Installing a roof garden, green roof
or roof garden terrace is not without
its challenges. During the planning
and design stage considerations need
to be given to site access, health
and safety features, over-looking
neighbouring properties, accessibility
for citizens, load-bearing capacity,
drainage and ongoing maintenance
and management.
There are many specialist
organisations to guide you through the
process and well-respected suppliers,
like Green-tech who can supply many
of the key elements for a successful
green roof space. This will include
insulation, waterproofing materials,
weed control membranes, roof
drainage systems, filter membranes,
green roof vegetation and roof garden
substrates for podium roofs and
intensive and extensive roof garden
constructions.
Each component contributes to a
successful green roof project but for
healthy plants, shrubs and trees to
thrive your choice of soil is essential. It
is critical that a specialist roof garden
substrate is selected as you will need
it to be light weight and have good architects and designers to produce
nutrient content and water holding environmentally sustainable
properties – all key ingredients for a substrates that thrive in harsh rooftop
successful recipe. environments. Green-tree have a
The Green-tree brand of soils and
substrates has been successfully
installed in many green roof projects
choice of substrates with different
soil profiles to suit all green roof and
podium roof installations.
throughout the country. With 25
production sites across the UK, the
range of Green-tree roof substrates
was developed in partnership with
landscape and roofing contractors,
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