Flat Green Roof Detail

Green roofs offer a sustainable and ecologically friendly solution whereby plants and vegetation can live on the deck of the roof.

Flat green roof detail.

Build a living roof green roof. A green roof is a green space that is created by adding various layers of plants and a growing medium to the top portion of a traditional roofing system. This means you can consider a house green roof or growing a green roof on an extension or conservatory. The plants on a green roof contribute to improving air quality by producing oxygen and absorbing air pollutants dust and co2.

While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. And to ensure the appropriate green roof assembly relative to the membrane chosen is provided it is important to understand how they work and how they are installed. The key to any good green roof project is a good waterproofing membrane. Flat roofs are an easier option from a green roof construction point of view but living roofs are able to grow on pitched roofs too.

There are many types of waterproofing membrane. Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. We have vegetative roof details in pdf dwg autocad and autodesk revit rvt 2d and rfa 3d formats. Note that it is not like a traditional roof garden in which planting is done in free standing containers as well as planters that are placed on an easy to access roof terrace.

Unlike pitched green roofs flat green roofs can either take the form of extensive consisting of a thin layer of turf or sedum matting or intensive characterised by a greater soil depth that can even accommodate shrubs and trees.