We love used freight containers they have already spent years at sea they are immensely strong and versatile.
Grass roof shipping container.
How to build a green roof on a shipping container house 2018 sheltermode.
These turnkey kits mount on standard shipping containers and can be assembled with basic tools.
I ve talked often about a shipping container being cost effective because you re purchasing your structural envelope already assembled.
This green roof was created on a shipping container in mytholmroyd june 2019.
We now design roofs using different soils different soil depths wetland roofs partly vegetated roofs and roofs full of bee and bug habitat.
It s evident that you should expect to mow much more than just your lawn if you go with a green roof but that shouldn t be a dealbreaker.
1 clean and de rust the roof.
3 construct wooden frame around edge of the roof ours is 225mm high made from decking timber on the outside and bitumen coated battening timber on the inside.
How to build a green roof on a shipping container.
2 seal with bitumen and cover with heavy duty dpm.
As simple and easy as it may seem an ordinary green roof such as this can be challenging to achieve.
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We love used freight containers they have already spent at least 10 years at sea they are immensely strong and versatile.
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A perfect base to fix green roofs and habitat walls.
Typical pitched roof with native grasses implementing a green roof atop a shipping container is really no different.
We have designed and built over 120 green roof buildings.
1 beautiful shipping container home with green roof.
A perfect base to fix green roofs and habitat walls.
If you re looking for a cost effective means of providing permanent cover over a large area a container roof kit can be an excellent solution.