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  • Thatching projects are often contracted six to 12 months in advance, and such a large jump in straw prices has many thatchers saying they can't swallow the increased cost and still make a profit.

    Commodity boom Lisa Kallal 2008

  • Thatching a roof is hard work and best to hire a local crew.

    Roofing Thatch 2004

  • Thatching a roof is hard work and best to hire a local crew.

    Roofing Thatch 2004

  • Thatching a roof is hard work and best to hire a local crew.

    Roofing Thatch 2004

  • Thatching a roof is hard work and best to hire a local crew.

    Roofing Thatch 2004

  • Thatching a roof is hard work and best to hire a local crew.

    Roofing Thatch 2004

  • Thatching requires skill, and experience; a traditional apprenticeship lasts five years in England.

    Chapter 3 1997

  • · Thatching is highly skilled labour intensive work, and may thus be expensive.

    Chapter 3 1997

  • · Thatching begins at a right-hand verge (unless the thatcher is left-handed) and can be worked in vertical lanes (more common) or horizontal sections.

    Chapter 10 1988

  • Thatching, too, is almost a lost art in the country.

    Vanishing England 1892

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