Iceland Grass Roofed Houses

In most countries this sod is used for gardening but in iceland it can be a traditional architectural feature too.

Iceland grass roofed houses.

Laufás turf house in north iceland. Oak was the preferred timber for building norse halls in scandinavia but native birch had to serve as the primary framing material on the remote island. Turf houses are essentially grass roofed houses. It s flexible so can be rolled up like wallpaper.

A turf house is a house build with earth with a roof that consists of turf and grass. Here you will find the original. Keldur is the oldest turf house in iceland and is beautifully. However iceland did have a large amou.

Laufás turf house in eyjafjörður in north iceland is one of the bigger turf houses. Bustarfell turf house in east iceland. The first icelandic turf houses generally had a foundation made of flat stones whereupon a wooden frame was built which had to hold the weight of the turf. 30 of iceland was forested when it was settled mostly with birch.

Icelandic turf houses were the product of a difficult climate offering superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone and the relative difficulty in obtaining other construction materials in sufficient quantities. Skogar the turfhouse at skogafoss. Skogar is a splendidly put together farm cluster on the south coast but is also so. A list of the beautiful icelandic turf houses which i have visited on my travels in iceland the original turf houses in iceland.

The top layer of the earth is used which is soil that is bound together by grass and plant roots.