INTRODUCTION TO GARDEN ON THE ROOF

Society is growing, life is always busy with busy work. Therefore, the need for a relaxing place to relax after stressful working hours is very concerned. In this time " An inch of land is an ounce of gold", having a garden is too difficult. Therefore, roof garden or hanging garden is an effective solution, suitable for urban environment and housing space.

1. What is a roof garden?

The roof garden is an ecological architecture on the roof of the building, besides the decorative benefits, creating green space, it can also provide food, entertainment and aesthetic enhancement for the house. Roof gardens are cultivated with hydroponics, green roofs, aeroponics or air dynaponics systems or container gardens.

2. Structure of garden construction classes on roofs includes:

- RC Floor slab: The concrete layer is the concrete floor of the house.

- Waterproofing: Waterproofing layer so that water does not penetrate to the floor below.

- Protection: Protective mortar.

- Versicell: Drainage & anti-flooding of garden roofs. Made of hard plastic, high load capacity, with yin-yang mount both horizontally and vertically for easy mounting on floor and wall surfaces.

- Geotextile: Geotextile layer is a material made from petroleum by-products, has good tensile strength, elongation, durability, and permeability when used in separable soil , filtering, protection, strengthening and drainage, preventing the upper soil and sand layers from falling into the drainage holes.

- Sand: The river sand filters the clay part, preventing the clay from clogging the drainage holes of the geotextile to help better drainage.

- Soil: The layer of soil, depending on the need to plant what kind of soil this layer will be thick or thin.

- Big trees: The layer of plants depends on the climate, lighting and garden design to use appropriate crops.

- Drain pipe: Sewer pipes.

Above we can see that the waterproofing step is the most important, the roof garden is where we often water, the waterproofing prevents water from seeping through the roof floor as well as through the drainage pipes. This affects the family activities, in addition it degrades the work, affecting the aesthetics of the house.

3. Benefits of rooftop garden:

a. Create a green space:

In the past, most of us used to keep ornamental pots because it was a simple and safe solution. However, now with modern waterproofing technology and materials, investing in a roof garden is entirely possible.

b. Effective anti-heat solution:

The roof floor is directly affected by solar radiation, the roof garden is an effective anti-heat solution besides aesthetic factors.

c. Grow vegetables, tubers, fruits on the roof floor - Why not?

Almost when gardening on the roof we all think of flower gardens, ornamental garden plants. So someone asked, "Can we do vegetable gardening?" - Alright, why not?

Currently, clean food is a very necessary issue, owning a clean vegetable garden is the right thing to do. Although planting vegetables is not as aesthetic as planting flowers and ornamental plants, it is safe because in small quantities, vegetable roots cannot invade the roof structure and create a profound habit of labor, close to nature.

Through this article, we send to readers the overview of the roof garden and especially its construction structure, the roof waterproofing is important and indispensable. If you have a need for roof garden waterproofing, please contact us for advice and experience the best service.

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