Repairs And Maintenance
- We repair and maintain all thatched roofs and covers.
- Storm Damage
- Valley Leaks
- Chimney Leaks
- Brushing and trimming
- Existing roofs re-thatched
- Replacing cement ridging with fiber-glass
Matts Thatchers offers the following in thatching:
- Thatch roof construction and thatching of new houses, lodges and lapas.
- Extensions on existing thatched roofs and thatch roof repair.
- Replacement of any rotten standing pole, broken or cracked ring beams and trussers, without removing the thatch.
- Combing and patching of any kind of thatch roof as well as general thatch roof maintenance and repair.
- Comb and thatch a 120mm layer of new grass over the existing roof.
- Remove old thatch roofs and re-thatch on existing construction.
- Varnishing of all woodwork in lapas and thatched roof structures.
- Strengthening of current thatch roof construction with extra crosses, nuts and bolts.
- Removing of grass and cement ridging and replacing it with fiber glass ridging on top of thatched roofs. If maintained properly it will last forever.
- Installing of Harvey/Dura tile roofs on pole construction with Cape reed ceiling.
- Changing of thatch roofs to Harvey/Dura tile roofs, with Cape reed ceiling.
- Installation of lighting conductors. Testing and certificates issued for new and existing thatched roofs.
- The thatching and building materials we use are all SABS approved.
- The thatching poles we use are CCA treated.
- We use Cape reed for ceilings and Highveld grass for thatch roof construction.
- We also supply fiberglass ridging for new and existing thatched roofs.
- 10 Year guarantee on workmanship of new thatch roof construction.
