Traditional Grass Roof

They are very heavy so they help to stabilize the house.

Traditional grass roof. The first step is the covering of the house roof with plastic sheeting. Traditional roof gardens which require a reasonable depth of soil to grow large plants or conventional lawns are considered intensive because they are labour intensive requiring irrigation feeding and other maintenance. Turf roofs in norway are a tradition and you will see them everywhere. The advantages of turf roofs also called sod roofs are many.

These days the grass roofs are built out of tradition and simply because they look nice and fit in with the norwegian countryside. There are actually several ways to make your roof unique while also making great use of the space and one of the most popular are grass roofs. Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of finland and the scandinavian peninsula. Landen cedar logs along the eaves protect against.

The load of approximately 250 kg. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in norway and large parts of the rest of scandinavia. They provide good insulation. You can walk out from the second floor of this house onto the green roof sod roof of the first floor which creates a grass covered patio.

In the past makers of norwegian log cabins would place moss in between the logs that made up the walls. This thick sheeting will be the grass roof waterproofing membrane. Traditional black norwegian wooden houses. To attach the membrane to the roof structure use asphalt mastic.

Often called green roofs these designs feature a roof that is completely or partially covered with some sort of vegetation usually grass. The overlapping of two plastic sheeting must be at least 4 inches. And they are long lasting.