Making A Green Roof On My Shed

There are some things you need to check before building but the job is not very difficult.

Making a green roof on my shed.

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. Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.

The spectrum and could perhaps have been a bit steeper. It is always best when buying a shed for this purpose to go for a reinforced shed. Step 2 saw four lengths of timber to match the dimensions of your roof. Fasten to the side of the shed using a hammer and tacks.

Green roof installation guide. Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting. When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof. The slope of a green shed roof needs to be a balance between being too steep or too shallow.

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. Building a green roof on your shed is a way to add interest to the shed and produce a new area to cultivate. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.