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skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
|  Posted: 2010-11-18 11:10 pm Permalink
Thanks for the encouraging review, Kawikasurf.......I need to finish off this one and see how it looks.
Bamboo Stu, it does look like pressure treated lumber in the photos. It isn"t though.....I had a few gallons of stain left over from another project that I used for the wall panels and roof.It is a little more green than I remembered. I am hoping that with some bamboo, matting, shelves full of tiki mugs and a couple of TiKis that it will blend into something interesting and fun.
Thanks for looking.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2010-12-10 10:42 pm Permalink
a little more progress......not much spare time to work on it untill after Christmas probably
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BIG TIKI'S
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Joined: Nov 30, 2010
Posts: 17
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2010-12-17 05:16 am Permalink
Man that thing is sweet! Would you like to share your cost on this project so far? Nice work keep the photos coming.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2010-12-17 10:03 pm Permalink
thanks, big tikis. I'm not sure of the cost so far because I used some materials that I had left over from other projects. I'll figure it out when I'm done with it. I have some left over bamboo fencing and some cedar fence boards that I plan to use on the exterior.
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BIG TIKI'S
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 30, 2010
Posts: 17
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2010-12-18 06:32 am Permalink
Great use of left over material. Was this project your own vision, or did you have something as a reference? Can't wait to see how it turns out!
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5079
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2010-12-18 3:32 pm Permalink
Looking good so far...love the beam!!!
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2010-12-18 8:38 pm Permalink
thanks, VampiressRN.
BG TIKIS, I don't really have any one thing as a reference. I just had an idea and a sketch that I had to try to turn into something. It really shouldn't be taking me so long to finish it...............I have been building it at work after hours and just have been too busy. Hope to finish it soon. If I can turn it into some kind of a kit, I'll have to make some changes (not in the design, just in the construction)
Thanks again for looking.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2011-02-05 7:38 pm Permalink
finally started doing some more work on this project
I used bamboo fencing and 1x6 cedar fencing to cover the wall panels
at the corners under the bar (where the bamboo ends) I will use some 2x10s with TiKis carved into them
I sliced a palm log in half, then cut a notch out of the back of them to cover the 2x4s at the corners.
next, I will carve them into a couple of simple TiKis
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jimsflies
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 02, 2010
Posts: 57
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2012-08-19 10:45 am Permalink
Any updates to your project? Would love to see the final product.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-08-19 12:12 pm Permalink
That prototype still sits un-finished.....it was a good idea but I didn't think it through as far as ease of building as a kit.
I'm working on another simpler version and hope to have photos soon.
The original hut is mostly finished and would make a cool back-yard bar.....it's just too big to get through a gate (and pretty heavy too).
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jimsflies
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Joined: Jun 02, 2010
Posts: 57
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2012-08-19 3:57 pm Permalink
What was your roofing plan? Was it going to be all thatch or steel/thatch?
So do you make and sell kits? I've been stuck in the design phase for 4 years...still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do and once every few months comb over the posts here on tiki central to get more ideas.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-08-19 8:59 pm Permalink
My plan for the roof was a combination of thatch and shingles. My day job is building roof trusses, so I've been interested in some type of TiKi hut kit for awhile off and on.
Maybe this next version will be better.......I'm going to set it up in my backyard soon I hope.
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Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2300
From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2012-08-23 3:42 pm Permalink
Go man Go !!
I like what I see so far.
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Jah
Member
Joined: Aug 23, 2012
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2012-08-23 4:32 pm Permalink
This is really cool 
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 361
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-09-16 12:33 pm Permalink
I built this simpler version for the North County Home TiKi Bar Crawl (our home was one of the stops) A really simple design and easy to assemble. I was in a hurry, so I covered the panels with reed fencing (quick & cheap).....probably should be bamboo or bamboo and grass mat.
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