Green Roof Residential Addition

Technically speaking the term green roof applies to a roof upon which living plants have been planted and nurtured.

Green roof residential addition.

Installed in 2015 and a current green roof maintenance client. Here green roof installer rob gaffney adds a second layer of rubber roofing membrane as a root barrier to prevent damage to the roof. Think the hanging gardens of babylon. Green roofs are made of layers designed to protect the building structure from water while holding and sustaining the plants.

The bottom layer is a root barrier typically made of very. And to be really eco friendly you want your roof to be cool. Approximately 6 000 sq feet the vegetated roof abuts the meadow behind and truly blends with the landscape. Oddly enough though this style of green roof isn t a cool roof.

The first green roof project is a beautiful residence nestled in a tranquil setting on the olympic penninsula. The soil depth starts at 6 on the eaves with a 10 blending zone between the green roof and meadow. In a nod to the expanses of driftwood along the northern coast of the state the roof features a liberal scattering of local driftwood across its 3 000 square feet. You might have to add more joists strengthen existing ones or add bracing.

The earth house is the artist s residence at guilford sound in vermont. Pro advice get a structural engineer to tell you what your existing roof needs to support the weight of a green roof.