Thatched roof
A thatched roof is with straw thatched roof , which a thatched roof is similar. This type of roofing was common until the first half of the 20th century , but decreased due to prohibitions due to the risk of fire and is only used occasionally today. Thatched roofs used to be designed to last for 25 years on the weather side and 30 years on the other side. The bundles of straw for the roofs ( roof screws ) were mostly 6 inches (1/2 foot; 15.24 centimeters) in diameter .
The straw decker used a large sharp knife and a deck board as a hand tool . On the deck board was a large wooden handle and a long iron spike for hooking into the straw . With this board, the spread out rye straws were knocked at the stubble ends in the inclined position, painted and grooved, with the knife cutting inclined straw ends.
Only rye straw was used as straw, which had to be cut with a sickle so that no stalk was bent.
If the roof was covered with straw on both sides, the protruding straw was bent over on the roof ridge and the ridge ceiling was laid out with turf. This lawn was cut into a rectangle, a foot wide, three feet long and 2½ to 3 cm thick.
history
The dangers of fire from the prevailing thatched roof were, in addition to the use of wood, a major reason for the issuing of orders to prevent fire blight under Count Palatine Karl IV. From 1772. Such ordinances are also known from other areas, although cities in particular were quite early proceeded against thatched roofs, as the narrow buildings favored the spread of fires. In rural areas, thatched roofs were sometimes able to hold up into the early 20th century, but were then replaced by tile or slate roofing for reasons of fire protection and because of their poor durability.
See also
- Chaumière , a French type of building with a thatched roof
Web links
- Thatched roof and thatched roof dachdecker.com
- Pictures of the production and processing of deck straw Biohof Thauerböck
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : The fire extinguishing system in Obertiefenbach from earlier times . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 1994 . The district committee of the Limburg-Weilburg district, Limburg-Weilburg 1993, p. 151-153 .