Comments on: ROOFING: Common Questions About Green Roofs http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/01/27/roofing-common-questions-about-green-roofs/ Green Home Improvement Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:27:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: greening a "tar and gravel" TG roof http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/01/27/roofing-common-questions-about-green-roofs/comment-page-1/#comment-270 greening a "tar and gravel" TG roof Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:02:21 +0000 http://www.getwithgreen.com/2008/01/27/roofing-common-questions-about-green-roofs/#comment-270 my parents got stuck with one of those cheap-for-developer, expensive-for-buyer houses with a FLAT ROOF. TG roofs suck--you have to replace them with more petro-tar bitumen and gravel every 10-12 years. So i'm looking at building a pitched roof.. the type it should have had to begin with! It'll cost 40-50k but will never have to install another roof again!! If I can't plant plants or PV cells on it, too bad. but at least the house won't cave in from the top. just a tip for all of you with TG roofs... my parents got stuck with one of those cheap-for-developer, expensive-for-buyer houses with a FLAT ROOF.

TG roofs suck–you have to replace them with more petro-tar bitumen and gravel every 10-12 years.

So i’m looking at building a pitched roof.. the type it should have had to begin with! It’ll cost 40-50k but will never have to install another roof again!!

If I can’t plant plants or PV cells on it, too bad. but at least the house won’t cave in from the top.

just a tip for all of you with TG roofs…

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