Garden Roofs
A Garden Roof is an extension of your current or new roof, which includes a water repellent layer, drainage system, growing medium and plants. These systems offer many environmental and economic benefits. Garden Roof systems can be modular, or each component can be installed separately to your specification. A.D. Willis can help you choose which system is right for you. Garden roofs are aesthetically pleasing as well as fully functional.
What are the benefits of a Garden Roof?
There are a wide range of benefits from using a Garden Roof system.
- Protects the roof membrane, increasing the longevity of your roof while decreasing the need for maintenance.
- Potential Reduction of roof drains.
- Savings on cooling and heating.
- Great Reduction of storm water run off.
- Possible National and State financial support.
- Growth medium can insulate against outside noise and sound pollution.
- Increases R-value of roof.
- Earn LEEDS Certification Points.
- Improves quality of life in urban areas among other social aspects.
Putting it all together
While Garden Roofing is still young in North America it has been on the rise for many years now. The total footage of garden roofs increased by 24 percent from 2005 to 2006.
Our certified technicians can plan and install your Garden roof system quickly and efficiently. Garden Roofs provide an aesthetically pleasing, environmentally friendly, and highly functional alternative to traditional roofing systems.
What Type of Garden Roof is for you?
There are three main types of Garden Roofs being used by architects today, intensive, extensive, and combination. Intensive systems are characterized by having a growing medium deeper than 8 inches, Trees, shrubs, and an over all complex park like design. Extensive Garden roofs in contrast use a thin layer of growing medium and only require minimum maintenance. The third is a combination or semi-intensive in which growing medium depths can vary throughout the roof.
How is it done?
Depending on the structural system you choose, there are several methods to installation. Including a Pre-vegetated Modular System such as LiveRoof ® or each component can be installed separately.
How can I get one?
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