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RE: Living Roofs

Good point on the weight. What ever you end up doing make a square foot
model. You'll need to have a wet and dry weight so as to calculate you
total load. For a very large area (ie. living room or large studio) you
might have to use steel construction.

just a thought,
H



> Interesting idea, Nikki. I've heard a little about the roofs of the
> prairie settlers' sod huts. Rather leaky and buggy, those. Seems to me
> a more modern version could avert those problems, but would be quite
> heavy. I look forward to other contributions on the subject...
>
> James C. Trager
> Shaw Nature Reserve
> Gray Summit MO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikki Simmons [n*@mid-mo.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:41 PM
> To: prairie@hort.net
> Subject: Living Roofs
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with living roofs?  I am building my
> pottery studio this spring and am looking at doing a native planting on
> the rooftop. Would love to hear from anyone, especially if you can
> point me to some resources book, people, or otherwise.
>
> Nikki Simmons
> Russellville, MO
>
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