Creating Stages Roof Garden

Create a garden on the roof has many benefits. As the cooler air brings the heat of sunlight absorbed first before entering into the house. Park on the roof is also able to filter the air full of pollution.
How the stages of a garden on the roof? According to the Architect Irfan Hidayat, the first stage is to ensure the concrete roof in good condition and ready to be given added weight of soil, gravel and sand. Then the next stage, add a layer of waterproofing to avoid leakage in concrete roof.
Furthermore, structure brick by brick lined with 3 cm spacing. The function of the distance between the bricks is to keep the current rainy season, water that flows easily into the sewer.
Install sub-base which is a mixture of stone and roofed. Thickness of about 5 centimeters. The point, gravel and soil filter out the fibers to function so as not to go into the rain water-borne sewerage. After the sub base, coated with sand which advises the drainage system.
After a layer of flat sand, add a mixture of red soil and compost with a thickness of 70-10 centimeters. The thickness is measured from the type of crop land what would you planted on the roof. Choose a strong connection with sunlight, resistant to water supply rare, are also not many roots.