Make Palm Roof

Newly collected coconut palm leaves.

Make palm roof.

For centuries people have used mexican palm thatch as a water resistant and insulating roofing material. On sunday may 31 2020. Build the roof structure for the thatching by nailing a 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber from each of the four corners of the building up to a center ridge pole that runs parallel to the ground. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds.

The cahune palm leaves are much longer. Place three palm fronds onto a flat surface lining them up long edge to long edge. The number you need total and the number you need to leave unsplit depends on the size of your roof. Next you have to split almost all of the leaves in half.

Mexican palm thatch is made from the sun dried leaves off of a mexican fan palm a tree native to the desert climates of northern mexico. So if you are making a roof yourself get the longest leaves that you can find. Mexican palm thatch gives a rustic tropical look and it is perfect for roofing island inspired structures such as tiki huts bars and palapa thatch structures. The construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple.

Repeat this process with five more palm fronds making a woven sheet of palm fronds. Push the fronds together in the form to make the weaving tight. The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is. First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.

Weave another palm frond back and forth vertically through the horizontal fronds.