Tiki Bar/outdoors FL climate - Other Crafts

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Thu, Feb 23, 2006 12:46 PM On 2006-02-23 10:05, kbgator wrote: Chip and Andy, Is there anyway you could post some more pictures of that bar. Especially up close showing the underneath the thatching. I am really interested in building something similiar. Did you build it yourselfs or have someone do it for you. TikiLaLe roof is considerably more substantial than what we did (way cool by the way TikiLaLe ). I actually designed and built the whole thing in a couple of weekends and made the roof on the light side because it is next to the pool. If a hurricane decided the roof needed to be removed, it would be small wood instead of something too big that would crack the pool on splashdown. The center beam is 2 2x8's and the supports are 2x6 with wood lath strips (1x1's) between the stingers to hold the thatch in place. I will get a few specific shots of the underside tonight and post for you.

On 2006-02-23 10:05, kbgator wrote:
Chip and Andy,
Is there anyway you could post some more pictures of that bar. Especially up close showing the underneath the thatching. I am really interested in building something similiar. Did you build it yourselfs or have someone do it for you.

TikiLaLe roof is considerably more substantial than what we did (way cool by the way TikiLaLe
).

I actually designed and built the whole thing in a couple of weekends and made the roof on the light side because it is next to the pool. If a hurricane decided the roof needed to be removed, it would be small wood instead of something too big that would crack the pool on splashdown. The center beam is 2 2x8's and the supports are 2x6 with wood lath strips (1x1's) between the stingers to hold the thatch in place. I will get a few specific shots of the underside tonight and post for you.

Post #216801 by Chip and Andy on Thu, Feb 23, 2006 12:46 PM