Material Analysis of Synthetic Thatch Roof Products

When it comes to making an outdoor space stand out with a natural relaxed flair, a synthetic thatched roof structure is a perfect way to enhance your residential or commercial facilities’ aesthetic appeal and add some island inspiration while providing you with the practical use of sunshade and structure for a tiki hut or other outdoor living space. Synthetic thatch roof is easy to install, various versatile looking, durable and long lasting. The gazebo thatch tiles themselves could be soft and flexible, allowing them to be used on unusual designs, and require no special tools or skills to install, so the thatching of gazebo would be no headache for you anymore.

The quality situation of synthetic thatch products in the market

Anyway, as synthetic thatch roof products are man-made, the quality is not always stable. It depends on the correct use of the materials, the correct manufacturing process, also the attitude towards the quality. Let us do some analysis today for the material to see how to choose the correct polymer material for the synthetic thatch roofing. As nylon thatch roofing is more stable for the quality, so, we only discuss the PE thatch roof today.

The regular issues of artificial thatch tiles include:

◭ Color fade

◭ Decay

PE thatch roof also do not have problem of color fade normally. So we only discuss the decay issue.

Some reasons for the decay issue of the artificial thatch roof in the market

China exported lots of PE thatch roof to various countries before. Many peering companies have quality issues for the decay, especially for the tropical countries near the Equator, such as Philippines, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Thailand, etc. There areas have strong sunshine, and the temperature is high. The decay happened because of below facts:

1. Most peering companies use 2426 grade LDPE. This grade is not suitable for the outdoors.

2. Many of China's material factories start their operation from small workshops. The technicians then are not experts on this field, and did not have so much knowledge on modified plastics (polymer). The technicians have workers to work for them. After the workers have some money, they will leave the workshop and run their own business. But their knowledge is from their previous technician teachers. So, their formula is nearly the same as their teachers without any change. That means, a mistake will repeatedly happen. Most of the material suppliers are from the 1st generation of the material factory. Thus, the master used 2426 at the beginning, and their students follow.

3. The large use of recycled materials. To reduce the cost and increase the price attractiveness for overseas buyers, many peering competitors used recycled materials for production of materials. The composition of secondary material is very complex and difficult to control, which leads to unstable quality. As a result, many products will decay within only a few months.

4. No equipment for UV proof test. The lack of the test equipment will make it difficult to find the incompetent materials.

Some of our measure to make sure the quality of the synthetic thatch roof

To avoid these issues, Beatles Co., has taken some measures below to ensure the high-quality standard of our thatch products:

1. Only use new materials. We do not use secondary PE materials.

2. Promote nylon materials. Nylon material is famous for its stable quality since its birth. In recent years, we have not found any problems in nylon materials, no matter in engineering application for projects or during our material testing. The material has good toughness. After several years, it's almost the same as the new one. The disadvantage of nylon thatch is that it will fade a little after long time use. During production, we can make the color darker, so that even if it fades, it will make the material look better.

3. For PE, we began to use 9001 (HDPE) for production.

4. Our company purchased UV accelerated aging test equipment. Nylon thatch UV proof test started two months ago. With this machine, we could compare the materials for their UV proof performance. In addition to the materials used in production, some secondary materials in the market are also put in the machine for comparison. The secondary 2426 grade PE material decays so easily within one month. Other materials have not any issues up to now.

Our UV proof test equipment for artificial thatch roof tiles:

We will continuously increase our quality level and provide reliable thatched roof products for you. Our goal is to build good reputation for synthetic thatch roof products for China in the global market. So that, we could contribute our strength for helping our clients develop nice looking thatched roof structures and bring happiness for tourists in various countries.