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  • Still undergoing repairs to its roof and structure, the architecture of the British Houses of Parliament are seen in winter sunlight, on 17th January 2022, in London, England. The Big Ben bell contained inside the Elizabeth Tower has been silent since 2017 (apart from New Year's Eve) but is slowly being uncovered after extensive renovation work by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine - the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-11-17-01-2022.jpg
  • Still undergoing repairs to its roof and structure, the architecture of the British Houses of Parliament are seen in winter sunlight, on 17th January 2022, in London, England. The Big Ben bell contained inside the Elizabeth Tower has been silent since 2017 (apart from New Year's Eve) but is slowly being uncovered after extensive renovation work by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine - the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-10-17-01-2022.jpg
  • Still undergoing repairs to its roof and structure, the architecture of the British Houses of Parliament are seen in winter sunlight, on 17th January 2022, in London, England. The Big Ben bell contained inside the Elizabeth Tower has been silent since 2017 (apart from New Year's Eve) but is slowly being uncovered after extensive renovation work by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine - the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-09-17-01-2022.jpg
  • Still undergoing repairs to its roof and structure, the architecture of the British Houses of Parliament are seen in winter sunlight, on 17th January 2022, in London, England. The Big Ben bell contained inside the Elizabeth Tower has been silent since 2017 (apart from New Year's Eve) but is slowly being uncovered after extensive renovation work by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine - the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-07-17-01-2022.jpg
  • Still undergoing repairs to its roof and structure, the architecture of the British Houses of Parliament are seen in winter sunlight, on 17th January 2022, in London, England. The Big Ben bell contained inside the Elizabeth Tower has been silent since 2017 (apart from New Year's Eve) but is slowly being uncovered after extensive renovation work by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine - the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-08-17-01-2022.jpg
  • A Lambeth council contractor repairs park railings by welding uprights.
    welder04-19-12-2013.jpg
  • A Lambeth council contractor repairs park railings by welding uprights.
    welder02-19-12-2013.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-05-10-10-2016.jpg
  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, makes repairs to a BAE Systems Hawk nosewheel.
    Red_Arrows025_RBA.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-05-10-10-2016.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-06-10-10-2016.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-04-10-10-2016.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-06-10-10-2016.jpg
  • An unusial view of the Houses of Parliament, seen from a bus travelling across Westminster Bridge while sheeting is still in place during its renovation and repairs, on 9th March 2022, in London, England. The extensive renovation work is by contractor Sir Robert McAlpin whose estimated cost of repairing the Elizabeth Tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-01-09-03-2022.jpg
  • Open As Usual: The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-04-10-10-2016.jpg
  • A pedestrian walks with suitcases at the start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-07-10-10-2016.jpg
  • A pedestrian walks with suitcases at the start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-07-10-10-2016.jpg
  • An unusial view of the Houses of Parliament, seen from a bus travelling across Westminster Bridge while sheeting is still in place during its renovation and repairs, on 9th March 2022, in London, England. The extensive renovation work is by contractor Sir Robert McAlpin whose estimated cost of repairing the Elizabeth Tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-02-09-03-2022.jpg
  • An unusial view of the Houses of Parliament, seen from a bus travelling across Westminster Bridge while sheeting is still in place during its renovation and repairs, on 9th March 2022, in London, England. The extensive renovation work is by contractor Sir Robert McAlpin whose estimated cost of repairing the Elizabeth Tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament-03-09-03-2022.jpg
  • BT workmen attend to repairs or maintenance on a street pavement while a jogger nearby stretches his hamstrings on a railing.
    workmen_jogger03-15-04-2013.jpg
  • Workmen make repairs outside the Whitehall Theatre in Westminster, on 26th March 2019, in London, England
    bus_views-09-26-03-2019.jpg
  • Workmen make repairs outside the Whitehall Theatre in Westminster, on 26th March 2019, in London, England
    bus_views-08-26-03-2019.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-07-25-05-2020.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-02-10-10-2016.jpg
  • A Chinese couple have their weddng photos taken amid the chaotic repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-08-06-10-2016.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-15-06-10-2016.jpg
  • A notice addressed to the family whose gravestone is somehow damaged and requiring unspecified repairs before being laid horizontally on the ground, on 4th October 2021, in Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales.
    wales_llandudno-11-04-10-2021.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-09-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-05-25-05-2020.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-01-10-10-2016.jpg
  • A Road Closed sign on the southern end of London's Tower Bridge, closed for repairs to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-07-06-10-2016.jpg
  • A Road Closed sign on the southern end of London's Tower Bridge, closed for repairs to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-05-06-10-2016.jpg
  • Pavement repairs and pedestrian signs in the City of London
    roadworks02-26-05-2010.jpg
  • A notice addressed to the family whose gravestone is somehow damaged and requiring unspecified repairs before being laid horizontally on the ground, on 4th October 2021, in Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales.
    wales_llandudno-10-04-10-2021.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-08-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-04-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A wokman wearing a hi-vis vest carries out repairs to street lighting in Jubilee Gardens, beneath tall Southbank buildings and construction cranes, on 6th September 2017, in London, England.
    southbank_construction-01-06-09-2017.jpg
  • Typing a text message with a mobile phone near pavement repairs in the City of London
    roadworks01-26-05-2010.jpg
  • A temporary curtain that shades strong morning sunlight, hangs from a rail across a bedroom window during home repairs and the painting of a sash window in a period house in south London, on 25th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_ruskin-06-25-05-2020.jpg
  • A wokman wearing a hi-vis vest carries out repairs to street lighting in Jubilee Gardens, beneath tall Southbank buildings and construction cranes, on 6th September 2017, in London, England.
    southbank_construction-02-06-09-2017.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-01-10-10-2016.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-02-10-10-2016.jpg
  • The start of repairs to London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-14-06-10-2016.jpg
  • While a waiter serves customers sitting in winter sunlight, a workman stands on stepladders to repair the awning of Cafe Grand by Concerto on on the corner of Dover Street and Piccadilly, on 18th February 2020, in London, England.
    mayfair_cafe-02-18-02-2020.jpg
  • While customers sit in winter sunlight, a workman stands on stepladders to repair the awning of Cafe Grand by Concerto on on the corner of Dover Street and Piccadilly, on 18th February 2020, in London, England.
    mayfair_cafe-01-18-02-2020.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-08-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-04-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-13-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-12-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-11-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-09-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-05-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-02-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-03-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-10-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-06-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-07-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-01-01-12-2017.jpg
  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt273-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt274-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Workmen repair the facade of a restaurant in Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
    egypt272-04-03-2016.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-55-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A Thames Water engineer rests in his van during repair works in Great College Street in Westminster, on 16th July 2019, in London, England.
    sleeping_engineer-03-16-07-2019.jpg
  • A Thames Water engineer rests in his van during repair works in Great College Street in Westminster, on 16th July 2019, in London, England.
    sleeping_engineer-01-16-07-2019.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-54-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Workmen repair the timbers of a traditional Polish mountain house's gable roof, on 16th September 2019, in Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-53-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A Thames Water engineer rests in his van during repair works in Great College Street in Westminster, on 16th July 2019, in London, England.
    sleeping_engineer-02-16-07-2019.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell is covered in scaffolding, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower that houses Big Ben has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    big_ben_scaffolding-03-05-10-2017.jpg
  • An aerial view of three workmen repairing a drain cover using fresh cement on a road in Camberwell south London, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
    roadworks_aerial-01-24-02-2022.jpg
  • An aerial view of three workmen repairing a drain cover using fresh cement on a road in Camberwell south London, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
    roadworks_aerial-01-24-02-2022.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell, along with the the Houses of Parliament, are covered in scaffolding,  on 1st December 2017, in Westminster, London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower and other parts of the 19th century Gothic building, has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    parliament_scaffolding-14-01-12-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell is covered in scaffolding, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower that houses Big Ben has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    big_ben_scaffolding-02-05-10-2017.jpg
  • The Elizabeth Tower that holds the now silent Big Ben bell is covered in scaffolding, on 5th October, 2017, in London, England. The bell will remain silent during this renovation until 2021 and the estimated cost of repairing the tower that houses Big Ben has doubled to £61m, authorities have said.
    big_ben_scaffolding-01-05-10-2017.jpg
  • Workmen start repairing London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-01-06-10-2016.jpg
  • Workmen start repairing London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-12-06-10-2016.jpg
  • Workmen start repairing London's Tower Bridge, closed to traffic and disrupting this major Thames crossing and surrounding roads for the next three months.
    tower_bridge-11-06-10-2016.jpg
  • A villager lays fresh straw over the roof rafters of a building with the backdrop of Himalayan foothills and snow-tipped mountain peaks, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
    nepal-10-11-1995_2.jpg
  • An employee clears broken glass from the lower pane of a public phone box in a central London street.
    phone_box02-27-02-2012.jpg
  • Following the five-year conservation project of the Houses of Parliament, scaffolding is finally coming down to reveal its renovated architecture, on 4th February 2022, in London, England. Some construction sheeting remains and apart from New Year chimes, the Big Ben bell inside the Elizabeth Tower, has remained silent during parliament's extensive renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine with an approximate cost of £61m.
    parliament-08-04-02-2022.jpg
  • Construction crew grind at the road surface surrounded by diagonals of red and white stripes of their works site.
    city_roadworks02-22-03-2012.jpg
  • Active retired pensioner measures and cuts roofing felt in his cottage garage before winter arrives on the Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-mike_kirkland19-28-09-200...jpg
  • Seen from an aerial view, a workman contractor emerges from underground to street level through the uncovered pavement in Victoria, on 28th April 2022, in London, England.
    man_hole-01-28-04-2022.jpg
  • Following the five-year conservation project of the Houses of Parliament, scaffolding is finally coming down to reveal its renovated architecture, on 4th February 2022, in London, England. Some construction sheeting remains and apart from New Year chimes, the Big Ben bell inside the Elizabeth Tower, has remained silent during parliament's extensive renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine with an approximate cost of £61m.
    parliament-11-04-02-2022.jpg
  • A man stands at the top of some stepladders to attend to the flat roof of a residential property in south London, on 15th September 2021, in London, England.
    stepladder_man-02-15-09-2021.jpg
  • A man stands at the top of some stepladders to attend to the flat roof of a residential property in south London, on 15th September 2021, in London, England.
    stepladder_man-01-15-09-2021.jpg
  • With the statue of King Richard the Lionheart (Richard Coeur de Lion) raising his sword, scaffolders lay boards high up on the exterior of the Palaces of Westminster, on 13th May, in London, England.
    parliament-02-13-05-2019.jpg
  • Roadworks barriers and ground markings in central London.
    road_works03-14-04-2015.jpg
  • London contractor workmen close construction site screens, showing a new development at Leicester Square for 2012.
    2012_renewal02-22-03-2012.jpg
  • Following the five-year conservation project of the Houses of Parliament, scaffolding is finally coming down to reveal its renovated architecture, on 4th February 2022, in London, England. Some construction sheeting remains and apart from New Year chimes, the Big Ben bell inside the Elizabeth Tower, has remained silent during parliament's extensive renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine with an approximate cost of £61m.
    parliament-10-04-02-2022.jpg
  • Following the five-year conservation project of the Houses of Parliament, scaffolding is finally coming down to reveal its renovated architecture, on 4th February 2022, in London, England. Some construction sheeting remains and apart from New Year chimes, the Big Ben bell inside the Elizabeth Tower, has remained silent during parliament's extensive renovation by contractor Sir Robert McAlpine with an approximate cost of £61m.
    parliament-09-04-02-2022.jpg
  • An EA-6B Prowler intelligence-gathering patrol aircraft is worked on in the hangar deck of the US Navy's Harry S Truman aircraft carrier whilst on exercise somewhere in the Persian Gulf. Red light shines down from overhead lighting as the crewman carries on his work, servicing the plane. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of  5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
    US_navy_carrier01-10-01-2003.jpg
  • London contractor workmen close construction site screens, showing a new development at Leicester Square for 2012.
    2012_renewal01-22-03-2012.jpg
  • Active retired pensioner carefully bends to aligns new tiles on roof of his cottage before winter arrives on the Isle of Skye
    9999-RPB59-mike_kirkland23-28-09-200...jpg
  • Seen from an aerial view, a workman contractor emerges from underground to street level through the uncovered pavement in Victoria, on 28th April 2022, in London, England.
    man_hole-02-28-04-2022.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Propulsion engine specialist inspects internal Hawk of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
    Red_Arrows392_RBA.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun
    thatchers-16-08-1993.jpg
  • A detail of a smashed car windscreen, damaged by a collision.
    smashed_windscreen01-01-04-2016.jpg
  • Using techniques developed over thousands of years, a portrait of traditional thatchers with straw for a barn roof in Suffolk, England. In England a ridge will normally last 10–15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Thatch is still the choice of affluent people who desire a rustic look for their home or who have purchased an originally thatched abode.
    thatching02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Two male pedestrians walk past a broken post that leans over after being pushed over by a unknown vehicle.
    fallen_post01-11-03-2011.jpg
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