| If you bundle enough of these watershed implants together, water simply cannot penetrate. Moisture typically does not absorb into the thatch bundles more than 1 to 2 inches.
The most durable thatching material is water reed which can last up to 30 years Paul Cook uses mainly Turkish water reed.
Why Turkish reeds? Turkey has still not progressed to the point of destroying its waterways with excessive farm fertilisers. Turkish read is also particularly well suited to the Devon climate. |