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South Wales Master Thatchers, R.J.Butterfield is an experienced master thatcher, being actively involved with thatching for over twenty years.
Richard thatches using locally grown reed and grows his own wheat reed near his home.
Below are photographs of Richard harvesting his own wheat reed.
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Cutting thatching reed with binder. |
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Cutting thatching reed with binder. |
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| Cutting thatching reed with binder. |
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Field of reed, sticked or stucked to dry out as reed is cut early to stop it being getting too brittle. (approx 3 weeks) All stitched by hand. |
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Making a rick until the reed comber can come to clean the reed. |
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Reed comber, cleaning the reed, and thrashing out the corn. |
Contact Richard of R.J. Butterfield for more information on the professional thatching services available to to you throughout south Wales.
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