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Making grass mats for roofs.
Next step is planting the grass seeds.
Though i couldn t emulate the thrushes i could plant a sedum roof instead of grass.
This roof coat material was designed to protect roofs in all extremes of weather.
Rubber roofing mats rooftop walkway mats roofing mats for outdoor walkways.
A sedum roof weight can be anywhere between 60 to 150 kg per square metre.
Choose seeds that are the best suited for the area where you live.
Green roof weights obviously vary hugely depending on the type and amount of vegetation.
We supply pre grown sedum mats.
With an extensive green roof vegetation is thinner 1 6 to five inches thick and lighter with appropriate plants that will make them low maintenance and self sustaining.
While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
Experimenting with green roof plants.
The material is a coat of rubber that will completely seal your chicken coop floor.
Green roofs are made up of several layers typically a waterproof root barrier layer to protect the roof a drainage layer water retention mat then the growing medium and vegetation.
Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.
Green roof weight loading.
Protect your lawn use a wind blanket and cover the roof to protect your grass seeds.
This substantial weight is likely to be too much for your.
Green roofs can be created on flat or pitched roofs.
Any large slope or flat roof that s hard to reach makes a great area for this kind of vegetation as nature will take care of itself.
It seals all the floor seams and even the seam where the wall meets the floor.
Greatmats offers a large variety of roofing mats that are ideal for providing access to rooftops making for easier maintenance.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.
We offer roofing access mats in various forms including rolled rubber 4x6 foot rubber mats and perforated plastic interlocking tiles.
A pre blended sedum turf roll containing an excellent range of proven sedum varieties with a coverage of no less than 85.
Sedum is drought resistant needing no extra watering after it is established and doesn t need trimming either so it is low maintenance.
What angle does my green roof need to be.
When saturated these layers can weigh in at more than 100kg per square metre or 20lbs per square foot.
You can buy sedum impregnated mats for roofs.
Our sedum carpet is lightweight low maintenance and offer an instant colourful green roof.
You need to make sure the roof structure can take the weight of the green roof design you have in mind.
Ideally a green roof will go on a slope up to 10 but if it s on a slope over 20 make sure you have a frame to stop the green roof from slipping.
A simple drip irrigation system connected to your garden hose and a water timer is enough for your grass roof.
Build a living roof green roof.
