The steps to building a green roof are the same.
Green roof on top of garage.
So a better question perhaps is which green roof system is best for your project.
It could be a hanging garden with pots vertically lined up or a multitier garden.
How to build a green roof step 1.
The first layer should make your roof waterproof as well as root resistant.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.
The soon to open hampton inn in salem is getting ahead of the green building ordinance by installing a fully green roof on top of its garage to be overlooked by hotels and apartments on floors.
Build a living roof green roof.
This green roof demonstration project will help the county better design such eco friendly roofs in the future and gregory long of capitol greenroofs says this project took over three years to coordinate and i was pleased once.
While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
There are intensive and semi intensive roof gardens.
Alternatively install a green roof on an existing shed or garage or install an extensive system on a flat roofed extension.
There can be natural but raised beds.
The right system used in the right place has no downside.
The garden may not be the traditional laid out on the floor design.
List of pros of green roofs.
Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.
There are many types of green roofs based on the type of garden one plans.