This is the outhouse at Boreray Cottage, Clachan Sands which will be re-thatched very soon! just need some Marram, weather and its all go! this outhouse is used by the main cottage as a utility room which holds washing machine and dryer, its also used a storage. I will upload photos as im going along, should take about 2 weeks (weather permitting)
Garrynamonie
- These are the photos of a thatching project at Garrynamonie South Uist in early 2009
January 2008
January 15, 2008
January 07, 2008
Welcome to Highland-thatcher.co.uk
My name is Neil Nicholson and I am a thatcher from North Uist. This web site should give you an idea about the work I do and the projects I am involved with.
I work with traditional Hebridean materials, such as marram grass, heather and reed. I've been in the thatching business for 10 yrs now and have been mostly working on the west coast of Scotland and I am happy to travel anywhere in the country.
As the months go on, I plan to keep a sort of diary of my thatching work on this site. The thatching work on the Islands is always varied, to say the least. One day I will be in the sand dunes cutting marram grass. The next day I will be cutting turf. And then, a day on the ladders thatching! Whatever the project, I try to use local materials as much as possible. As you will see from the photo albums on this site, I have restored quite a few cottages from ruins. This means I have built up a range of skills from drawing plans for planning and build warrants to landscaping. If I can help you, then please feel free to contact me.
