Roof Thatcher Ireland

A skilled thatcher uses domestic cane to create these beautiful roof lines.

Roof thatcher ireland.

Such ridge line replacement is luckily a fairly rapid and reasonably inexpensive procedure. 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. Ronan s interest in this age old craft started in 1997 when he worked as an apprentice for a dutch thatcher for 6 months. This cane plant grows well in moist soils in temperate and fresh climates making it easily available in ireland.

However the roof ridge will have to be replaced roughly every 8 10 years. We have been thatching in northern ireland since 1994. When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old. A thatched roof is warm and there is nothing more sustainable with completely natural.

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. 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. Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels. A complete luxury estate of thatched homes.

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. When thatched properly by professionals the major portion of such a roof the water reed should last about 30 years in the irish climate. Thatching an irish cottage costs around 10 000 20 000 and takes a month to two months to complete. Our team covers both northern and southern ireland.

The biggest single thatched roof in ireland a hotel. It has a riverside beer garden and a restaurant. Ronan is a qualified thatcher with a construction background in carpentry and roofing. The largest thatching project in the uk or ireland a holiday village.

The downside of thatched roofing is its high maintenance requirements. When the project finished ronan moved into carpentry where he worked for 10 years as a roofer building and covering roofs. The thatched roof is the feature we associate most with the irish cottage. On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate.

Our northern ireland office is 5 pines park lurgan craigavon bt66 7bp tel 0845 500 1986.