Step 1 check if it is load bearing.
How to make a green roof shed.
Alternatively you can reinforce and brace the internal shed structure and roofing joists before fitting.
You are going to be adding significant extra weight onto the shed roof so you need to know that the structure is strong enough to support it.
When fitting a green roof to a shed make sure that your shed roof can take the increased weight load from a green roof.
A shed roof that is not designed for this sort of load is unlikely to have the capacity.
It is always best when buying a shed for this purpose to go for a reinforced shed.
While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask.
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Building a green roof on your shed is a way to add interest to the shed and produce a new area to cultivate.
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It has to support the weight of the growing medium that you are going to put up there and more.
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Make a normal flat or sloped roof into a beautiful living garden.
I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live.
There are some things you need to check before building but the job is not very difficult.
Make a green roof on a shed.
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A green roof can help turn the ordinary into something really unique.
Adding a green roof to garden buildings such as sheds and storage areas reclaims the space they take up as well as improving air quality and encouraging wildlife into the.
Build a green roof.
The first thing to do is to make sure that the roof that you build is strong enough.