Viking Green Roof

They look like hobbit homes or houses for fairies but scandinavian grass roofs are the real deal.

Viking green roof.

Has awarded a prize for green roof of the year 2014 to a 30 year old green roof atop the allianz insurance company. Vikings built this amazing green roofed village 1000 years ago. Viking s roof garden system is new zealand s only branz appraised green roof system. Build a living roof green roof.

Offer both functional and aesthetically appealing benefits. During the viking and middle ages most houses had sod roofs. Viking roofspec is a market leading provider of quality roofing and waterproofing materials. Some are green as pasture while others are golden in color.

Our project experience and broad team of partners make it possible for viking to address the total structural exterior or building envelope. 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. I liked the idea of having a bit more greenery in the property we live. The renaissance of green roofs was also boosted by a.

Often times that means finding solutions or locating resources beyond the usual roofing products or supplies. 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. Helping improve the quality of life in our urban environments and reducing the impact on our limited resources. A viking roof garden system is designed to do just that.

Contemporary green roofing technology began during the mid twentieth century in germany when gerda gollwitzer and werner wirsing published roof areas inhabited viable and covered by vegetation the book investigated the different components of living roofs including root repelling agents waterproofing membranes drainage and the weights of different soils and plants to find a viable. While redeveloping our house we decided to install a living roof on our kitchen roof why you ask. We ve been protecting properties for nearly 50 years. In rural areas sod roofs were almost universal until the beginning of the 18th century.

Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the. During the viking and middle ages most houses had sod roofs and they were almost universal until the beginning of the 18th century.