Weaving Palm Leaves Roof

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Weaving palm leaves roof.

There is a big difference between weaving coconut palm leaves probably the easiest and weaving thin rattan fronds but as you experiment more and more and improve your weaving skills you quickly learn to adjust to different types of palm leaves and very importantly you get faster at weaving. Now neri starts handing up the leaf. The craft business called thattai pinnardu in tamil meaning braiding the coconut palm leaves has been passed on through generations. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in.

A palapa is a construction made from wood and palm leaves. What this does is catch every single rain drop that hits the roof. You tie on six at a time alternating left leaf right leaf with the v shaped channel facing up. 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.

They are everywhere in mexico used as roofing for beach and pool areas bars sun shades bbq areas restaurants and. They provide shade and form the roof of permanant or temporary structures they can be very basic or very fancy depending on their use and location.