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Old 10/23/07, 11:06 PM
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Default Re: one UGLY, UGLY log job

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Wow. I wonder how many thatch roofers there are in the area? Lost art, I imagine...
This place was in Virginia, Linda. I've only seen one other thatch roof and that was in Ojai, CA. It's probably burning right now.
I talked to the owner briefly. The thatch was imorted from England and I think the installer was British also. The owner said it was expensive.




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Wow. I wonder how many thatch roofers there are in the area? Lost art, I imagine.

It does look like a flashing over the window. Hard to find around here, sometimes.
Hi Linda,

I only know of one Thatcher here in the states and he is a fellow Brit, also there are probably less than 2-300 Thatchers back in Britain, several of them have worked here in the States. Thatching is still somewhat common as well in Southern Europe particularly Spain and Portugal.

Here's the "Local" guy

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Old 10/24/07, 6:29 PM
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Kenton; I don't inspect log cabins, but I do have to agree with you on this one.

This is one ugly looking makeshift cabin. ha. ha.

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The thatch houses on the web site are great. Thanks.
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Old 10/26/07, 12:07 AM
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rustic
Paul's right. It's a style called "Rustic" and is common in certain areas. The problem with the logs shown in these photos is that wall logs which protrude past wall logs in the courses immediately above whould be beveled (sloped) using a drawknife or plane to drain water.




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Never seen anything that ugly! and its water tight?
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Old 10/29/07, 1:57 AM
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Turns out it's a style called "Rustic". Built this way intentionally.




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Old 10/29/07, 7:26 AM
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Turns out it's a style called "Rustic". Built this way intentionally.
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Is that the same like the wrinkles on my face? Some call it character and weathered look. ha. ha.

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Old 10/29/07, 11:21 PM
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Yep Marcel, there are a lot of alternative terms those of us with-less-than-perfect parts use to describe ourselves. I believe we become "rustic" when we can't touch our toes without lying on our back on the bed and bending our knees outward.
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Old 10/30/07, 12:40 AM
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Wht did the walls on the inside of the home look like. I owned a log home in Vermont and my exterior logs looked very much like that as well as many log homes I see in VT. By dimentioning,measuring, the log from the center spline to the interior wall and keeping it constant and letting the exterior fall where it may gives demention to the walls which some think gives the walls a rustic look.
If the interior walls are flat I'd say it was built that way.
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