While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
Is it legal to build 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.
Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.
Maintaining your green roof.
Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in urban areas to provide green space and aesthetic diversity to a built up landscape.
Creating your own green roof.
But you ll reap the rewards with reduced energy costs less runoff and a quieter home in little time.
Before building anything on any roof consultation by a structural engineer is mandatory in most jurisdictions and wise even where it s not required.
Initial installation of a green roof can be quite expensive.
And this isn t difficult.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.
After all the effort you ve put in to build your very own green roof it would be silly not to keep it in its best condition.
Build a living roof green roof.
Simply make sure you weed your roof garden and water it when required.
Be good to your green roof and it ll be good to you.