Making A Tiki Hut Roof

Party and entertainment ideas once your tiki hut is finished.

Making a tiki hut roof.

Construction of an authentic tiki hut made to withstand hurricane force winds. For the tools you ll need to gather. Determine the pitch of the roof from the peak to corner. Cut a 4x4 to this height.

Build your roof frame with bamboo poles. Start at the center and work your way down the size of the plywood pieces will increase as you move from down to bottom of roof structure. Leave roughly four inches between each piece of plywood. Measure and miter cut plywood to fit together around the four sides of the roof.

A saw for cutting your bamboo and other materials to the proper length nails to hold it all together gloves to prevent splinters a hammer or pneumatic tool to drive the nails a tape measure safety goggles. First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry. A diy tiki hut is generous in design and provide enough space to entertain a large number of people at one time in your backyard. At the top end of this post cut a notch on all four corners.

Central florida 2018 music honchograhamfrombirmingham by josh woodward. There are three basic materials when building a tiki hut. Cover the bamboo frame with palm or. For a rectangular roof the simplest choice may be an a frame roof as this.

Constructing tiki thatch roofs the construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple. Use framing nails to attach the plywood to the posts. Protect your diy tiki hut by searching here for flame retardant roofing materials. These are not only.

Our roof overhangs by approximately one foot on all sides determine the height from the middle horizontal support beam to the roof s peak. Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds. Don t take safety lightly. Bamboo polesare used to create the structure around the bar and the framework for the roof.

Plywood to build the bar you can then decorate the corners with segments of bamboo trunk and dress the front with.