Simply make sure you weed your roof garden and water it when required.
Is it legal to build your own green roof.
Initial installation of a green roof can be quite expensive.
Be good to your green roof and it ll be good to you.
A green roof is a roof which can either be partially or fully covered by plants.
Before building anything on any roof consultation by a structural engineer is mandatory in most jurisdictions and wise even where it s not required.
Build a living roof green roof.
It generally constitutes a waterproof covering where vegetation is planted over.
And this isn t difficult.
Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in urban areas to provide green space and aesthetic diversity to a built up landscape.
While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
Creating your own green roof.
They provide many benefits such as improving air quality providing a fabulous habitat for wildlife slowing water runoff and preventing gutters from overflowing.
Maintaining your green roof.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.
Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.