Here is an 8 sided summerhouse in the heart of The Cairngorms National Park which had water reed below a top coat of heather. We stripped and re-thatched it in water reed and fitted a flush part straw and part sedge ridge. The reed came from Turkey, the straw from Yorkshire […]
Only a handful of thatched houses remain on Tiree and here is a picture of one of them. They are usually thatched in marram grass or bent (Ammophila arenaria). As with the Blackhouses on Lewis the walls are very wide (see our Scotland page on the website) and consist of […]
Unusual photo angle of Thatch detail on a 700Sq metre roof in Scotland which we stripped and re-thatched. We also renewed the lead to the chimneys and painted the chimneys without having to sub-contract this work out to other trades.
Often we are asked to achieve a particular local look and with this job on South Uist one of the requirements was that no surface fixings should be visible on the ridge. The other was that all the hanging stones around the eave should be put back.
We fitted a plain sedge ridge with no surface fixings to this cottage in South Uist, Scotland. As part of its listing status and in common with such other roofs in the western isles stones are hung from the eaves -now more to achieve the look rather than to […]
Thatching styles around eave and window detail on a mansard roof in Scotland.
