On 16/10/06 14:19, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On 16 Oct 2006 06:08:45 -0700, "La Puce" wrote:


Uncle Marvo wrote:
I heard something on GQT on R4 on Sunday saying that sedum was difficult to
get, and all you got nowadays was some inferior variety.
Is this true?
I have told someone that I would kindly build them a green roof on their
garage, idiot that I be. I haven't a clue what I'm doing, but I was going to
put a rubbery membrane on it, build round the sides a bit, fill it with
compost and plant sedum and maybe some alpines etc, in a Norwegian stylee.
You can't walk on the roof, it's asbestos or similar, so I can't be weeding
it either. I understand that I can put chicken wire over the top which stops
certain wildlife eating the roof, but I think that would be ugly in the
extreme.
Any ideas/tips/pointers/books/articles on the subject would be very welcome.

Hullo Uncle. I'm sending you this link to start with - so that you can
also consider a grass roof which would be ideal as the maintenance is
pretty minimal. And it happens to be a project we are still
considering, not the roof but the house, a segal house (instead of a
boat possibly) ...

http://www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/arti...gagreenro.html

Did I miss the bit about the potential for the roof to collapse under
the weight when it is waterlogged?

Or how to cut the grass when it has grown?

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