Making A Green Roof On My Shed

Building a green roof on your shed is a way to add interest to the shed and produce a new area to cultivate.

Making a green roof on my shed.

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. Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting. Green roof installation guide. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.

Fasten to the side of the shed using a hammer and tacks. The spectrum and could perhaps have been a bit steeper. Build a living roof green roof. Step 2 saw four lengths of timber to match the dimensions of your roof.

Whereas too steep means that the growing medium slides down the roof. It is always best when buying a shed for this purpose to go for a reinforced shed. The slope of a green shed roof needs to be a balance between being too steep or too shallow. When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof.

When saturated these layers can weigh in at more than 100kg per square metre or 20lbs per square foot. Lay the water impermeable sheeting over the roof cutting it to size with a slight overhang. Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. Step 1 check if it is load bearing.