Green Roof System Over Sip Roof

Green roof systems may be modular with drainage layers filter cloth growing media and plants already prepared in movable often interlocking grids or loose laid built up whereby each component of the system may be installed separately.

Green roof system over sip roof.

We re planning to use steel sips to put a low pitch flat roof on an existing brick 2 story building 25 x30. I was wondering if anybody has done or has recommendations about a green roof over a sip roof. The ridges caused by the expansion of sip roof panels may be an aesthetic blemish but it does not affect the performance of the roofing or the sip roof panels. Load would be 25 lbs per sq ft.

Options include a persist roof a hybrid design that includes rigid foam over the sheathing and dense packed cellulose in the rafter bays or an uninsulated roof over a vented. The pitch of the roof is very low only 1 2 inch in 12 and the metal roofing has been applied directly over the sips with no air channel beneath the roofing for ventilation. Green roof would be 4 inches of soil plants. Zip system roof assembly combines our revolutionary integrated sheathing and flashing tape or liquid flashing to provide a sealed roof for protection against moisture intrusion during construction or if high winds strip the roof covering away.

Specifying a cold roof or simply over sheathing the roof. Green roof development involves the creation of contained green space on top of a human made structure. Getting full insulation coverage over the entire ceiling is easy with our e sip roof panels. In the end holladay says the complications of overcoming inherent weaknesses of a sips roof might be an argument for choosing another roof system altogether.

We maintain consistent r value throughout the e sip home panel kits and past the exterior wall see diagram. Our e sip panel is made up of expanded polystyrene eps. Walls roofs up to 3m x 15m. Unique services internal to panel.

Build for the future with extreme s structural insulated panels sips the high thermal values and strength properties of extreme s sips are highly beneficial for roof construction. The roof structure is 10 25 sips on a 2 12 pitch and the developers are going with either metal roofing or a torch down system. Todd i am a designer sip material supplier and i am looking at a large townhouse project. Extreme s pre insulated sips offer an option for a high performance roof framing solution that is 15 times tighter than conventional construction practices making it easier to control indoor air environment.

The key to every good building is a good roof. When the house was built melton sealed the seams between roof panels with tape applied on the bottom of the panels.