How To Make A Palm Frond Roof

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How to make a palm frond roof. All i have is this thorny fan palm. Constructing tiki thatch roofs. Furnace palm leaf roof hut part 1 duration. Jul 31 2012 accessing the palm fronds for the thatch roof turned out to be one of the easiest things we ve had to do so far.

There are so many leaves all with channels facing up that a drop has nowhere else to go but be directed off the roof toward the edge. What this does is catch every single rain drop that hits the roof. The construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple. First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.

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. Some extremely famous kinds of palm used are palapas from mexico thatch panels from fiji and cape reed from africa. What i really like about old palm thatch roofs is that they make wonderful palm thatch mulch. Primitive skills recommended for you.

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