House Extension Green Roof

It replaces the ecology the new house sits upon thereby replacing the habitat that a house takes away.

House extension green roof.

Catslide roof on sympathetic extension image credit. House extension green roof added on october 22 2014 by dusty gedge this elegant house extension was designed and built by two architecture students using the guide. Both verity and craig were taking time off from their masters of architecture at the university of bath to take this project forward. Mark hazeldine homeowner helen was keen that the extension to her 16th century cottage should mirror the older sections of the house.

Designed by fraher architects the green roof of this striking rear extension projects overhangs the ground floor living space. Residential green roofs such as theirs protect natural waterways from oily street residue by lessening the chances that municipal storm drain systems will overflow. Depending on the source you look at these roofs may add 10 to 35 pounds per square foot to a roof s load. Extensive green roofs are the simplest to install and are very often added to existing roofs.

A variation of the extensive green roof is called semi extensive. Planted with hundreds of low growing succulents the little flat roofed extension off their 1925 colonial revival helps slow down and filter rainwater runoff. A green roof is in ecological terms a great and simple thing to do.