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Thatch MaterialsJohe Saunders josaunders at sprintmail.comTue May 6 17:17:09 CDT 1997
Marcos Camargo wrote: Is it possible to thatch a roof with Scotch broom? I have so much of these plants in my property and would like to find a use for it. Thanks, Marcos Camarg There are three types of thatching currently used; long straw, combed straw, and combed reed. The first two methods both use cut wheat straw, but differ in the handling, laying and attaching. The third uses water reeds, which have a waxy coat and shed the water a better. Sedge (a type of grass), flax (a LINEN),and long shavings of wood have been used. The main requirements for a good thatch material are; 1. fairly long; 2.5 to 3.5 ft 2. unbroken; this means no bailed materials . 3. fairly smooth; twiggy branches can't be laid. Scottish thatchers do use bracken and heather, but use a special technique 4. availalble in large quantities; a 10 foot "square" of roof requires 1/4 ton of straw, or 200 wadds of reed (a wadd is about 3 hands circumference). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: thatch.gif Type: image/gif Size: 49955 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://www.deatech.com/pipermail/coblist/attachments/19970506/b3247ddd/attachment.gif>
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