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Course details
​Tech Specs
Application
Reed is a hollow, waxy organic material. Applied in layers, called courses, a cubic foot thick.
Thatching progression
Each bundle of reed is laid in a course on the roof. When the courses have been applied to the roof up to the ridge area it is then time for the ridgework.
Detail
Dressed reed courses.
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Dressing reed
As each course is applied to the roof up to the ridge area it is 'dressed' with a leggett.
Steel fixings
Each course of reed applied to roof is affixed with steel rod and screw.
Shearing detail
Sheepshears are used to dress and trim.They may be used to cut an ornamental pattern for reed ridge.
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