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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10379  
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Top job Clayton, keeping good old England, good and old.
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13th Nov 2020 10:18pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733 
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Many thanks GREENI
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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13th Nov 2020 10:20pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Thanks Rashers and they say the customer is always right in what ever they choose
Personally i don't like any sort of ornament/animal on the ridge, just looks better without 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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16th Nov 2020 8:42pm |
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| Timcat Member Since: 20 Jul 2016 Location: Rugby at the moment Posts: 1025 
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Just discovered this thread, excellent work there Clayton. Ours is booked in to be scraped / wired & new bonnets later this year.
Will be interesting to watch as I’m a builder. |
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2nd Jan 2021 1:56pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Many thanks Timcat
Yes you can watch with a bit of insider info now 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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5th Jan 2021 9:52pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2035 
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Must be a bit fresh for your kind of work at the moment Clayton
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8th Jan 2021 4:24pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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It is Daz but it's dry, much better than all that wet stuff, you can layer up and your moving about a lot so your keeping warm, well nice to be getting on with the job we have just started yesterday. Got the roof all prepped now, so all good to go on Monday with putting reed on and the biggest bonus is, for once were on the sunny side
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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8th Jan 2021 8:25pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2035
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8th Jan 2021 8:32pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733
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Another bit of work carried out on the roof at the moment that we are re-thatching that we don't get to do this way as most of the cottages have wall plates and the ovis ( first line / lane ) is usually crooked on so in the first pic you will see the ovis roll tied up to what size you will need to get the right kick ( angle ) so that the reed will stay tight, under pressure when fixed with the spars, so as the last thatcher did not do this
 it made it so much harder for him to get the thatch at the right pitch, he had put it on with none of this 
Once the ovis roll had been put on there would be a void behind it so we have packed it out and firmed it up with some spar and rod work ready for the ovis lane to have something firm to fix to  Click image to enlarge next pic just shows you what we have done is what the previous thatcher's have done before us and the thickness of our ovis roll Click image to enlarge the last pic shows you with the ovis lane being put on and the angle is so much better, just think of what the angle would be like without the ovis roll on the butt ends ( bottom of the reed ) would be at least 4-5" lower and then the tops of the reed would be to high and not resting on the roof as it should be
Click image to enlarge this way does make for a nice change for us, more traditional 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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15th Feb 2021 8:48pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3670 
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Fascinating stuff Clayton, keep it coming.
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16th Feb 2021 6:08am |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3254 
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Yep, great stuff. Now when I pass a thatched roof I look out for bits you mention. WARNING.
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16th Feb 2021 6:12am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3483 
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Great posts Clayton
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16th Feb 2021 8:03am |
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| Siwynne Member Since: 04 Nov 2016 Location: West lancs Posts: 578
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I love it when you post stuff like this. There a very few thatches near me. Only a few very old fishing or shrimping cottages on the old marshes now swallowed up by the suburbs of Southport. Quite rare as most have now been altered to slate
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16th Feb 2021 9:15am |
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| Timcat Member Since: 20 Jul 2016 Location: Rugby at the moment Posts: 1025
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Ours is being done as we speak!
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16th Feb 2021 6:03pm |
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