Roof Garden Detail

This information bulletin establishes guidelines and requirements for occupied rooftop gardens or unoccupied landscaped.

Roof garden detail.

The roof garden waterproofing assemblies will incorporate membranes from 90 mil epdm and 80 mil tpo in deep garden applications to 60 mil material for the shallow garden assembly for standard 10 or 15 year warranties. Unlike conventional earth covered structures garden roof assemblies are lightweight and can be installed on a wide variety of new and existing structures. A few large plants shrubs and small trees ground covers annuals must be there. We have vegetative roof details in pdf dwg autocad and autodesk revit rvt 2d and rfa 3d formats.

Also buy containers of different sizes this will give a great look to your rooftop garden. Hydrotech s garden roof assemblies combine the proven performance of our monolithic membrane 6125 roofing waterproofing with proven green technology. Plants have the ability to reduce the overall heat absorption of the building which then reduces energy consumption. Root barriers must be incorporated as part of the deep and medium depth garden assemblies.

Roof gardens located on the roof of a commercial or residential building provide much needed green space for people to enjoy while providing an aesthetically pleasing and functional area. The last and third method is to make your whole roof or some selected part a vegetation ground like a regular garden. First method is to make a container garden on terrace second one is to make a lot of raised beds to grow plants either permanent made of concrete or wooden. Roof gardens are a little bit different from green roofs in the sense that roof gardens are generally created for entertainment and recreational activities and to create an outdoor living space for people living in the building.

Roof garden construction can be done by three methods. Green roofs are usually created for economic and environmental benefits and cover the whole roof area.