Residential Green Roof

Has had the opportunity to work on some amazing residential green roof projects.

Residential green roof. Apex green roofs inc. The top visible layer of a green roof is the several inches of a growing medium which hosts a crop of hardy low lying plants like sedum chives talinum and delosperma. With an extensive green roof vegetation is thinner 1 6 to five inches thick and lighter with appropriate plants that will make them low maintenance and self sustaining. Variables particular to location such as sun and wind exposure seasonal rainfall native vegetation and soil depth determine the most viable plant choice.

An extensive green roof is super low maintenance. It also keeps the room below it warmer in winter and as much as 6 to 8 degrees cooler in summer thereby reducing utility costs. Residential green roofs such as theirs protect natural waterways from oily street residue by lessening the chances that municipal storm drain systems will overflow. These tend to be our favorites because each residential project is unique.

Any large slope or flat roof that s hard to reach makes a great area for this kind of vegetation as nature will take care of itself. Government agencies began offering financial incentives to defray costs of residential green roofs rainy portland oregon has a notable one. The cost of a green roof is roughly two to four times that of a conventional roof.