Thatching and Thatch Roof Repair
Nel Lapas & Constuction CC offers the following in thatching:
- Thatch roof construction and thatching of new houses, lodges and lapas.
- Convert existing lapas to a Thatch tile roof, or build new Thatch tile roofs.
- 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 Thatch tile roofs on pole construction with Cape reed ceiling.
- Changing of thatch roofs to Thatch 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.
- WE WILL BEAT ANY WRITTEN QUOTATION FROM A REGISTERED BUSINESS FOR COMB AND REPAIRS ON THATCHED ROOFS.