Traditional Grass Roof

To attach the membrane to the roof structure use asphalt mastic.

Traditional grass roof.

They provide good insulation. 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. Traditional black norwegian wooden houses. The advantages of turf roofs also called sod roofs are many.

They are very heavy so they help to stabilize the house. These days the grass roofs are built out of tradition and simply because they look nice and fit in with the norwegian countryside. 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. Often called green roofs these designs feature a roof that is completely or partially covered with some sort of vegetation usually grass.

The load of approximately 250 kg. Intensive roofs are more park like with easy access and may include anything from kitchen herbs to shrubs and small trees. The first step is the covering of the house roof with plastic sheeting. The overlapping of two plastic sheeting must be at least 4 inches.

Roofs in scandinavia have probably been covered with birch bark and sod since prehistory. Landen cedar logs along the eaves protect against. This thick sheeting will be the grass roof waterproofing membrane. A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards.

In the past makers of norwegian log cabins would place moss in between the logs that made up the walls. And they are long lasting. 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.