Getting Started With Green Roof

About green roofs getting started considerations before starting a green roof project.

Getting started with green roof.

A green roof also called a living roof is a rooftop that incorporates partial or full vegetation. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. Depending on the site root barriers drainage and or an irrigation system may also be a part of the green roof. If you want deeper soil in which to cultivate vegetables your roof should be certified to bear 65 pounds per square foot.

I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live. In order to install an extensive green roof with less than four inch soil you ll need a structural load of roughly 30 pounds per square foot. Before the plants go up a structural engineer should check to ensure that the roof can support the weight of the engineered growing medium and plants. For a green roof installation that pitch should be at least inch per foot of run.

Can your building support the additional roof dead loads of a minimum 21 lb sf. Even a flat roof should have some pitch so that it sheds water toward gutters. The optimal time to add a green roof is during the replacement of your roofing membrane or in new construction. Avoid the top 5 green roof planning mistakes.

Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. Once the green roof bug bites you it may be hard to hold back and get into planning the details. A growing medium is spread over a waterproof membrane and plants are added. Build a living roof green roof.