Living Roof House

Planted with hundreds of low growing succulents the little flat roofed extension off their 1925 colonial revival helps slow down and filter rainwater runoff.

Living roof house.

Though it needs occasional weeding brahler says. Our original goal with our house was to build a earth roof for it but unfortunately our choice of living in town included the choice of having a local code enforcement officer. Building the living roof. You can use heavy duty scissors or a utility knife.

Paint the front orange and allow to dry. A solidly engineered roof helps protect your house against the elements of course but the one installed over sarah jack and scott harris s eat in kitchen does that and more. We wanted somewhere for some wildlife to have bees etc 3. Cut out your roofing felt to the size of your roof.

Egg carton like trays of red green and brown sedum perennials made the lawn look as if it rolled out of the house up the wall and onto the roof. One project a lot of people are interested in is living earth roofs. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane it may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. When i approached him about my plans let s just say he was less than impressed.

Container gardens on roofs where plants are maintained in pots are not generally considered to be true green roofs although. Using the 1 4 bit drill three small holes under the large hole for the perches. Rebecca uses hardy sedums in her living roof birdhouses. The front of the house has a door and three perches.

Though homeowners have recently begun to really understand and celebrate the benefits of having a green roof it s not a new concept. Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. Use the 1 1 2 hole saw bit to drill a hole in the middle right of the front piece. If you ve been dreaming of topping your home off with a living roof but want to get the job done on your own we have you covered.

Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. In fact it can be traced back to the 1940s in germany. Measure the roof of your dog house on each side if you have a pitched roof like mine it will be the same on both sides you can also do this on a flat roof or a one pitch roof.

Knob needs attach the knob with a screw on the side so you can open the birdhouse to clean it out. Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof.