Extensive Green Roof Construction Details

Little modification of the roof environment ensuring suitability for new or refurbishment applications.

Extensive green roof construction details.

Extensive green roofs are a popular option for homeowners as they are lightweight and require very little maintenance with no need for additional watering. Extensive green roofs traditionally support 50 120 kg m 2 10 25 pounds per square foot of vegetation while intensive roofs support 390 730 kg m 2 80 150 pounds per square foot of vegetation. From a distance an extensive sedum roof can be mistaken for a grass field. Cad drawings extensive green roof.

To start with take a look at the most simple family of green roofs. These are covered with low growing plants such as evergreen sedums. Nophadrain extensive green roof system. Besides the visual impact of an extensive green roof they also provide a natural habitat for birds and insects.

It comprises mature sedum on 20mm of extensive substrate and incorporating a multifunctional water retention and filter layer. 31 0 45 820 09 70 verkoop nophadrain nl. Cad drawings extensive green roof. Cad drawing detail 3 5a.

Extensive green roofs are generally made up of a very thin layer of soil or other planting medium with shallow root plants like sedum mosses and grasses. A green roof is a green space that is created by adding various layers of plants and a growing medium to the top portion of a traditional roofing system. Please contact us for support in determining which details are most pertinent to your individual project. Note that it is not like a traditional roof garden in which planting is done in free standing containers as well as planters that are placed on an easy to access roof terrace.

We have vegetative roof details in pdf dwg autocad and autodesk revit rvt 2d and rfa 3d formats. Extensive green roofing systems consist of lightweight naturalistic planting that provides extensive plant cover with minimal maintenance and a wide range of benefits including. The system is suitable for both new build construction and retrofit refurbishment projects.