Residential Sloped Green Roof

Replacing the impervious surface of a conventional roof with.

Residential sloped green roof.

While the basic components of a sloped green roof are similar to that of a flat system building teams must pay particular attention to water management erosion control. Drainage thickness of growing media plant varieties etc. Enhances energy efficiency green roofs are great at offering excellent insulation thus helping in temperature regulation during hot and the cold months the result of this is reduced energy bills to the homeowner. It can be sloped or flat.

An extensive green roof on the other hand is a thinner lighter version that looks more similar to a standard roof. Roofing membrane durability one way of increasing the roofing membrane durability is to install a residential green roof the roof will reduce the exposure of the roof membrane. A recent trend is to adapt green roof technology for low and steep slope applications. Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures.

It is the task of the designer to make adjustments in the green roof system accordingly e g. Technical performance may vary by region climate and green roof design. Often it will be planted with sedum stonecrop. Garden roof assembly hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology.

Due to their high visibility a sloped green can be a real eye catcher. But as the pitch increases so do the challenges. But when it comes to designing a green roof a very high slope is advantageous.