The use of nipa in thatching roofing had been slowly diminishing due to the introduction of the use of gi sheets in modern houses.
Nipa roof construction.
Amid the introduction of new materials in the construction of houses many still prefer to use the traditional nipa for their roofing.
Building a synthetic nipa is much simpler and faster than building a traditional one.
Nipa huts were the native houses of the indigenous people of the philippines before the spaniards arrived.
Synthetic nipa roofing is also maintenance free easier to repair and more cost effective especially in the long run.
The roof has tin roof and the owner puts a nipa material like straw hat materials or a cogon blady grass kunai grass or japanese blood grass on top the tin roof to make to look like a native house.
These structures were temporary made from plant materials like bamboo.
Nipa finished a deck project in september of 2013 in the universi.
It s a very nice house and the cost was reasonable.
For the mean time enjoy these picture of nipa hut in the philippines.
Construction began on tuesday november 3 2009 with a crew of four on site.
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.
Original nipa hut in the philippines.
The roof will be of nipa the thatched leaf of the nipa palm.
The standard filipino column footer and four 10mm rebar column reinforcement.
The walls are all brick.
Through different creativity and integration let me remind you with the original nipa hut used by our farmers.
Come join us while we are putting the nipa roofs on both cabanas.
They were designed to endure the climate and environment of the philippines.
With nice front porch.
The first requires minimum training if any while the second calls for skilled craftsmanship.
Steps in building bahay kubo scroll down for videos.
Based in santa ana nipa is a general contractor.
They provide services such as accessibility construction patio construction storm shelter installation and other services.