How to Thatch a Roof
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- 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 Bath & West Show. Dickie tells us how this work has been a family tradition for over 8 generations and he shares his delight and pride that there are currently 3 generations working this way. We hear about the processes involved, the minimal equipment needed and the benefits of using combed wheat reed as we see the obvious expertise and passion Dickie has for thatching. www.rjwrighttha... www.bathandwest...
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Love his last joke. "This is the way it was 200 years ago, and wages are about the same."
Ikr that was a sweet end to the video
Great old tradesmen keeping up these professions is a wonderful thing , keeping it in the family, much respect to you 😊
Might be my horrendous insomnia but I found this even more incredibly fascinating than normal. That magnificent monolith of a brow certainly helped things!
Indeed, insomnia surely must have some unexplainable quality to make our brains appeal to the strangest of things my dear friend.
So very true, watching this at 2 am, this is so incredibly fascinating
THANKYOU VERY , VERY MUCH SIR ! FOR YOUR LESSONS , WHAT A KIND WORKING MAN SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE , LOVELY TO WATCH👍💯 GOD BLESS AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR SELF ! HUGS FROM MEXICO 🙏☝️
What a rewarding profession! Being in the US, thatched roofs are rare except for recreational building use. I watch alot of British TV and always wondered how thatched roofs were constructed. Thank you.
I wish we were allowed to make thatched rooves in new England weather. I think our snowfall is why it wouldn't work? Sad to see something that seems ecofriendly that we cant use everywhere lol
In japan they would call that family a living treasure.
Indeed!
Absolutely! In the US we have lath and plaster wall finishers that are generational. Very Rare!
@Jackerson Roze I am a second generational owner.
Plaster is very common in England, so it's not such a rare skill.
This looks wonderful. Thank you. What a fantastic fellow that guy you interviewed was. Incredibly great craftsman, and salt of the earth. My god, we need a few more men like him walking our streets. I think a man like him would really sort our country out. Three cheers for him and his whole thatching business. Hip hip horray!
I want to learn thatching! And I would love to find a grass that I can grow locally to recreate this in my region combined with earth-technologies construction methods. Hopefully I'll make it to England someday and find a company that won't mind me trailing and learning. Dear god, please let us not lose this beautiful technique and craftsmanship!!!
If you think it... Do it!!
Don't wait for someday... someday Never Comes!
I am not sure where you live but he was saying he liked to use Willow, as it will last longer. Willow will typically grow from zones 4-9. I did not look at the zones for the desert willow or the willow hybrid. I also ignored the weeping willow as you would not want that much flexibility in your thatch. People like this guy would not mind answering questions and you can apply for different grants to sponsor your trip to the UK to train. It will be easier than you think, as long as you ignore the "I can't" thought that crops up. I hope you go for it and bring your knowledge back to share! Good luck!!
Classes for 'survivalists' and green builders and tiny house people would be where the best side gig is for these guys. Educating people. Plus it keeps the profession healthier. Maybe publish a book with lots of photography. The community is what they need, more than the job alone. It's art (and craft); not just the job, that people appreciate.
Used to watch thatchers thatching from a nursery I was working on , they're artists with their finished product .
Big up Somerset💪🍎🚜
There is a man happy with his life choices. Lovely to see.
Nice intro. Could easily be an hour plus. Would really enjoy more detail. Thanks for sharing.
Being from America you don't see this..Iam an only daughter in family full of males..My father milled and sold Lumber for 45 yrs ( his biggest customer was The King Ranch.. Construction is in our blood..I helped to run the company as well as Construction company's..I would live to this♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much for sharing. So glad you and your family have been doing this for so long! Something to truly be proud of!
...that style of roof would never last in my town-- the neighbors would probably try to smoke it all...
A beautiful family, and a beautiful skill, sir. Thanks for posting.
Cheers!
Lovely heritage in your family.
i like his thatched brow
Nice one 👍 really impressed
Dude has a thatched brow.
I was a thatcher from 94-07 but changed career after we moved across country. I was privileged to have spent time with jeff King at knutson hall!
Was it good poke / earnings?
Thatch roof is wonderful to live under except for the fire risk when lightning is about
Or if you have nasty Neighbors.... just think how easy it would be for them to set your house on fire
@Ach Of Stone I lived in them for 20 years you must fit a lightning ⚡️ conductor to your roof . One strike it all goes up and it did when I was 5 so I do know a little about thatch and the risks, don’t!! skimp on your conductor taller the better and pure copper 😉.
Most impressive unibrow ever.
So the thatched rooves of old had no lining underneath. I heard that smoke could dissipate upwards through the thatcjing but rain wouldn't come through, perhaps there was thus no need for a chiminey then. Smoke cloud settles at a hight and louvres at height can be opened out if smoke might get get too dense . Also fish and other meats could be suspended at the smoke cloud height for preservation . The smoke might also preserve tje the the hay thatching and keep the rodents out.
Very interesting for me,being in the United States.We don't see roofs like that only on British Broadcasting Channel.
Nice chap, presents it very well, many thanks to him, Somerset chap obviously, I enjoyed seeing how it’s done,
I MUST GIVE A:: TRUE BOSS AWARD 😎AWESOME TALENT & TRADE SKILLS 😎 MULTIPLE GENERATIONS STYLE ""
I would LOVE to built a smaller 1 story home with a thatched roof way out in the country.
Reed roofing can look quite nice actually
I've been given the chance to learn this in kent starting next week
Watch out for Trogdor the burninator.
Nice
amazing content and also love how your brow is magnificently thatched
My thatched roof is covered by a copper roof, which was added over 30 years back. The house is around 100 years old. I was told that those houses here with thatching require more maintenance and regular expense, which is why many have been covered with metal. I'm glad mine is copper and not something that will rust.
Do you have a website or contact details please?
A thatched roof lasts twenty years?!
Sometimes longer. Honestly a better investment than shingles, imo.
Welcome to the 3 AM Club
We get a lot of electrical storms and seems every other house has been struck. Might go up in flames here in midwest US. But I love it!
Thanks for the lovely instructional video, and for specifying the straw used for thatch. I'm rather surprised that a variety of wheat is used. Don't the wheat kernels attract vermin? Or is it only used after threshing? I used to work on a dairy farm. Even after harvesting, there was plenty of wheat left on the remaining straw to attract rats if stored in a barn.
How to keep the animals from eating it?
Hi. I don´t understand the name of the wheat he says at 1:45. Could someone write it? Thanks
It was combed wheat reed.
"the wage isn't much better neither" and the homie wonders why the youngsters are leaving 🤣
1:46 Cong what ree ?!?!? WHAT kind of WHEAT is this???
Это рожь. Из неё пекут чёрный русский хлеб
Can you live like the Anglo-Saxon now aways on public land
Fabulously interesting!
Greetings from Australia 😎
In our fire-prone part of the world, thatching is really the-go!
Thanks for watching!
tahcthed yt is btter
Tradition jobs with Good people
I couldn't love this video more 😍
Beautiful and strong. ❤
What knot did he use to tie in the eve wads?
Thank you for a very informative video sir.
1:46 Cong what ree ?!?!? WHAT kind of WHEAT is this???
Combed Wheat Reed I think.
I want to build my own cottage
Looks great
Sorry to hear the wages hasnt gone up much since 200 years ago.
I want to learn. I want to Thatch my smoke house for curing hams and bacon
We get a bit longer than 12 yrs here in Suffolk ...Drier up here.
Some young thatcher guy was saying that with the mesh reinforcing it, 45 years is feasible but normally I think it's sooner than that.
@@LandersWorkshopWe use Longstraw or water reed in East Anglia...Combed Wheat Reed is rarely used.
Wonderful!
Thank you!!!!! neat!!!!!
Very cool
Lovely fella.
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Can you come to Hungary and do my house, all expenses paid?
Serious comment
@@dlmdee Thank you so much
Buy the real tools in the Netherlands, lots of thatched roofs in the east of the Netherlands, and companies who do the Thatching
Cob over it for longevity
This should be modernized !!! How about weatherproofed with some kind of glue, jello, or limy stuffs?!! I heard about hempcrete with lime.
Hempcrete is developed from a mixture of hemp shives, and a lime based binder. The lime-based binder typically consists of either hydrated lime or natural hydraulic lime. Hydrated lime is made from pure limestone and sets through the absorption of CO2 during the carbonation process. So the lime turns the thatch nonflammable.