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  2. Thatching - Wikipedia

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    Straw-thatched house at the historic village of Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage Site in Japan Korean traditional straw thatched house. Thatch is popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, parts of France, Sicily, Belgium and Ireland. There are more than 60,000 thatched roofs in the United Kingdom and over 150,000 in the ...

  3. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama - Wikipedia

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    Even today, there is still a system of joint work called "yui" for re-thatching thatched roofs of gassho-zukuri. The thatch replacement was done every 30 to 40 years, and the labor and expense involved was enormous (simply converting the labor cost to today's value, it is said that the cost to replace one side of the roof alone would be more ...

  4. Dai bamboo house - Wikipedia

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    There are chickens and pigs under the house, and there is a fenced garden around the house. A typical house is 10 by 10 meters high, 2 to 3 meters above the ground, supported by wood and bamboo, the walls and floors are woven with bamboo, and the roof is a sloping thatched roof supported by bamboo poles. The house is usually divided into an ...

  5. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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    Stone slabs require a very heavyweight roof structure, but their weight makes them stormproof. An obsolete roofing material, now used commercially only for building restoration. Collyweston stone slate named after the village of Collyweston; Solar shingle; Metal shakes or shingles. Long life. High cost, suitable for roofs of 3:12 pitch or greater.

  6. Choga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Choga is one of the two classifications of traditional Korean housing. [4] Choga is named after and characterised by its straw thatched-roof; to be distinguished from giwa, its tiled-roof counterpart. Choga was the representative housing for the working class in Korea from prehistoric times until mid 20th century. [5]

  7. Igbo architecture - Wikipedia

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    Thatch is utilized in Igbo architecture and it is the main traditional roofing method. Materials used in thatching include grass, palm leaves, or reeds, which are layered and woven onto the roof frame to create the thatched roof and bamboo. [1] [14] The thatching is done in a way that allows for proper drainage and ventilation. [1]

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