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.

Residential sloped green roof.

Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures. It can be sloped or flat. 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. Garden roof assembly hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology.

Often it will be planted with sedum stonecrop. Compared with flat roofs inclined or pitched roofs retain less water. 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. As the popularity of vegetated roofs grows in the u s building teams are finding new methods for greening rooftops.

But when it comes to designing a green roof a very high slope is advantageous. But as the pitch increases so do the challenges. An extensive green roof on the other hand is a thinner lighter version that looks more similar to a standard roof. Sloped roofs retain less water in general and the moisture content varies from the ridge to the eave lowest edge of the roof.

Technical performance may vary by region climate and green roof design. Drainage thickness of growing media plant varieties etc. Due to their high visibility a sloped green can be a real eye catcher.