Make Palm Roof

Push the fronds together in the form to make the weaving tight.

Make palm roof.

For centuries people have used mexican palm thatch as a water resistant and insulating roofing material. 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. So if you are making a roof yourself get the longest leaves that you can find. 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.

Repeat this process with five more palm fronds making a woven sheet of palm fronds. The cahune palm leaves are much longer. This thatch is prevalent in both commercial and residential applications mexican palm thatch is aesthetically pleasing environmentally friendly and distinctly economical making it. 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. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds. Newly collected coconut palm leaves. 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.

On sunday may 31 2020. 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. First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry. The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is.

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