Living Roof / by Scott Newland

The LiveRoof modules are now in place on the west roof, giving us a new elevated landscape to enjoy from the deck.  All that needs to be done to complete the installation is some cutting to length of the edger pieces and some protection membrane trimming.  So far, the weather has given us no need to water!

This 160 sq. ft. installation uses two different module depths (4" and 6"), with an island of the deeper modules positioned toward the street to allow the Karl Forester grasses to be seen from below.  The entire live roof cost about $3700 from …

This 160 sq. ft. installation uses two different module depths (4" and 6"), with an island of the deeper modules positioned toward the street to allow the Karl Forester grasses to be seen from below.  The entire live roof cost about $3700 from Bachman's, and we did the installation ourselves.