When I went out for a walk today the people in the next land were taking off all their old keet (local thatch) to replace it. It reminded me of how when I first came to live here all our roofs were made like this.
Now it is very hard to find people who know how
to do this work. When I first came a
keet roof, properly looked after, would last four to five years. Now we are lucky if it lasts for two to three
years. This is because nowadays the keet
isn’t treated properly before it is put up on the roof. Not being treated means it gets eaten by
insects much faster.
No comments:
Post a Comment