Green Roof Shed

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Green roof shed.

The membrane comes in a roll that was xm long and ym wide. Building a green roof on your shed is a way to add interest to the shed and produce a new area to cultivate. Email to a friend. Build a living roof green roof.

Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof. Green roofs are made up of several layers typically a waterproof root barrier layer to protect the roof a drainage layer water retention mat then the growing medium and vegetation.

With a sturdy roof deck to support the roof the first step is to keep out the water. Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting. It is always best when buying a shed for this purpose to go for a reinforced shed. You are going to be adding significant extra weight onto the shed roof so you need to know that the structure is strong enough to support it.

Entice more wildlife into your garden with our step by step guide on how to make a green roof on your garden shed. Make a green roof on a shed. When saturated these layers can weigh in at more than 100kg per square metre or 20lbs per square foot. Step 1 check if it is load bearing.

Creating the green shed roof growing medium. There are some things you need to check before building but the job is not very difficult. Make a green roof on a shed. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.