Sod Roof Detail

This roof lowers the structure s inside temperature.

Sod roof detail.

It is also aesthetically appealing. Thanks to the water retention of sod it actually helps to significantly lessen run off produced from rain. However sod roof covering is also found on steeper slopes. Sod roof edge termination details our photo of a modern sod roof above left shows the use of copper underlayment and edge flashing to hold the soil in place on this relatively low slope roof.

This helps keep the soil surrounding your structure from becoming waterlogged in heavy rains. This type of roof has been used for centuries and remains one of the simpler techniques to top a house in an energy efficient manner. Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof. Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs.

Once that was done it was only a matter of lifting the material onto the 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. 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.