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Old 01-02-2013, 04:58 AM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
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My son is a professor at this university and he says this place is beautiful. I hope to visit it soon.

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Old 02-16-2013, 07:51 AM
 
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Green roof from Singapore.
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Old 02-17-2013, 01:16 AM
 
Location: S.W.PA
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Looks like astroturf on the curved piece(?)
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Old 02-17-2013, 03:38 PM
 
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everyone could have greenspace with little extra land by putting their garden on their house. i think it's the future--or apparently the present in Singapore
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Old 02-17-2013, 06:44 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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I'd like to know how they cut the grass on that home? ...drag the dirty lawnmower through the house? ...also the slope on that top floor looks dangerous to mow.

And trees on a roof sound like a disaster in the making. Tree roots can get into a sewer system 10 feet underground, so I'm sure a few inches wouldn't deter them.
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Old 02-17-2013, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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I'd like to know how they cut the grass on that home? ...drag the dirty lawnmower through the house? ...also the slope on that top floor looks dangerous to mow.

And trees on a roof sound like a disaster in the making. Tree roots can get into a sewer system 10 feet underground, so I'm sure a few inches wouldn't deter them.
Just because historically a role of the roof is to divert water away from the building doesn't mean that this fad is meritless.
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Old 02-18-2013, 02:04 AM
 
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there are trees that have a smaller root system. i'm sure these people have studdied all the particulars or are at least in the process of doing so. i bet the grass doesnt need as much mowing as traditional grass. maybe it's a dwarf grass of some sort.
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Old 02-18-2013, 03:54 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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Just because historically a role of the roof is to divert water away from the building doesn't mean that this fad is meritless.
That's a strange response. Where did I say it was meritless? I can't ask a question or point out a potential flaw?
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Old 02-18-2013, 11:28 PM
 
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I'd like to know how they cut the grass on that home? ...drag the dirty lawnmower through the house? ...also the slope on that top floor looks dangerous to mow.
The mower gets dropped by aerial support when needed and the person wears a harness when doing the curved portion of the roof.
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Old 02-20-2013, 01:17 PM
 
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The mower gets dropped by aerial support when needed and the person wears a harness when doing the curved portion of the roof.
I imagine a robot would mow it, perfect job for those robo mowers
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