Green Roof A Frame

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.

Green roof a frame.

Place rafters at 2 intervals. Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. Build a living roof green roof. The quality of a greenhouse largely depends on its roofing as a good greenhouse roof can provide a number of benefits in the form of minimized heat loss reduced heating cost effective heat retention at night and enhanced yield of your plants.

While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live. In fact when you build a greenhouse its roofing as well as framing must be given the top priority. Rooftop vegetation improves urban ecology by retaining storm water helps to reduce peak flow and total runoff volume.

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. You require 2 x4 for the rafters cross rafters and the top ridge. Some are easier to use steeply sloped roofs than others. Greenhouse shape a steep roof may necessitate a more complicated building design to avoid an extremely tall building.

It also reduces energy usage by keeping your home both warmer and cooler and can muffle noise.