Make Palm Roof

Newly collected coconut palm leaves.

Make palm roof.

The cahune palm leaves are much longer. The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is. Next you have to split almost all of the leaves in half. So if you are making a roof yourself get the longest leaves that you can find.

First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry. 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. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds.

For centuries people have used mexican palm thatch as a water resistant and insulating roofing material. Repeat this process with five more palm fronds making a woven sheet of palm fronds. The construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple. Tie the four corner boards together by nailing in cross members extending from each corner parallel to the ridge pole and 24 inches apart.

Weave another palm frond back and forth vertically through the horizontal fronds. Place three palm fronds onto a flat surface lining them up long edge to long edge. 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. The number you need total and the number you need to leave unsplit depends on the size of your roof.

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.