GREEN AND LIVING ROOFS
Landmark Living Roofs uses cutting edge, innovative solutions to create intensive green roofs, extensive green roofs and roof gardens.
Based in Dorset, South of England Landmark Living Roofs works extensively in London and across the UK to install quality green roofs.
Green roofs are recognised as a way to address corporate sustainability at the same time as raising environmental standards, providing better insulation and acoustic insulation, giving lower energy bills, improving air quality and helping alleviate problems of stormwater management.
Contact Landmark Living Roofs for advice on green roofing, sedum roofs, grass roofs, biodiverse roofs and rooftop garden landscaping.
MAINTAINING A LIVING GREEN ROOF
Equally as important as the installation of your new green roof is the maintenance and after care. Just as when a new garden is planted, once a living roof is installed it will need to be maintained in order to ensure that the plants establish well, and over the first year it will need to be monitored in order to make sure that the installation is establishing as expected.
Maintenance on an extensive roof may include the removal of invasive or nuisance plants that may have self-seeded, plant replacement, fertilizing if required and general inspection of substrate compaction and drainage. Intensive roof systems might require a a higher level of maintenance including mowing, strimming, pruning and irrigation system checks.
Costs for maintenance will vary depending on the roof type, planting scheme and access, but Landmark Living Roofs can provide a highly competitive maintenance scheme tailored to suit your individual roof.
THE BENEFITS OF A GREEN ROOF
There are many well documented benefits to having a green roof, from ecological to financial. Read a round up on our BENEFITS summary page.
GREEN ROOF TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Green roof installations require a detailed understanding of both roof structures and the living roof systems which have been tried and tested over the years on the continent. Before undertaking a green roof installation you need to be sure that the roof is able to bear the load of a green roof fully saturated with rainwater – we would advise using the services of a qualified and experienced structural surveyor at this stage.
Once the roof has been assessed as suitable it needs to be completely waterproofed using an appropriate water and root proof membrane. This is topped with a protective mat, followed by a drainage layer to allow water to drain from underneath the growing system.
Finally a layer of substrate is applied to an appropriate thickness for the living roof type and planting selection – put simply this is a blended growing medium, specially selected for use on green roofs. This can either be seeded, planted with plug plants or it can have a pre-grown mat of sedum laid on top.
Pitched roofs need to be approached very differently, using a system designed to prevent slippage.
Landmark Living Roofs Ltd
Towngate House,
2-8 Parkstone Road,
Poole,
Dorset.
BH15 2PW
Phone: 01202 658090
Mobile: 07889 443070
mark @ landmarklivingroofs.co.uk
