shearing hooks needles eave knives and mallets.

Roof thatching courses.

There is a lot to learn from which material goes where on a roof to the 3 main materials used and the differences in application to twisting spars and ridging to name a few topics. Which are held in place by fixings. Other courses may include information on safety employee relations business management etc. Which are held in place by fixings.

The type of fixing used depends on what the thatch is being attached to. A roof covered using the standard method of thatching consists of layers of thatch commonly known as courses. You might also shape the ridges into decorative patterns. Depending on museum projects this course may take place on one of the museum s exhibit buildings.

Thursday 1 october 2020. Some thatchers also grow and harvest their own thatching materials. A roof covered using the standard method of thatching consists of layers of thatch commonly known as courses. The skill of the thatcher is to delay this event for as long as possible.

You would start at the eaves where the roof meets the walls and work your way up to the ridge at the top. There is a huge diversity of thatched properties and so the more you work on the better you will understand how to manage different roofs. When thatch is being attached directly to the roof timbers. A single layered roof is created.