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 palm frond roof.
Now neri starts handing up the leaf.
Over the years the roofs collect debris from falling leaves as well as break down themselves so that when they come down the palm part of the roof can be chopped up to make some great mulch and the round timber used to make or repair raised beds.
Only problem is they and all the rest of the world weaves with coconut fronds.
What this does is catch every single rain drop that hits the roof.
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Some extremely famous kinds of palm used are palapas from mexico thatch panels from fiji and cape reed from africa.
All i have is this thorny fan palm.
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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 fairly simple.
First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.
What i really like about old palm thatch roofs is that they make wonderful palm thatch mulch.
Constructing tiki thatch roofs.
But i needed to repair my swing and so let s see what happens.