Green Roof Maintenance

Maintenance of the green roof for the first 5 years after installation is often included in a green roof installation contract.

Green roof maintenance.

Many green roof system manufacturers won t supply a system without a maintenance plan in place from the onset he adds. Maintenance is key to keeping your green roof healthy. Factors that affect maintenance costs include for example project size. Maintenance providers the green roof installer frequently covers maintenance of the roof for a period of time specified by the contract documents.

Extensive green roof maintenance. Maintenance costs for extensive green roofs in minnesota typically range from 0 10 to 1 00 per square foot per year after the first five years. After this period ranging from anywhere from 30 days to 6 months or even 1 year ends it is up to the owner to maintain the roof. This will enable the plants to sink their roots into the substrate.

Maintenance for a living roof needs to be considered from the outset. All new commercial buildings are required to have roof and gutter checks twice a year and an extensive green roof can be designed to align with this requirement. Green roof product solutions green roof maintenance solutions. They can be installed before the green roof system is fitted or retrofitted over existing green roofs.

We have over 10 years experience. Riverbend greenroofs produces the liveroof hybrid modular system for virginia north carolina washington d c maryland delaware and parts of south carolina west virginia pennsylvania and new jersey. A green roof is a real asset to a building and for it to continue to deliver the environmental and aesthetic benefits for which it was originally designed it is important to carry out maintenance on a regular basis. We design and install bespoke irrigation systems for your green roof.

Call us now on 01604 790773 to organise your no obligation quote. Extensive green roofs may require watering on a regular basis as well as the elimination of undesirable flora such as weeds from the area of the roof and the gravel or shingle. Inspect the green roof at least 5 times a year for weeds and seeds carried by the wind and remove these. If the green roof is installed in a warm and dry period we recommend watering the green roof regularly for the first 2 to 3 weeks.

Proper maintenance protects your investment and ensures your system achieves its original intent whether that s for thermal performance stormwater management or aesthetic value. The roof will form part of the desalination plant s sophisticated roof system designed to blend the building into the landscape and provide acoustic protection corrosion resistance thermal control and reduced maintenance. The green roof was designed by aspect studios arm pecvkvonhartel architecture and will be installed by fytogreen.