Green Roof Soil Depth

Consult your local grower for specifics.

Green roof soil depth.

Liveroof engineered green roof soil weighs approximately 27 to 29 lbs sq. Careful plant selection and maintenance is needed to ensure annuals do not become weeds on a green roof. Sports turf requires a designed soil or growing medium to ensure effective drainage and a substrate. It is also important to factor in the type and lifetime of the roof membranethat will be used.

Intensive roofs which are thicker with a minimum depth of 12 8 cm 5 1 16 in and can support a wider variety of plants but are heavier and require more maintenance and extensive roofs which are shallow ranging in depth from 2 cm 13 16 in to 12 7 cm 5 in lighter than intensive green roofs and require minimal maintenance. Plants for green roofs with a soil depth of 100mm plants for green roofs with a soil depth of 150mm so seize the opportunity to elevate your planting to a whole new level with our pick of plants for a soil depth of 50mm. Its soil depth is a full 2 inches enough to support many low growing succulents and a limited number of accent plants. The surface and play requirements are much more demanding than for amenity turf.

These require irrigation and a substrate depth of at least 200 mm. The structural engineer must factor in the weight of completely saturated soil since the plantings and the soil will hold a significant amount of water. Last for many decades. This is especially true of intensive green roofs which can have soil that is two feet deep or more.

There are two types of green roof. Liveroof soil specifications will vary somewhat depending on region and available components. Fully saturated at 4 depth when fully vegetated with liveroof plants. Careful species selection is needed to ensure outcomes can be met.