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Restoration thatched roof
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 Restoration of a roof
Thatch is one of oldest breeder materials. The thatched roof, in straw of corn, rye or in reed was traditionally used to cover the buildings of the cities and the campaigns.
This technique could disappear with the appearance of new materials but the charm, technical qualities of this natural material and the art of living which this cover symbolizes allowed him of perdurer while evolving/moving
A thatch roof consists of materials of qualié whose overall costs are comparable with that of the traditional roofs with the insulation and the charm in more the thatch roof is one of most resistant to the bad weather. Moreover, the dwelling in thatched roof adapts to the air of time and answers your main motivations by combining safety, modernity, tradition and comfort.
Which are the assets of this material ?
Comfort with an excellent thermo isolation and phonic
Natural product combining sustainable development
Lightness and adaptability with all shapes of roof
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Adapted to all the climates, it thatch can be used with construction or the restoration.
In this case, it is necessary to study the state of the masonry, and even if the frame is irregular, it is possible to catch up with its defects by regulating the thickness of thatch.
If it is the concern of the originality which carries it, all creations and the audacities are allowed.
Without never indicating in the landscape to which it belongs, the thatch roof can be personalized: while emphasizing there in relief a mascot, an animal symbolic system or quite simply the name of the residence.
One maintains the character authentic while adding an artistic and astonishing key.
The recent constructions thus covered seen in the landscape never fail to hang the glance. Beyond new possible creations, the rye straw or the reed is fully of topicality.
They answer the naturalness and quality standards sought by some within the framework it “to better live”.
Entirely biological, stubbles it cannot contain any bad or defective element. So it guarantees the quality of life and the respect of health for the people whom it shelters.
One can add to it the esthetism and environmental protection, two considerable criteria during the current period.
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 Thatch is one of oldest breeder materials
there exist still some thatched cottages in Brittany in particular around Dol of Brittany and the marsh of the same name
It is normal considering it pushes reed there and it was a very widespread material
A few centuries ago, our predecessors had the obligation to take the advice of the Monuments of France to preserve under the traditions of the inheritance this type of roof
Always it is that this year 2004 we renovated part of the roof
It should be known that a thatch well fact has one lifespan of approximately 50 years
A good thatch roof is thick from 25 to 30 cm of this very tight plant and insulator
More the slope is strong minus the cover can be thick. Thatch is made of reed that one finds in particular in southern Brittany, Normandy and the Camargue
Ours, from calible larger and more flexible comes from Poland… In spite of the transport costs it is not more expensive than the French product but is more resistant
The enemy of thatch is not the rain but… the sun which damages texture even plant
It should be known finally that with a thatched roof there are no gutters!
All the thatched cottages are surrounded on the ground of a system of drainage to evacuate rainwater
Universal material
If the word “thatched cottage” evokes a modest house of the Middle Ages, one should not remain attached to this image.
Of sure source, one finds the use of thatch as cover in old Egypt.
The Gallic habitat is built out of wood, of the posts support the frame, the roofs of thatch are high, overflowing and with two sides. Around the dwellings of the village, specialized buildings (workshops, barns, cattle sheds) are also out of thatch.
These people which feared that the sky does not fall to them on the head had found what to protect themselves. The romanisation did not modify the function of thatch, also not used in the cover of the public edifices (medical for example)
More recently, until the beginning of the XX ème century, the rye straw sheltered 75% of the dwellings of the Massif Central, as well as the collective and farm buildings.
Ancestral, noble and natural, stubbles it often has was forsaken for slate, the tile or sheet. But the quality and the beauty of the thatch roofs cause an renewed interest, and today one renovates old buildings with a view to the revalorization of the inheritance.
Moreover vegetable covers on new buildings multiply. One finds them in France of course, but also in all Europe, and particularly in England, in Germany, and in the Scandinavian countries.
Whatever the area, associated with the stone, cob, cob or half-timbering, the roof of thatch always finds a place natural in the environment.
The first point is the realization of vegetable covers on new buildings or old.
The thatched roof returns to the last style, it does not relate to more only the modest habitat, but also of the residences of standing without to be to him reserved.
The second relates to the restoration of the existing thatched cottages. The revalorization of the inheritance allows an action in this direction. It relates to also the small rural buildings of baker's oven type, well, laundrettes, but also of the more important buildings such as the barns, the churches and the markets
To prolong the life of these new or renovated roofs, a regular and effective maintenance is necessary. Several solutions are possible.
Most current for the démoussage for example are manual scraping using a “beater” (specific tool of the thatcher) fast and inexpensive, this method is to be preferred with cleaning with water high pressure, which in spite of an irreproachable appearance, considerably reduced lifespan of the roof.
In another register, which one can describe as artistic, decoration with thatch carved is one of competences of our professionals.
The objects carried out in rye straw or reed rest on a metal trellis-work. Any creation is possible at the request of the customer: nobody, association, company, community… Festive objects of big size were already created for particular events: Mr Carnaval, Poisson d'Avril… Enfin the manufacture of light structures with vegetable cover comes to supplement this range already very wide.
The shelters of garden, arbours, verandas, but also the bus shelters thus covered take a natural and harmonious aspect.
On the traditional mode or in innovating and original forms, in general married with wood, these creations are very gravitational and symbolize a real art of living
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Restoration thatched roof
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