Considerations and costs
Once you’ve got a green roof thats worth looking after again, we recommend a care package be put in place – and its not just the plants that we can look after. A quick inspection of everything else visible up there is a great way to catch small problems when they cost £50 to fix, not £5000. While our partners at Organic Roofs design and install every new roof to thrive year after year, a big part of ensuring that happens is to undertake a visual inspection and perform some simple tasks once or twice a year. For sedum roofs, Spring is the best time to visit whereas for meadow roofs a high Summer ‘hay cut’ is optimal (with an option for a further Autumn trim to ready your roof for winter).
Care plan essentials
- Clear drainage channels & pernicious invasives & leaf litter (late Autumn)
- Overseeding and plug planting into bare areas to increase biodiversity & cover
- Visual inspection of mastic seals, render and brickwork: if we see anything that needs attention we’ll let you know
- Optional skylight clean: better to have a green roof expert than a window cleaner on your plants
- Optional report detailing the plant and insect life on your roof we’ve observed on your, its overall condition and recommendations for future care.
