Mastercrafts part 2 of 6 - Thatching

[@JanColdwater]

I LOVE the way thatched rooftops look. This was so interesting and really broadens on my interest in earth homes and straw bale homes etc. I believe I saw Kate and her partner in another video about her Cob Home. They look so familiar. If it is them, I am so happy for them, especially Kate for being such a go getter and creating what she desires. Good for her! Bravo! I am in America and after I get the chance to build my own straw clay structure, I would love for it to have a beautiful top hat such as thatch. I will hope to find someone here that will be helpful in making that happen!

[@azeemqureshi4260]

Very good video, everyone and especially students of SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES should watch this video.

[@williampercygratton8842]

my dad who is now 91 ,his dad and his three brothers were all thatcher's around Barnstable in Devon in the 60s 50s we emigrated to Australia in 1969 if not i and my brother would have carried on the family thatching business .

[@faramund9865]

This series is incredibly cool!

[@micheleyoung8259]

Very clear, informative film. Just what I wanted to know : what makes a good thatch good ? Great Thank you !

[@Mossyz.]

2:30 He says he wanted to be a thatcher when he was in his 20,s........then on the Blacksmithing vid ,he said he also wanted to be a Blacksmith . But i love the series :)

[@ramairgto72]

leighmossien2009 Could just take it as a person who wanted to master many crafts?

[@andrewjenkins9965]

Yeah, he mentioned an interest in the greenwood carving in the last episode. I just figured he had a fascination in these old crafts, which led him to an interest in doing this series.

[@bladoodyscabloody1143]

he also said out of all the trades as a young lad he always wanted to be a greenwood cutter XD i noticed that to. he basically starts every episode lying and saying anything that makes him and the video look good. he says everything is the best and he always wanted to do it, but somehow he became a tv star XD

[@scorpioninpink]

People can have multiple interest on multiple crafts.

[@Sam-fp8zm]

what great documentaries

[@thehussarsjacobitess85]

27:00, use the distributist solution! People should own the technology replacing their labour; that's what the state and the banks should have facilitated.

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

^ Fucking robber.

[@Blade56762]

Wow, this is interesting. Grass (hay) can cut the hell out of your hands and I see they work without gloves. I wonder why? Tradition or just really tough people? I suspect it's the latter.

[@piratelover64]

Those thatchers have probably been cut more times then they can count. Their hands are probably like iron :P

[@Frankowillo]

It's straw not hay, big difference.

[@0623kaboom]

the reason for no gloves is because they dont allow you to feel the roof properly ... half of thatching comes down to the right feel which is only learned from experience ... this is one of the reasons it takes 4 years to learn to do it .... even the direction of your thatch material requires attention .... if your material is comprised of layers of say grass or leaves or some such that grow and expand as the material gets older before harvest then you must ensure that the joins point down or else you are making places for water to pool in the thatch and circumventing the main use of the thatch ... shedding water .... . i have dabbled with thatch on and off for 30 years ... if I took all the time I did work with it and put it together I might get about 3 years worth of experience out of it ... no bundle is the same no section is the same no roof is the same ... everything you do with thatch is different every time ... learning ALL the different bits takes LOTS of practice and constant checking to get it right ... Thatching may look easy when a truly experienced thatcher does it ... but they have done years worth of work to gain the knowledge they currently have and if you ask any thatcher they never stop learning ... ever

[@Norfolk250]

0:06:35 How many ladders does it take to change a lightbulb? ((snicker snort chortle)

[@mrpenguin8731]

I am a young man of 2024, why in god’s golden name am I finding this so fascinating?

[@charlieb.8518]

What keeps it from catching on fire, when they light a fire in those fireplaces?

[@StanOwden]

An electric fireplace, I suppose.

[@0623kaboom]

thickness ... and a lack of tinder ... also even though thatch is dryish ... it has a high degree of dampness ... but not so high as to go moldy quickly

[@0623kaboom]

@@Bob.Jenkins that was a double wall flue ... which means there is colder air on the outside and HOT air is only within the inner most part ... the better flue pipes also have insulation that is fire proof or retardant and has a LOW thermal conductivity ... so the heat difference from inside to outside is SUBSTANTIAL

[@andrewduncan2878]

5:40 Wow Colin doesn't half look like his granddad!

[@ramairgto72]

The end credits music, anyone know it?

[@chalise73]

I found it here after searching for about 1/2 an hour lol. us.audionetwork.com/browse/m/track/bold-prediction_8440?st=categorysearch&ref=23798

[@user-vu6wy1so6o]

Save your hands; buy pre-twisted spars. Plenty out there if you do some research. Leave the twisting to the luddites, scrooges and tight-wads.

[@BrotherOfTheSonTikTok]

Why would you want to build your roof out of such a flammable material I don't get it

[@KnotSnappy]

it lasts a long time and it looks nice

[@0623kaboom]

what makes you think the modern shingles arent as flammable .. after all they are made from paper and tar ... BOTH very flammable ... even cedar shakes are flammable ... the trick is getting it just thick enough to be hard to light easily ... Large logs are naturally fire resistant ... that doesnt mean they wont burn BUT it does mean they will resist fire longer than a sapling or a moderately old tree .... same goes for the rest ...

[@paulinemegson8519]

Lol thatch isn’t flammable. It’ll smoulder but not burn because the air can’t get to it…..in a properly laid thatch anyway.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Long on touchy/feely, short on thatching technique.

[@BandersnatchRider]

Anyone else notice when that giant spider dropped on the host's back? eeeee

[@tuvoca825]

Then a guy that looks like Kevin Bacon says "I am impressed." (around 40 minutes)

[@TheTexasTakebyMissVikie]

I would like to have a Thatch roof installed on my home ✨🙏✨ Just think if the World did THIS thatched Roofing instead... There would be no need for petroleum based shingles polluting the Earth and needing to be replaced every 20yrs or less... or metal roofs that have to be mined and digging holes throughout the planet destroying whole Ecosystems and polluting the water. Thatch when it has outlived its usefulness as a roof can be Next Years Garden ✨💘✨☺✨💘✨

[@leepatrick1959]

イギリスの藁葺き屋根かあ…これはいい記録だ。

[@richardgraham65]

No surprise when the "40 year Expert" judges their work, he is hardly going to give them flying colours even if their work is outstanding as it would trash the 7 year apprenticeship and make a bit of a mockery of the so called "Skill Level" required. To me, they did a bloody good job!

[@kuzmavolkov]

4* years. The 3 years was for them to make a profit off teaching them. Also if ya paid attention dude was right. It wasn't as good a job. It'd last only 20 out of the normal 50 years.

[@TheVestini]

Three years later, they still had red hands stained with red food colouring 🤷‍♀️🚩♥️♦️🔕

[@wompbozer3939]

No smoking

[@markuslebt]

this thatcher looks like mike basich

[@bladoodyscabloody1143]

as a young boy i always wanted to be a greenwood cutter.....i mean a thatcher ....i mean a blacksmith .....i mean i uhhh....i love all of this stuff but never did any of it and now i torture people and force them to do it lol. also seriously 4 years to learn how to put hay down? thats about 2000 days. think about that. not 1 day. not 10 days, not 100 days, not 1000 days, BUT 2000 days! its not rocket science its freaken hay ! none of this adds up at all i mean its like saying i hired someone to put on my pants and it took 2000 days for them to learn it and then another 2000 days to become a full master....jeez laweez

[@TheGrmany69]

All nice and stuff but I see too much politics in it, plus it's too sparse: they turned cumbersome a simple process and keep u this style of edition from the very start to the end.

[@walpurgis943]

The roofer guy (colin) is kind of a DILF im not gonna lie

[@walpurgis943]

also, on re-watch, when they were removing thatch, why didnt they have a baler to pack the straw? and if they couldnt do that for some reason, why werent they using pitchforks to load the truck?