Thatched Roof Grants Ireland

Householders with a medical card may be eligible for thatching grants up to a maximum of 6 350 euro or 8 253 euro in the case of houses on the offshore islands.

Thatched roof grants ireland.

Ronan is a qualified thatcher with a construction background in carpentry and roofing. Offers a comprehensive service from complete re thatches repair work re ridging surveys grant work and insurance work. The department of environment can offer grants for owner occupied houses either for the cost of repair or renovating a thatched roof. Government grants for thatching work to historical and listed thatched properties has been a way of helping thatch owners cope with the financial burden of maintaining their roofs and also ensuring that this work is carried out using the requisite materials and in a way that replicates the look of historic thatch.

A complete luxury estate of thatched homes. Heritage centres throughout ireland. Ronan finn galway ireland. Cork the old thatch pub has a beautifully thatched hipped roof and is one of the oldest thatched pubs in the south of ireland dating back to the 1660s.

No job is too big or small and quotes and estimates can be provided. A grant is available towards the cost of renovating thatched roofs of owner occupied houses. We can carry out the re timbering of roofs repair or renewal of chimneys and can fit insulation and fire retardants to roofs. Our team covers both northern and southern ireland.

It has been owned and run by the same family for over 300 years and was renovated in 1962 with an inner ceiling made of irish willow twig. When a thatch roof is in need of repair a new layer is often placed over the old. When thatched properly by professionals the major portion of such a roof the water reed should last about 30 years in the irish climate. The biggest single thatched roof in ireland a hotel.

The old thatch killeagh co. A grant of two thirds of the approved cost up to a maximum of 3 810 euro is available. A roof thatched with water reed a more durable and water resistant material than straw can last 35 40 years in ireland with very little maintenance. Such ridge line replacement is luckily a fairly rapid and reasonably inexpensive procedure.

Dozens of pubs private homes and hotels. On old buildings up to four feet of thatch can accumulate. Finn thatching is operated by ronan finn. Our thatched roofs can meet the most stringent fire safety standards and they last for decades.

Around 50 of our work in northern ireland is new build but we also work on many historic and listed buildings some of which need more than just thatching.