Tiki or "chickee" huts are a welcome addition to many homes and businesses. As they gain popularity as a focal point for a fun tropical place to "hang-out," every so many years they need a facelift. This is due to the natural materials that are used to make the tiki hut, particularly the "tiki" roof.
Big Kahuna Tiki Huts builds tiki huts around the state of Florida. This past year, they even ventured to the Carolina's to build tiki huts and tiki bars for "tiki lovers." A restaurant in South Carolina that has a large tiki bar on the ocean, hired Big Kahuna to rethatch the roof of their tiki hut.
Big Kahuna Tiki Huts builds tiki huts around the state of Florida. This past year, they even ventured to the Carolina's to build tiki huts and tiki bars for "tiki lovers." A restaurant in South Carolina that has a large tiki bar on the ocean, hired Big Kahuna to rethatch the roof of their tiki hut.
What gives the huts their it's unique look is the palm fronds that are used to make the roof. A day or two before we have what is called a "rethatch" job, our thatching crew will cut the palm fronds, as many as two thousand depending on the size of the roof.
The next step is to load the palms in the trailer to transport them to the tiki hut location. After arriving, the crew will take off all the older palms and replace them with new palm fronds.
A new tiki roof can last seven years or longer, depending entirely on Mother Nature. These type of roofs have been around for over a hundred years, which is a credit to their durability. Below are "before" and "after pictures of a recent tiki rethatching.
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