How To Make A Roof Out Of Palm Leaves

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.

How to make a roof out of palm leaves.

The mah meri are an ethnic group native to western part of peninsular malaysia. Used 1080 palm leaf. The branch of the palm tree is often used in poorer countries to form roofs for mud or clay houses for drying racks or for baskets. Cutting and installing palm leaves to cover the car port roof in costa rica.

The most widely used types of palm trees are king queen and kentia palm. Making palm leaf roof shelter using large palm leaves branches and rope. With the help of 2 thannal workers and three villagers we completed our flowing lean to palm leaf roof and the loft in 9 days. In the united states one of the most commonly seen uses is near.

Constructing tiki thatch roofs. 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. Furnace palm leaf roof hut part 1 duration. Some extremely famous kinds of palm used are palapas from mexico thatch panels from fiji and cape reed from africa.

Palm leaves are nailed upside down so the water flows down the v of the leaf. The mah meri mah meaning people and meri meaning forest originally known a. You tie on six at a time alternating left leaf right leaf with the v shaped channel facing up. Now neri starts handing up the leaf.

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. The construction of diy thatch roof is. What this does is catch every single rain drop that hits the roof.