Sedum Green Roof Detail

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Sedum green roof detail.

Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures. An extensive garden roof assembly can be applied to flat roofs and sloping roofs with a pitch of up to 12 12 or 45 provided the appropriate measures are taken to cope with the shear forces and soil retention. Sedum is suitable for roofs where a thick layer of soil cannot be provided to hold enough water all year round. The roof can be planted with plant pots thus achieving a green effect.

Green roofs can be planted with herbs grasses flowers even trees in an exciting variety of colors textures scents and heights. Single layer polymeric sheet roof coverings. A green roof is an inhospitable environment particularly extensive green roofs with their thin and well drained soil media profile which is prone to drying out. Renolit la green roof generic.

It comprises mature sedum on 20mm of extensive substrate and incorporating a multifunctional water retention and filter layer. Generic green roof detail. Create the perfect relaxing eco friendly environments with a green roof. The most frequent kinds are the ivy grapevine or wisteria for example.

Replacing the impervious surface of a conventional roof with. Succulents can reduce the transfer of moisture from their leaves to the atmosphere and they can store much moisture in their cells. Garden roof assembly hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology. An extensive green roof or sedum roof is a roof with vegetation that is more or less self perpetuating and that can further develop and maintain itself.

Succulent plants have unique ways of dealing with water and are well adapted to extensive green roof designs. Sedums can be spectacular survivors. Absolutely gorgeous biting stonecrop a popular green roof sedum. To be read with preliminaries general conditions.

Green roofs and façades are most easily achieved through suitable kinds of climbers. Vegetation options plugs cuttings instagreen sedum carpet or instagreen sedum tile typical application. Roughly speaking extensive green roofs have a substrate thickness of between 4 and 15 cm and a weight of 30 to 220 kilo per m2. Sedums are expert survivors for these types of conditions.

The system is suitable for both new build construction and retrofit refurbishment projects. The details contained within this proposal are based on information available at the time of writing.