Kraus can only look at what's left to do right now. He's too sore to work on this house barn. I have *** little bit in my eye, my eye and in my back, Stephan is one of three Germans who were injured ...

Common ignition sources for thatch fires include electrical faults, hot chimneys passing through thatch, lightning and power surges. On rare occasions, embers from open flames such as bonfires or ...

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, ...

How does a thatch roof work and why don’t they leak? When visiting northern Uganda last week, I asked a wise soul, whose name was Francis, how a thatch roof actually worked. Francis’s nephew, Erick, ...

Amention of thatched roofs might create the image of Ireland of old but thatched roofs are still very much part and parcel of the Irish building landscape. Previously, the mainstay of the thatcher was ...