It looks very good, and I have had no leaks. However, I am tempted to put on a thatch roof, which I think would look amazing. Would the thatch encourage rotting on the shingles below? And ...

Perhaps the iconic image of developing-world poverty is a small collection of huts with thatched roofs. Unfortunately for those living in such places, these roofs are terrible. They leak and ...

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 ...

Supplies of straw for thatched roofs are low due to three poor harvests, says a thatcher A thatcher with a three-year waiting list for his services said a shortage of straw had caused problems for ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

This cottage in Codford, Wiltshire was seriously damaged when the thatched roof caught fire last October Thatched cottage owners are being warned about the fire risk posed by the fashion for wood ...