Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.
Flat green roof detail.
Unlike pitched green roofs flat green roofs can either take the form of extensive consisting of a thin layer of turf or sedum matting or intensive characterised by a greater soil depth that can even accommodate shrubs and trees.
There are many types of waterproofing membrane.
This means you can consider a house green roof or growing a green roof on an extension or conservatory.
While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
Architectural details photo by tommy hileman.
Green roofs offer a sustainable and ecologically friendly solution whereby plants and vegetation can live on the deck of the roof.
Flat roof green roofs.
Build a living roof green roof.
A green roof is a green space that is created by adding various layers of plants and a growing medium to the top portion of a traditional roofing system.
We have vegetative roof details in pdf dwg autocad and autodesk revit rvt 2d and rfa 3d formats.
Note that it is not like a traditional roof garden in which planting is done in free standing containers as well as planters that are placed on an easy to access roof terrace.
The plants on a green roof contribute to improving air quality by producing oxygen and absorbing air pollutants dust and co2.
Flat roofs are an easier option from a green roof construction point of view but living roofs are able to grow on pitched roofs too.