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.
Making a tiki hut roof.
Party and entertainment ideas once your tiki hut is finished.
Constructing tiki thatch roofs the construction of diy thatch roof is fairly simple.
Build your roof frame with bamboo poles.
Use framing nails to attach the plywood to the posts.
Determine the pitch of the roof from the peak to corner.
Here s what to do.
At the top end of this post cut a notch on all four corners.
First you will need to chop off a set of fresh palm fronds from the tree and allow them to dry.
Alternatively you can make use of already dried fronds.
Start at the top of your roof frame and add bamboo rafters horizontally.
There are three basic materials when building a tiki hut.
For a rectangular roof the simplest choice may be an a frame roof as this.
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Measure and miter cut plywood to fit together around the four sides of the roof.
Add horizontal support beams.
Cut a 4x4 to this height.
Don t take safety lightly.
Leave roughly four inches between each piece of plywood.
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Plywood to build the bar you can then decorate the corners with segments of bamboo trunk and dress the front with.
Cover the bamboo frame with palm or.
Our roof overhangs by approximately one foot on all sides determine the height from the middle horizontal support beam to the roof s peak.
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.
Bamboo polesare used to create the structure around the bar and the framework for 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.