Sedum Roofing

Sedum roofing, also known as living roofs and green roofs, uses plant life instead of slate or other traditional roofing materials.  There are many benefits to sedum roofing and other types of green living roofs in general including helping to prevent global warming by reducing heat loss, providing noise insulation, providing extra insulation in winter and reducing water run-off from roofs onto drives and pathways by absorbing water. 
Sedum roofing also helps to keep the interiors cool and pleasant throughout the year and create a micro habitat for wildlife. Green living roofs certainly lower urban air temperatures too.

Green living roofs possess the capabilities to serve all types of buildings that are constructed with the design of a flat or low-slope roof that can hold the weight and the thickness of the layer of vegetation and can assure best maintenance of the system.

Single Ply Roofing’s team of professionals have great experience in deploying such roofing for existing or new buildings at the best rates with guaranteed performance. We take care of all important factors when building a green roof.

One of the main factors is to work out the most suitable drainage system for the green roof. The vegetation laden roof requires proper drainage system to ensure best growth of plants and to prevent ingress of moisture in the roof substrate. Secondly, the local area architect provides proper information about the exposure of the house roof to the sun and wind. At the same time, we ensure that correct decision is taken with the help of the architect about the kind of plants to be planted according to climate, thickness of soil, fertilizers and care and watering needed and related factors so that the plants flourish with least attention.

There are mainly 2 types of Green Living Roofs:

1) Intensive roofs:

These are considered to be thicker so that they can hold a wide variety of plants. There is the involvement of the different components during the installation that leads to the high maintenance.

2) Extensive roofs

These roofs can hold only a single layer of vegetation. These are on the lighter side than the intensive roofs.

One of the most effective parts of the green living roof is that these affect the temperature of a building and the area around it very positively. The plants and the other layers present in the roofing system provide the building with insulation on the roof.

It is known that the green living roof technology is mainly used in North America, and cities like Toronto in Canada. But it has now gained recognition all over Europe and UK which is why we have an ever growing client base all around Surrey and London.

If you are considering green living roof option for your home, contact Single Ply Roofing today for consultation!