Norwey norwegian typical grass roof country house as in a magical forest.
Norwegian grass roof houses.
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For hundreds of years houses in norway have been covered with turf.
Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the.
You can walk out from the second floor of this house onto the green roof sod roof of the first floor which creates a grass covered patio.
These roofs are covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards.
Translated literally torvtak is turf roof for hundreds of years turf roofs have been popular in norway.
Some are green as pasture while others are golden in color.
They look like hobbit homes or houses for fairies but scandinavian grass roofs are the real deal.
And they come in different varieties.
Landen cedar logs along the eaves protect against.
When done right and maintained properly grass roofs can be a great addition to any home not to mention the fact that they re just flat out cool.
Here are 20 amazing homes with grass roof designs.
Norway norwegian typical grass roof wooden old house in glacier panorama.
A number of turf roofs have flowers mixed in with the grass and a few have small trees.
Sure the picture that you have in your head is probably similar to a house covered with weeds grass designs don t have to be that at all.
A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards.
Grass roofs on houses in norway are one such case.
The load of approximately 250 kg per m of a sod roof is an advantage because it helps to compress.
No two turf roofs are the same.
Beautiful norwegian foliage covered green roofs.
Some are bright green and almost velvety.
Others are golden and look like they re growing wheat or oats.
Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in norway and large parts of the rest of scandinavia.
Norwegian typical grass roof wooden houses and briksdal glacier norway norwegian typical grass roof country house.
But norwegians have been planting greenery atop their houses for hundreds of years.
Norwegian grass roofs the norwegian translation is torvtak which means turf roof.
Some are bright green and almost velvety.
Others are golden and.
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