Comments on: Any ideas about putting sod on a flat roof,etc.websites with info,how to build? http://websitebusinesskit.net/blog/any-ideas-about-putting-sod-on-a-flat-roofetc-websites-with-infohow-to-build.html How To Create Your First Profitable Website Questions and Answers Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: n0witrytobeamused http://websitebusinesskit.net/blog/any-ideas-about-putting-sod-on-a-flat-roofetc-websites-with-infohow-to-build.html/comment-page-1#comment-7699 n0witrytobeamused Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:46 +0000 http://websitebusinesskit.net/blog/any-ideas-about-putting-sod-on-a-flat-roofetc-websites-with-infohow-to-build.html#comment-7699 Sod weighs hundreds of pounds; is your roof designed to hold that much weight? I doubt it. Most are made to hold a couple feet of snow, that's it. So your first step would be to find out what modifications are necessary to allow you to put sod on the roof. But once you did that, I think the idea is really cool! It should keep the house cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. I have seen houses in England and in Scandinavia with sod roofs, so it has been done successfully. Sod weighs hundreds of pounds; is your roof designed to hold that much weight? I doubt it. Most are made to hold a couple feet of snow, that’s it. So your first step would be to find out what modifications are necessary to allow you to put sod on the roof.

But once you did that, I think the idea is really cool! It should keep the house cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. I have seen houses in England and in Scandinavia with sod roofs, so it has been done successfully.

]]> By: clark6561 http://websitebusinesskit.net/blog/any-ideas-about-putting-sod-on-a-flat-roofetc-websites-with-infohow-to-build.html/comment-page-1#comment-7700 clark6561 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:46 +0000 http://websitebusinesskit.net/blog/any-ideas-about-putting-sod-on-a-flat-roofetc-websites-with-infohow-to-build.html#comment-7700 If your house is undergound maybe other than that i dont see it happening How would you mow it and water it?? When it rained dirt flowing off the roof would get all over building....Bad Idea If your house is undergound maybe other than that i dont see it happening How would you mow it and water it?? When it rained dirt flowing off the roof would get all over building….Bad Idea

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