Green Roof On Top Of Garage
There are intensive and semi intensive roof gardens.
Green roof on top of garage. 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. It does not matter whether you choose a small diy green roof on top of your garage or if you get a professional to turn your sloped roof into a habitat for wild birds. Build a living roof green roof. List of pros of green roofs.
So a better question perhaps is which green roof system is best for your project. The steps to building a green roof are the same. There can be natural but raised beds. On august 4 2008 fairfax county unveiled its latest green initiative on top of the herrity building parking garage at the government center complex in fairfax.
How to build a green roof step 1. The first layer should make your roof waterproof as well as root resistant. 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.
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. The garden may not be the traditional laid out on the floor design. Alternatively install a green roof on an existing shed or garage or install an extensive system on a flat roofed extension. The right system used in the right place has no downside.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.