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 for the 2 5 fletes we needed to cover our roof with thatch.
How to thatch a roof with palm fronds.
The leaves are then removed from only side of the stalk while the other side remains as is.
First they collect a whole bunch of nice coconut palm leaves which are all over the island.
This is my number one favorite and perhaps the most obvious because i ve noticed that palm thatch roofs are useful from the beginning to the bitter end of their life.
The construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple.
Sitting under a palm palapa will instantly make you feel as if you re on a beautiful tropical beach.
Shaggy in appearance they create.
So here s your step by step instruction for making a palm thatch roof.
Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds.
The reason is that they are too short.
Accessing the palm fronds for the thatch roof turned out to be one of the easiest things we ve had to do so far.
Palm frond rain capes are available in round or square panels.
Instead you want to use cahune palm.
They are simple to make as easy as tying the fronds to a round timber frame moving from the bottom to the top.
Normally we don t use palm leaves for our cabana roofs.
First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.
Then the fronds are placed above each other with the leaves facing the same direction.
Overlap each panel roughly seven to eight inches on center for a full appearance.