Weight Of A Sedum Roof

Weight of standard sedum roof.

Weight of a sedum roof.

This is the lightest weight all in one system available. Key features extensive sedum green roofs utilise drought tolerant plant species which are typically sedum species. If necessary this weight can be reduced to approximately 40 kg m for. An extensive green roof or sedum roof is a roof with vegetation that is more or less self perpetuating and that can further develop and maintain itself.

Roughly speaking extensive green roofs have a substrate thickness of between 4 and 15 cm and a weight of 30 to 220 kilo per m2. Discuss your flat roof project cradle to cradle silver certification our sedum blanket xf301 has been certifed through the cradle 2 cradle standard which guides manufacturers through a continual improvement process that looks at a product through five quality categories material health material re utilisation renewable energy and carbon. It comprises mature sedum on 20mm of extensive substrate and incorporating a multifunctional water retention and filter layer. The thicker the substrate layer the greater the weight of the total roof structure.

The weight of a green roof is one of a number of factors specifiers need to consider when deciding which roofing system to use. Typically the total depth of the green roof would be 85 100mm 12 20mm drainage layer 70mm of substrate and have a saturated weight of approx. In addition the weight also depends on the water buffering capacity of the drainage layer. A standard sedum roof has a saturated weight of about 80 kg m.

Xf301 sedum blanket extensive green roof system when to specify.