Roof Thatching Courses

Other courses may include information on safety employee relations business management etc.

Roof thatching courses.

When thatch is being attached directly to the roof timbers. Thursday 1 october 2020. The skill of the thatcher is to delay this event for as long as possible. You use a range of thatching craft tools including shearing hooks needles eave knives and mallets.

Which are held in place by fixings. Training courses can include information on asphalt shingles slate and tile modified bitumen tpo pvc epdm torch down and many other types of roofing applications. You would start at the eaves where the roof meets the walls and work your way up to the ridge at the top. The type of fixing used depends on what the thatch is being attached to.

Standard thatching needs replacement or repair when it has worn back to where the thatch is held in place by the fixing. Some thatchers also grow and harvest their own thatching materials. 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. A roof covered using the standard method of thatching consists of layers of thatch commonly known as courses.

A roof covered using the standard method of thatching consists of layers of thatch commonly known as courses. A single layered roof is created. Depending on museum projects this course may take place on one of the museum s exhibit buildings. This is a practical hands on course giving participants the chance to thatch on a practice roof using all the tools materials and techniques of the craft.