Link to the North Norfolk Reed Cutters Association

And this is where it all comes from – well, much of it anyway.

Reed cutting has been a way of life for generations of people in Norfolk.  The reed grow without the need for additional fertiliser or pesticide and the beds themselves also create an important habitat for wildlife.  Add to that the fact that this particular land is really no good for anything else and you can see that your thatched roof is providing so many things including work, natural habitat and valuable land usage.

Quite amazing that on a roof, Norfolk reed can last up to 70 years!  Not great news for thatchers I guess with only one visit per generation!!

Anyway, an interesting site and well worth a visit.

“This is the website for the North Norfolk Reed Cutters Association, the organisation that represents the cutters that manage the reed beds of the North Norfolk Coast and the Broads Reed and Sedge Cutters Association which represents cutters working in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.”

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Devon fire crews report thatch fire in Axminster

Fire Control received a call reporting a chimney fire at a thatched property in Holy City. Two appliances from Chard attended the property, the fire was believed to be out and crews used a thermal imaging camera to ensure the fire was extinguished.

See the incident report here.

Norfolk reed thatcher at work

Fascinating footage of a thatcher at work from YouTube.

Not exactly a thrilled-packed ride, but well worth a watch for lovers of thatch and thatching.

Radio blaze averted

A serious fire at a thatched property in Three Legged Cross, Dorset was narrowly averted earlier this month after fire crews promptly attended a domestic fire started when a plastic radio was left on an oven hob which was subsequently turned on by accident. Despite sustaining extensive smoke damage, the property was fortunate to be spared worse harm. 

Read the full story in the Daily Echo here.

Artist's impression only.

Latest wood burning stove and thatch incident

This is Somerset recently reported that firefighters were called to a fire at a thatched house in Muchelney near Langport earlier this month.

It was reported that "a fire engine from Martock was sent to the fire involving a wood burner at the property on Manor Lane at around 8pm on Sunday" (4 August) "Crews put out the fire and also dampened the thatched roof as a precaution.

The wood burner was moved to the outside of the house."

Read the full story here

Newmarket thatched property damaged by fire

Hot weather and conifers implicated in East Anglian thatch blaze.

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

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