Green Roof Making

Build a living roof green roof.

Green roof making.

Using rot proof timber build a frame around the roof to contain the garden. Focus on keeping the elements lightweight but water retaining. It is planted over a specially designed water proofing membrane that ensures protection to the tradition roof of a building. The frame can be made by simply nailing the corners together or by using l brackets to form the corners.

A green roof is a specific type of roof arrangement over a building that is either partially or fully covered with growing medium as well as vegetation. You will need two pieces of 2x4 timber the same length as the width of the roof and two pieces the same length as the depth of the roof minus 4 inches. Green roofs serve several purposes for a building such as absorbing rainwater providing insulation creating a habitat for wildlife increasing benevolence and decreasing stress of the people around the roof by providing a more aesthetically pleasing landscape and helping to lower urban air temperatures and mitigate the heat island effect. Topsoil soil from the garden is not used for green roofs because it s usually too heavy and tends to become too compacted.

While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. Use a mixture of organic and inorganic materials. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.