Where necessary use your utility knife to cut the sod pieces to fit.
Traditional sod roof.
Lightly water the layer of sod placed on the roof.
The birch bark and the sod are placed on sloping wooden roof boards.
These roofs are covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards.
The load of approximately 250 kg per m of a sod roof is an advantage because it helps to compress the logs and make the walls more draught proof.
However the material that performs the most essential task water proofing has historically always consisted of birch bark.
Our photo of a traditional sod roof above right shows the use of a wooden board and birch bark as a soil dam as well as a drip edge.
The name sod roof simply refers to its visual material that consists of peat with grass growing on it called sod or turf.
The name sod roof simply refers to its visual material that consists of peat with grass growing on it called sod or turf.
Several layers of birch bark is placed on wooden roof boards and the sod is then added on top of the bark.
Sod roofs also act as natural insulators.
However the material that performs the most essential task water.
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.
Both of the roofs shown above use an eaves overhang but no roof gutters were present.
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.
In addition sod roofs and the plants therein also help to protect your roofing materials.
They keep your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
Make sure to check the roof periodically for watering and as funny as it sounds any need for weeding.
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.
Nordic sod roofs are not flat roofs.
However roof gutters were used on traditional sod roofed homes at least over entrances as we show in this sod roof home photo.
Place sod pieces on top of the potting soil layer across the roof.
Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of finland and the scandinavian peninsula.
A sod roof is a traditional nordic type of green roof.
Don t leave sod overhanging the roof edge.
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.
