Explore our selection of natural and artificial palapa roof thatch options today.
Thatched roof shelter palumbo.
The lapa company is based in the heart of kent where we handcraft a premium range of luxury thatched gazebos and garden buildings.
Use artificial thatch as roofing for building structures umbrellas tiki bars and palapas.
It is a spanish word of mayan origin meaning pulpous leaf and refers to an open sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries usually with low.
Add our thatched roofing to an existing outdoor structure to create a sublime tropical aesthetic.
Our thatch comes from renewable resources that are not killed during the harvesting process.
Do it yourself and build a thatched roof to shelter your outdoor kitchen or use a palapa umbrella as a shade cover for your patio area.
The definition of palapa is a traditional mexican shelter roofed with palm leaves or branches.
Palapa thatch umbrellas tiki tropical umbrellas.
Whether you are looking for the elegance of our elephant grass that gently sways in the breeze or the rustic island charm of our tahiti thatch palm frond panels thatched shelters are the most beautiful and practical choice for creating a relaxed low maintenance exotic or tropical atmosphere.
Bamboo fences can cover chain link fencing.
It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates.
Our exclusive range includes thatched lapas tiki huts spa gazebos cedar shingle garden buildings cape reed thatched tiles and thatched gazebos available for installation and as a gazebo kit.
Our high quality palapa thatch roofing material is a great fit for re thatching an existing palapa structure or creating your own diy palapa in the backyard.