How To Thatch A Roof With Palm Fronds

Normally we don t use palm leaves for our cabana roofs.

How to thatch a roof with palm fronds. First they collect a whole bunch of nice coconut palm leaves which are all over the island. Mexican palm thatch is also known as tiki roofing thatch roofing palm roofing mexican rain cape thatch grass roofing and tiki hut roofing. So here s your step by step instruction for making a palm thatch roof. Sitting under a palm palapa will instantly make you feel as if you re on a beautiful tropical beach.

Then the fronds are placed above each other with the leaves facing the same direction. They are simple to make as easy as tying the fronds to a round timber frame moving from the bottom to the top. Starting at the bottom edge of the roof attach each panel to the roof with a staple gun or a hammer. First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.

The construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds. There s a property nearby owned by a friend full of the right kinds of palms so we simply had to have a chat with the caretaker there and negotiate a fair price for the 2 5 fletes we needed to cover our roof with thatch. Palm frond rain capes are available in round or square panels.

Shaggy in appearance they create. Overlap each panel roughly seven to eight inches on center for a full appearance. Instead you want to use cahune palm. This is my number one favorite and perhaps the most obvious because i ve noticed that palm thatch roofs are useful from the beginning to the bitter end of their life.

The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is.