Nipa Hut Long Lifespan Synthetic Viva Palm thatch roof

Palm thatch roofing is a traditional thatch materials in many countries, include Philippines (nipa palm thatch), Fiji (Tahitian palm thatch), Mexico (Mexican palm thatch), Colombia, etc..In ancient times, people use natural palm tree leaves for roof covering, which is a both economic and aesthetic way. With the modern technology development, synthetic viva palm thatch roof is invented and starting to replace the roles of natural palm thatch materials. No matter private newly built nipa hut for home backyard, or nipa hut thatch roof replacement for commercial grade use such as island resort hotel, spa umbrella, beach tiki hut restaurant, bar cottage, there are always lots of thatched roof nipa huts, among the various thatch materials, artificial viva palm thatch roof is one of the most popular types due to the above characteristics.

1. Advantages of viva palm leaf thatch roof:

Due to the characteristics of the materials, palm thatch has various advantages, such as:

Waterproof: 

Palm thatch could shed the water away from the roof structures

Fireproof: 

Putting fireproof additives, we could supply fireproof palm thatch roof

Durable: 

HDPE is very durable material, enable HDPE palm thatch very long lifespan

Easy to install: 

Artificial palm thatch could be easily installed on various roof structures, such as plywood, corrugated steel panel, or just wooden rafter and purlin.

No need maintenance: 

There are no rot, fungi could damage the thatched roof. No birds, no worms would harm the roof too.

2. Features of plastic viva palm thatch roof:

Size: 

◭ Palmex type synthetic palm thatch roof: 1000x680mm

◭ Viva type synthetic palm thatch roof: 1000x660mm

Fireproof:

Available

UV-proof:

Available

Quantity for 1 square meter roof:

8-12 pieces palm thatch used for 1 square meter roof.

3. Artificial viva palm thatch and the accessories:

4. Fireproof test report for artificial palm thatch roof:

Among 8 indexes under fireproof standard of UL 94-2013 Rev. 9-2018, artificial palm thatch roof could rank the best grade (V0) for 7 indexes.

5. Synthetic thatch roof replacement application:
Synthetic viva palm thatch roof could be used widely for no matter personal house roof decoration, but also could be used for resort hotel guest room palapa, bohio roof, theme park gazebo, tiki bar restaurant, village pavilion construction, zoo park tiki hut, bus station wooden sunshade, tourism rest area, bahay kubo, nipa hut, bali hut shed, beach shelter, etc.