Steel roof/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...roofs- intensive and extensive: Greenroof© Ecohome An intensive greenroof, also known as a ‘rooftop garden’ refers to planting areas that have a depth of 6 inches and up. Deeper soil supports a greater variety of plants such as vegetables, shrubs and even small trees. Extensiveroofs are designed primarily...

...RoofInstallation The following DIY greenroofvideo shows the steps needed to ensure your greenroofwill not leak. Watch more Green Building Guide videos from EcoHome on YouTube here The most common building material used forroofing in North America is asphalt shingles, and because of their poor durability...

...roofs, be certain that yourroofventilation is able to do its job. Next,roofventilation - make sure your attic is properly ventilated. Check the attic to make sure that insulation isn't jammed down on the edges and blocking soffit vents . Proper ventilation - proper air flow - in aroofkeeps it in good dry an...

As a precursor to a new post exploring everything you wanted to know about Dry Rot but were afraid to ask, we wanted to cover the causes, effects and solutions for interstitial condensation in walls androofs. We’ve all heard of condensation, but has anyone ever heard of interstitial condensation? If you haven’t (or e...

...roofing the joints. If weeds can't come up then water can't seep down. To maintain permeability at this point, you'd want to go with either pure sand in the joints, or pea gravel, which as the name suggests, is gravel about the size of peas. This will fill the joint but still allow water to flow through and inhibit w...

...roofs for example, can retain much of the water that falls on them. A greenroof(specifically flat ones) can add green space to an otherwise bland concrete landscape, whether that is a commercial building where occupants now have green space on site, or a home where you suddenly have space to grow food. When the v...

...roofor floor cavity of a home. When that moisture laden air reaches a layer inside the interstitial structure (or simply put, wall orroofcavity), that is at dew point temperature, it will condense into liquid water which then soaks into timber, insulation and drywall. This is often a problem with flat and cathedral ...

...roofto create a seamless envelope of exterior insulation (and therefore cathedral ceiling) covering all of the walls androof. Larsen trusses are not structural or load bearing, ; their intention is simply to facilitate a thicker wall assembly for added insulation, and to place the vapor barrier at the 2/3rds point ...

...roofing insulation. As a versatile choice for commercialroofing applications, polyiso is designed to be part of any modified bitumen, built-up, or single-plyroofing system. Polyiso products feature a facer for high strength and excellent absorption for both hot mopping and adhesive attachment methods. The product als...

...roofing. Insulation batts are not rated for soundproofing, but still outperform most other materials for sound reduction. Be sure to get the right product for the right application. Rock wool in interior walls reduces sound between rooms and floors, as well as offering fire protection. Below grade durabilit...

...roofs have a pitch between 4/12 and 6/12 (18.4° - 26.6°), and within those parameters the panels are best mounted flush to the slopedroofdeck on the most south-facingroof. This is for both aesthetic and functional reasons – sleek looking panels lying flush on aroofdeck are less obtrusive to the eye and they are al...