Following on from our post earlier about the changes to British Standard BS 6229:2018 ‘Flat roofs with continuously supported flexible waterproof coverings’, Carl Harrop of Watershed Engineering explores how the new British Standard […]
Eco Green Roof systems available from SIG Design & Technology
SIG Design & Technology are working with Eco Green Roofs (EGR) to provide guaranteed green roof and blue roof systems. Partnering with Eco Green Roofs allows SIG to offer a full built up system which combines expertise on both […]
Blue Roof Best Practice
The changing nature of blue roofs – from simple rainwater storage facilities to state-of-the-art attenuation solutions – has placed this cutting edge building technology at the forefront of current thinking on sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). This shift has […]
Blue Roof – what if you must have one?
Over two years ago we published a post by Ross Finnie called ‘Blue Roof: Why it is a Bad Idea’. It created a lot of interest and some controversy. Ross’ message was that there are better places to […]
Top Ten Roofing Design Blog Posts of 2013
As we approach the end of the year and the anniversary of our blogging about roof design, we thought it would be useful to find out which are the most popular posts we’ve written this year. We’d like to […]
Blue Roof – why it is a bad idea
[UPDATE: This post was written in 2013 and Blue Roof technology has moved on since then, though Ross still believes taking the water off a roof is the best underlying policy and a blue roof should remain a last […]
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