Thatched Roofs Coming Back in Europe; Is US Next?

[hausdok]

What goes round, comes around. Apparently, the new emphasis on green building has caused a resurgence in thatched roofing in Europe. Read all about it here

[John Kogel]

Apparently. this master thatcher does ok thatching roofs in the US and Canada. I don't suspect he has much competition.

http://www.thatching.com/mcghee.html

It's not the kind of work you'd want to hand off to a group of amateurs. Imagine trying to find a leak in that haystack? []

[gtblum]

Quite a few years ago, I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in some time. When I asked what he'd been doing, he shocked me by saying he had been on the road doing thatched roofs. Really? You're kidding, right?

I don't know if this was the guy he worked for or if he worked on this roof, but this place is about five miles from my house. Another friend owns the fair.

http://www.thatching.com/sterling.shtml

[Neal Lewis]

Apparently. this master thatcher does ok thatching roofs in the US and Canada. I don't suspect he has much competition.

I've hoisted a few with this same master thatcher at a bar/restaurant where he installed the roof a few years back. The bar was named after him.

http://thatchermcghees.com/