Green Roof Garden Shed

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

Green roof garden shed. Step 1 check if it is load bearing. When saturated these layers can weigh in at more than 100kg per square metre or 20lbs per square foot. Planning a green roof 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. Choosing the right shed.

When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof. Green roofs are increasing in popularity to the number of benefits they bring especially in city areas. The spectrum and could perhaps have been a bit steeper. The slope of a green shed roof needs to be a balance between being too steep or too shallow.

There are some things you need to check before building but the job is not very difficult. With a sturdy roof deck to support the roof the first step is to keep out the water. Green roof installation guide. Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting.

Lay the water impermeable sheeting over the roof cutting it to size with a slight overhang. Whereas too steep means that the growing medium slides down the roof. The addition of a green roof will offset the footprint of your garden shed and the fact that such roofs allow plants to grow more freely than on a lawn or flowerbed will help it to attract even greater numbers of birds butterflies bees and other insects. Step 2 saw four lengths of timber to match the dimensions of your roof.