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Thats the stuff - the house is in Sussex and has local tiles that are hooked over the battens with nails so sounds like a Sussex thing. May go with the felt or may attach hardboard pegboard over the rafters which will stop the bits falling off and the dust but maintain ventilation and allow...

It may not be actual horsehair - it is a dark brown/black thick felt like material - I think it dates from the early 1900's - it has been put on in the same way as modern roof lining i.e. nailed on to the rafters under the battens.

Hi The roof of my house is traditional tile and has some fairly elderly horsehair lining under the tiles, this is easily visible and accessible from inside the loft. The roof itself is fine but the horsehair lining is getting pretty flakey and falls off in chunks and spreads dust all...