A quality roof can protect a sod house for many years with little need for maintenance.
Sod roofing house.
During the warmer months sod roofs can help to cool down your house compared to other roofing materials.
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Several styles of roof were used on sod houses ranging from flat roofs made from a lattice of tree branches to traditional gabled roofs made from lumber tar paper and shingles.
Amit apel design inc designed this family homein los angeles california.
The sod is laid with the grass side down 21 layers in all.
All depending on how the sod bricks were cut.
Sticking to schedule is in our culture backed by a guarantee process you won t find.
Place sod pieces on top of the potting soil layer across the roof.
Don t leave sod overhanging the roof edge.
The walls of the sod house were somewhere between 18 to 25 inches thick.
Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded.
Our sod house is 12 ft.
On a hot day for instance say 80 degrees fahrenheit sod roofs heat up to only 85f where are traditional roofs can go as hot as 180f.
The load of approximately 250 kg.
Sod roofs are largely free for the labor the materials are easily found in most back yards sod is one of the most fireproof materials going and it makes excellent insulation for all but the most.
The sloped roof on this modern house keeps the front of the home bright and provides slightly more privacy at the back.
They were built two bricks deep at the bottom and sometimes narrowing to one brick deep as it got toward the top.
Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of finland and the scandinavian peninsula.
Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof.
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.
Make sure to check the roof periodically for watering and as funny as it sounds any need for weeding.
The sloped roofs on this modern house coupled with the wood paneling gives the house a very modern look.
Building the living roof.
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.
Lightly water the layer of sod placed on the roof.
On the outside making it 8 ft.
Construct a roof for your sod house.
So aside from the insulation sod roofs can also help you to save on your heating and cooling bills.
Where necessary use your utility knife to cut the sod pieces to fit.
Every third layer of sod is laid crosswise to tie the inner and outer layers together.
You were required to have a wider base for the sod house in order to have a strong and solid foundation.
