Thatch House Price in Chennai - Chennai

Saturday, 19 April, 2014

Item details

City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Offer type: Offer

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Contact name Mohamad
Phone 9789260580

Item description

Thatch is a natural reed and grass which, when properly cut, dried, and installed, forms a waterproof roof. Traditionally thatchers use locally available materials. If local farmers were growing wheat, then wheat reed or
straw
The most durable thatching material is water reed which can last up to 15 years. Here you can see bundles of water reed stacked on the roof and beside the house in preparation for the day's work.

but increased runoff of farm fertilizers in the last two decades have all but ruined this traditional source of reed. When bathed in nitrates, water reeds grow longer and faster.
They become much more brittle and are easily snapped. Their useful lifespan on a roof is also shortened tremendously.