Several varieties of thatch are used on Japanese roofs. Most roofing thatch is made of susuki (芒) a high-growing grass with long, blade-like leaves and delicate seed fronds. Also known as Japanese ...

After 25 years serving commercial clients, Endureed expands its fire-rated synthetic thatch line to residential ...

Frankly, it's remarkable to be spending one's working days perfecting a traditional craft that dates back 4,500 years to the Bronze Age. I ask Glen Holloway whether the thatching trade is finally in ...

I f you travel through rural south India observing its architecture, you cannot miss the charm and elegance of thatch-roofed huts. Step into one and you will notice how cool the interiors are. Compare ...

Kyran O’Grady should have been an accountant like his father. But in the late 1970s, he left a BComm to do an Anco course in thatching. An interest in antiques and old houses saw him do the thatching ...

Q. I have an 11-year-old house in Tewksbury I built myself. It has a hand-split, rough-sawn, cedar-shingle roof. When it was first installed, and every two to three years since, I have had Penofin ...

South African John Roston Smith specializes in thatched roofs, which are gaining popularity in other parts of the world. WSJ's Patrick McGroarty visits with him at several work sites. John Roston ...

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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 ...