Nipa Roof Construction

Come join us while we are putting the nipa roofs on both cabanas.

Nipa roof construction.

Nipa huts were the native houses of the indigenous people of the philippines before the spaniards arrived. Original nipa hut in the philippines. With nice front porch. They provide services such as accessibility construction patio construction storm shelter installation and other services.

These structures were temporary made from plant materials like bamboo. It s a very nice house and the cost was reasonable. The use of nipa in thatching roofing had been slowly diminishing due to the introduction of the use of gi sheets in modern houses. The walls are all brick.

Here s a few photos. Amid the introduction of new materials in the construction of houses many still prefer to use the traditional nipa for their roofing. Nipa finished a deck project in september of 2013 in the universi. A typical materials in building bahay kubo uses bamboo and coco lumber for the beams and joist nipa shingles for the roof and windows bamboo slats for flooring railings and even for benches and stair steps.

The roof will be of nipa the thatched leaf of the nipa palm. They were designed to endure the climate and environment of the philippines. Synthetic nipa roofing is also maintenance free easier to repair and more cost effective especially in the long run. As for walls sawali can be used framed with bamboo slats.

Steps in building bahay kubo scroll down for videos. Construction began on tuesday november 3 2009 with a crew of four on site. For the mean time enjoy these picture of nipa hut in the philippines. The first requires minimum training if any while the second calls for skilled craftsmanship.

Based in santa ana nipa is a general contractor. Building a synthetic nipa is much simpler and faster than building a traditional one. We also included never before seen special bonus video of the great pyramids of the philip.