Nipa Roof Construction

As for walls sawali can be used framed with bamboo slats.

Nipa roof construction.

Nipa finished a deck project in september of 2013 in the universi. Come join us while we are putting the nipa roofs on both cabanas. Through different creativity and integration let me remind you with the original nipa hut used by our farmers. They provide services such as accessibility construction patio construction storm shelter installation and other services.

The roof will be of nipa the thatched leaf of the nipa palm. We also included never before seen special bonus video of the great pyramids of the philip. Synthetic nipa roofing is also maintenance free easier to repair and more cost effective especially in the long run. Nipa huts were the native houses of the indigenous people of the philippines before the spaniards arrived.

Here s a few photos. The walls are all brick. The roof has tin roof and the owner puts a nipa material like straw hat materials or a cogon blady grass kunai grass or japanese blood grass on top the tin roof to make to look like a native house. For the mean time enjoy these picture of nipa hut in the philippines.

The first requires minimum training if any while the second calls for skilled craftsmanship. With nice front porch. Construction began on tuesday november 3 2009 with a crew of four on site. The standard filipino column footer and four 10mm rebar column reinforcement.

Original nipa hut in the philippines. Amid the introduction of new materials in the construction of houses many still prefer to use the traditional nipa for their roofing. They were designed to endure the climate and environment of the philippines. Building a synthetic nipa is much simpler and faster than building a traditional one.

A typical materials in building bahay kubo uses bamboo and coco lumber for the beams and joist nipa shingles for the roof and windows bamboo slats for flooring railings and even for benches and stair steps. Steps in building bahay kubo scroll down for videos. These structures were temporary made from plant materials like bamboo.