Help How to maintain bamboo, thatching?? - Other Crafts

H Haole'akamai Member The Polynesian Port of NOLA Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 2276	H Haole'akamai Posted posted on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 8:46 AM Also, putting your thatch away for winter is helpful. I know, sounds like a, "duh!", thing, but we didn't with the first thatch roof we made for our backyard hut (We're in California, we barely have weather, right? How bad could it get) and it was unusable by Spring. We rethatched a roof onto a canvas tarp, and have rolled it up and stored it at summer's end. The roof has lasted three years and is still going strong. When we end up making a new one, though, we'll do like Ben says and spray varnish (and fire retardant) on it.

Also, putting your thatch away for winter is helpful.

I know, sounds like a, "duh!", thing, but we didn't with the first thatch roof we made for our backyard hut (We're in California, we barely have weather, right? How bad could it get) and it was unusable by Spring. We rethatched a roof onto a canvas tarp, and have rolled it up and stored it at summer's end. The roof has lasted three years and is still going strong.

When we end up making a new one, though, we'll do like Ben says and spray varnish (and fire retardant) on it.

Post #390602 by Haole'akamai on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 8:46 AM