Sept 1, 2009: Thatch

glatt · 09-01-2009, 09:27 AM

I watched a guy thatching a roof in the Netherlands years ago. It was so cool to watch. He was good at it. Had a lot of muscle memory in those arms. He just did it without thinking. We stayed there for at least an hour sitting on a grassy dyke just watching this guy work bundle by bundle along the roof. He would basically take a big bundle of thatch, tap it against the existing roof to get all the individual straws roughly lined up at the right angle, and plop it in place. Then he had what were essentially oversized hair pins that he stuck down in he thatch to hold it in place. After he had done a section, he took a long serrated knife, like a saw, and cut off all the thatch ends to make it even with the slope of the roof. Very simple and cool. Climbing the ladder with an armful of thatch looked awkward though.

SPUCK · 09-02-2009, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

sitting on a grassy dyke

She didn't complain?!?!

Must've been stoned(grassy?)

chrisinhouston · 09-02-2009, 07:35 AM

Everyone coming together to thatch the roof on a community center? Sounds like Socialism to me! If President Obama has his way he will force everyone to have a thatched roof and pretty soon all of the other roofing material companies will be out of work! No thatch here, we have the best roofs in the world!!!

dar512 · 09-02-2009, 09:00 AM

I notice that none of the Cellar ladies has created a Thatch (NSFW) clone thread.

BigV · 09-22-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

I notice that none of the Cellar ladies has created a Thatch (NSFW) clone thread.

If it was really NSFW then wouldn't that be THNATCH?

DucksNuts · 09-03-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

She didn't complain?!?!

Must've been stoned(grassy?)

haha, glad I wasnt the only one who's mind went there.

09-02-2009, 09:00 AM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I notice that none of the Cellar ladies has created a Thatch (NSFW) clone thread. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-01-2009, 09:27 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I watched a guy thatching a roof in the Netherlands years ago. It was so cool to watch. He was good at it. Had a lot of muscle memory in those arms. He just did it without thinking. We stayed there for at least an hour sitting on a grassy dyke just watching this guy work bundle by bundle along the roof. He would basically take a big bundle of thatch, tap it against the existing roof to get all the individual straws roughly lined up at the right angle, and plop it in place. Then he had what were essentially oversized hair pins that he stuck down in he thatch to hold it in place. After he had done a section, he took a long serrated knife, like a saw, and cut off all the thatch ends to make it even with the slope of the roof. Very simple and cool. Climbing the ladder with an armful of thatch looked awkward though.

09-02-2009, 07:35 AM	#3
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Everyone coming together to thatch the roof on a community center? Sounds like Socialism to me! If President Obama has his way he will force everyone to have a thatched roof and pretty soon all of the other roofing material companies will be out of work! No thatch here, we have the best roofs in the world!!!

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