Thatch Roof Construction

To this day thatched roofing is still used in green house construction as well as roofing for outside structures such as landscaping huts and poolside cabanas.

Thatch roof construction.

Dickie wright from rj wright and son master family thatchers explains the key elements to thatching a roof as he demonstrates his skills at the royal bat. The rod wire shank and hem wire would be used for sewing or screwing the roof. It may help the rod wire to create reed layer and keep them together as the sub construction. This effectively keeps the water in small amounts as it flows over the roof.

Thatch is still used in some equatorial countries such as in fiji where palm leaves are used dominica with feathered palm leaf roots and kenya with sugar cane leaf roots. With a thatched roof the water is also constantly forming drops by dripping from one piece of thatch to the next. Thatched roofing has been around for centuries as an effective way to build weatherproof roofing with materials at hand. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed trapping air thatching also functions as insulation.

As long as both thatch and roof structures are at the correct angle water will not penetrate more than an inch 25mm or so. People would have different type of thatched roof materials to applied.