club100 || Some topics you should know before rooftop gardening

There are some rules for rooftop gardening. Compliance will reduce the amount of damage. Today there are many green areas in various parts of the city. The trend of planting trees on balconies or roofs has increased during the lockdown. Sun, rain on the roof - both match. Medium-sized plant in large containers, so can be grown on roofs with little care. There is also an opportunity to plant trees by making a loft on the roof. To bring the sweet taste of green to the home, to grow flowers and crops in a small scale for the joy of the mind, the roof garden is a perfect match.

But while doing this roof garden, you are not creating any problems based on the roof? Continuous exposure to wet soil, mud, water can cause structural damage to the roof. However, there is no danger of such damage if the roof garden is done properly according to the rules.

Tub Water

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Plastic containers—buckets, oil bottles, drums, even old bathtubs—can be many things to make a canopy 'tub'. If you put water in the tub, excess water will flow through the bottom hole. A small amount of water spilling away from the tub is not harmful. Because, in the sun and wind, it dries up after a while, and if there is a drainage system, the water also goes through it. However, water may accumulate in the area just below the tub, which does not get a chance to dry or roll away. So, regardless of the container where the plant will be placed, apply waterproof epoxy paint before placing the tub. As an alternative to waterproof paint, ceramic tiles can also be installed in the area.

The texture of land on the roof

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Many plant trees in 'beds' of soil on the roof. In this case, special measures should be taken before making the bed. The bed should be made in several layers. First make a bed by laying bricks and spread polythene. Then another layer of bricks should be laid on the bed. Then the cement coating (cement lining) should be applied in the same way (ie on the bed and inside the bed wall), and finally a layer of waterproof epoxy paint should be done in the same way.

Keep the walls of the house safe

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If water continuously falls from the roof onto the walls of the building, then the paint on the walls starts to peel off. If it continues like this for a long time, the color layer may be completely destroyed, the structural damage of the wall may also occur. Drainage should be arranged on the roof in such a way that excess water from the tub and rainwater also run off through the pipes. And take care that the water of this pipe does not fall on the walls of the building.

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This concludes my post.

Hope you enjoy it.

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@mrsokal ✍️