Flat Green Roof Extension

However vegetation for this type of roof is limited to sedum grasses and mosses contained within a sedum blanket.

Flat green roof extension.

Extensive green roof advocates have claimed numerous benefits including improved air quality stormwater attenuation reduction of the heat island effect extended roof life and aesthetic value. A sloping green roof provides the bonus of greater visibility from the ground. They also deliver a whole range of benefits. A green roof is a great way to create an attractive design feature on an outbuilding like a shed or garage or transform your home.

Green roofs extend the life and improve the performance of the roof cutting energy costs. A green roof is in ecological terms a great and simple thing to do. Residential green roofs such as theirs protect natural waterways from oily street residue by lessening the chances that municipal storm drain systems will overflow. Planted with hundreds of low growing succulents the little flat roofed extension off their 1925 colonial revival helps slow down and filter rainwater runoff.

There are two main types of green roof. Supplied as a complete system this type of roof can be built using a only 50mm soil base and lightweight construction. Flat or gently sloping roofs are most accommodating for green roofs but roofs with as much as a 40 slope can support vegetation with appropriate engineering and soil retention devices.