Thatching
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thatching-168-4705425
title:
Thatching
text:
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as insulation. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries, usually with low-cost local
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of roof
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatching
date created:
2002-10-13T10:12:58Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:57:50Z
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13
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