Make Palm Roof

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.

Make palm roof.

On sunday may 31 2020. This thatch is prevalent in both commercial and residential applications mexican palm thatch is aesthetically pleasing environmentally friendly and distinctly economical making it. The roof of red barn sits painted with the message make palm desert great again after previously painting a message that read suck my governor in palm desert calif. Weave another palm frond back and forth vertically through the horizontal fronds.

So if you are making a roof yourself get the longest leaves that you can find. Repeat this process with five more palm fronds making a woven sheet of palm fronds. 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.

Push the fronds together in the form to make the weaving tight. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds. The number you need total and the number you need to leave unsplit depends on the size of your roof. Tie the four corner boards together by nailing in cross members extending from each corner parallel to the ridge pole and 24 inches apart.

For centuries people have used mexican palm thatch as a water resistant and insulating roofing material. 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. 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. The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is.

The cahune palm leaves are much longer.