
"Corrugated" bamboo roof
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Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998

Simple and effective. I've experimented with local bamboo. It grows like a weed. But you need a variety that's weather resistant. The stuff I tried rotted away within a year.
My next experiment will be Aussie hardwood split shingle roofing.
I lived in Taiwan in the early '80s for three years, as a child. I remember seeing a lot of this type of roof, particularly in the rural, southern portions of the island. More "modern" housing had clay tile roofs--fashioned in a similar way.
Jason