Flat Green Roof Extension

There are two main types of green roof.

Flat green roof extension. They also deliver a whole range of benefits. Used over a whole roof a green roof will be the single overriding design influence on the house as well as impacting on the construction right down to the foundations. However vegetation for this type of roof is limited to sedum grasses and mosses contained within a sedum blanket. Planted with hundreds of low growing succulents the little flat roofed extension off their 1925 colonial revival helps slow down and filter rainwater runoff.

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. It replaces the ecology the new house sits upon thereby replacing the habitat that a house takes away. Extensive green roofs are a surface treatment for rooftops typically less than 6 inches in depth involving the addition of growth media and plants to create a sustainable green space on a flat or nearly flat roof. Residential green roofs such as theirs protect natural waterways from oily street residue by lessening the chances that municipal storm drain systems will overflow.

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. Supplied as a complete system this type of roof can be built using a only 50mm soil base and lightweight construction. A green roof is in ecological terms a great and simple thing to do.