Posted by Majorman on December 10, 2023 at 08:04:55 from (86.186.139.122):
In Reply to: Re: Sunday Church posted by db4600 on December 10, 2023 at 03:44:58:
Used to be Norfolk Reed from the reeds growing in the local marshes, you could usually get about 100 years out of that, Some of the cheaper thatch is wheat straw but it has to be a special variety of wheat and thrashed by a drum (threshing machine), not a combine. Imagine trying to thatch with straw from an Axial Flow. Wheat thatch can last around 50 to 60 years.
Because Norfolk Reed is rare today, the thatcher is using reed imported from Hungary in this case.
I always marvel at the fact that the people who built this and others like it, would be classed as un-educated, today, with none of the modern tools or equipment. It has lasted over 1000 years. Modern schools, hospitals, office blocks and homes built half my lifetime ago, are falling down or being knocked down as unsafe today!!!!!
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