Owning a house with a thatched roof is something that many people aspire to have. Thatched roofs are lovely to look at and offer some excellent benefits – but there are disadvantages. Before deciding ...

Roofs are an integral part of a building’s architectural design. A roof is designed to enhance the beauty of a particular building but most importantly, a roof is a safety mechanism against wind, rain ...

GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

PEOPLE DON’T NORMALLY worry too much about how the roof of their house looks. Modern roof tiles keep out water and require sparse maintenance, ensuring they go unnoticed for the most part. Thatched ...

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In England and Denmark, there are still entire villages of thatched houses. While it is expensive to thatch a roof in those countries, it is not prohibitively so, and the tradition of thatching is ...

Here's a sight you don't see very often - a thatcher practising what has become a dying art. Peruse the Irish tourist brochure abroad and you might be forgiven for thinking that every second house has ...