Thatch Advice Centre Website

The Thatch Advice Centre is launching a new website and directory.  This website is a free resource for anyone who owns or maintains a thatched property.

TAC is run by Master Thatchers and thatched home owners and aims to give out the benefit of many years of experience.  The aim of their directory is to offer relevant, useful and up to date information about suppliers of relevant services so that customers can make informed decision about whatever they are doing or planning with their thatched property.

There is information on types of thatch, materials, care programmes, fire safety etc – everything you could hope to know.

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Firefighters Protect Thatched Properties

Published on Tuesday 8 November 2011 18:42 

 

MORE than 40 firefighters were called out to a massive blaze near Buckland on Monday night.

Emergency services were called out to the scene at around 8.35pm which saw agricultural outbuildings ablaze on the road from the junction of Lower Icknield Way and Buckland Road, near Buckland Village.

Firefighters also had to protect nearby properties with hoses, as embers from the fire were landing on the homes’ thatched roofs.

The wooden outbuildings at the scene, which are thought to have caught fire accidentally, are believed to have contained tractors, agricultural machinery and a car.

The fire service succeeded in removing all the items from within the building, but one of the structures was left 90 per cent damaged by the blaze.

Dr John  C Mitchell

Export and General Insurance Services - Thatched Property Insurance Division