Comments on: Palapa http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/ Travel Reports and Iconoflatulence Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:42:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: You Know Me http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-2087 You Know Me Fri, 25 May 2007 11:56:48 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-2087 Hi Kathe, Thanks for stopping by for a view and for your comment. It sounds as though palapa roofs are put together in Qunintana Roo in the same manner as they are in Merida. I suppose the different techniques developed based upon which materials were most readily available. Hi Kathe,

Thanks for stopping by for a view and for your comment.

It sounds as though palapa roofs are put together in Qunintana Roo in the same manner as they are in Merida.

I suppose the different techniques developed based upon which materials were most readily available.

]]> By: Kathe http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-2076 Kathe Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:34 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-2076 Here where I live in Quintana Roo near Chetumal palapa roofs are made with poles vertically to the peak and then lightweight saplings horizontally spaced about 18" apart. Then the two types of material for the actual roof covering are either from the Huano tree which looks sort of like a palm but with less long fronds or it is made from a type of grass (zacate) which is tied into bundles and then tied onto the horizontal saplings. The zacate roof is a little more expensive to build because each little tied bundle of grass covers less than what one Huano frond covers so you have increased labor costs. The roofs are durable and hold up for 10-15 years. Here where I live in Quintana Roo near Chetumal palapa roofs are made with poles vertically to the peak and then lightweight saplings horizontally spaced about 18″ apart. Then the two types of material for the actual roof covering are either from the Huano tree which looks sort of like a palm but with less long fronds or it is made from a type of grass (zacate) which is tied into bundles and then tied onto the horizontal saplings. The zacate roof is a little more expensive to build because each little tied bundle of grass covers less than what one Huano frond covers so you have increased labor costs.

The roofs are durable and hold up for 10-15 years.

]]> By: You Know Me http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1183 You Know Me Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:09:50 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1183 El Macho, Sorry for the delay in my response but I have been so busy tending to my reprobative duties in Cabo. I believe the fronds in the photos are from Royal Palms, which become really tall with trunks the color of concrete, which bulge from mid-height, and are often used for columns to support the palapa roof. The palapas in Merida, I think, generally use fronds from Coconut Palms, which are more abundant there. El Macho,

Sorry for the delay in my response but I have been so busy tending to my reprobative duties in Cabo.

I believe the fronds in the photos are from Royal Palms, which become really tall with trunks the color of concrete, which bulge from mid-height, and are often used for columns to support the palapa roof. The palapas in Merida, I think, generally use fronds from Coconut Palms, which are more abundant there.

]]> By: El Macho Grandisimo http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1166 El Macho Grandisimo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:02:54 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1166 What kind of palm trees do they use? Do coconut fronds work? What kind of palm trees do they use? Do coconut fronds work?

]]> By: El Macho Grandisimo http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1160 El Macho Grandisimo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:11:44 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1160 Ann's sister Kiki lives in a thatched house in Bali with no walls or windows. It's quite nice. Ann’s sister Kiki lives in a thatched house in Bali with no walls or windows. It’s quite nice.

]]> By: El Macho Grandisimo http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1159 El Macho Grandisimo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:58:44 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1159 So called needle palms (I think called Sabol) are quite common. We had two seedlings in pot, but I don't think they made it through winter. As the climate warms they are getting more common. So called needle palms (I think called Sabol) are quite common. We had two seedlings in pot, but I don’t think they made it through winter. As the climate warms they are getting more common.

]]> By: You Know Me http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1158 You Know Me Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:19:57 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1158 You now know how to build that palapa roof you've always wanted to build. So get busy collecting the fronds from all of those palm trees growing int he D. C. area. I really like the idea of having an outdoor kitchen and general hangout area in a palapa and hope to someday have one. You now know how to build that palapa roof you’ve always wanted to build. So get busy collecting the fronds from all of those palm trees growing int he D. C. area.

I really like the idea of having an outdoor kitchen and general hangout area in a palapa and hope to someday have one.

]]> By: El Macho Grandisimo http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1157 El Macho Grandisimo Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:50:27 +0000 http://expatriateruminations.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/palapa/#comment-1157 Very informative pictures. Very informative pictures.

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