The green roof solutions air layers serve multiple purposes.
Semi intensive green roof layers.
Semi intensive green roof heather with lavender the ideal system build up for blooming perennials and aromatic shrubs heather with lavender is a simple intensive green roof system and allows for the inclusion of various perennials and aromatic shrubs in the plant selection.
A green roof is a layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system that is installed on top of a flat or slightly sloped roof.
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The semi intensive green roof at hamerschlag hall features a 2 5 inch drainage layer with a 2 5 inch extensive growing medium mix.
Semi intensive green roofs require a deeper soil layer but the payoff is in the types of plantings that can be used.
Common uses of the grs air layers are.
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These products work in conjunction with the primary drainage component within the green roof system.
Planting and waterproofing typically this will be a drainage layer and 100 170mm of semi intensive substrate and the plant material that has been chosen i e.
Intensive thick extensive thin and semi extensive somewhere in between.
Semi intensive green roof the layers of a green roof regardless of the depth of growing media soil and plant types used above the underlying architectural elements of most vegetated roof systems are typically the same with each layer playing a crucial role.
There are three basic types of green roof.
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Extensive semi intensive and intensive green roofs.
Semi intensive roofs are not designed to be heavily trafficked and can be installed on flat to shallow pitched roofs.
Standard composition nophadrain intensive green roof system.
The green roof supports over twenty eight different plant species ranging from sedums herbaceous plants tall grasses and small shrubs creating a rich and bio diverse community for local fauna.
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Three types of green roofs exist.
Their main function is to incorporate a thin layer of air within the profile of a green roof system while also providing lateral water movement.
Comparison of the various green roofs an extensive green roof is characterised by its low weight a thin layer of growing medium green substrate a mix of plants adapted to conditions on the roof minimum maintenance and low installation costs.
They fall into three main categories extensive intensive and semi intensive.
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