Green Roofing

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Santa’s Rooftop Landing Pad: Plan it This Christmas, Enjoy it Next

2025-12-17T14:16:44+00:00December 18th, 2025|Categories: 12 Projects of Christmas, Green Roofing, Just for Fun|Tags: , |

In the run-up to Christmas, we’re decking the halls at PermaRoof with real-life makeovers, a sprinkling of DIY magic and a sleigh-load of inspiration from our brilliant customers and team. This project is perfect for cosy evenings and future plans for a reindeer-friendly landing pad on your green roof next year... Join us in our 12 Projects of Christmas feature, where each working

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Flat Roof? Meet Your Dream Roof Deck – Powered by PermaRoof UK

2025-11-28T17:29:58+00:00September 21st, 2025|Categories: DIY Roofing, Green Roofing|

A flat roof doesn’t have to be just… a roof. With a bit of planning and the right materials, you can transform your unused, boring flat roof into a stunning outdoor living space, perfect for relaxing or entertaining. Whether it’s over a garage, extension or atop a garden room, turning your flat roof into a deck or patio is one of the smartest ways

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Liquid Rubber for Green Roofs

2022-01-12T13:22:56+00:00October 24th, 2019|Categories: Green Roofing, Liquid Rubber|Tags: , |

The use of liquid rubber for flat roofing is increasing in popularity across the UK, as are installations of green roofs to add aesthetic value and to tick vital environmental boxes, especially in urban areas. Permaroof UK is a strong advocate of green roofing, being passionate about making the country greener – one roof at a time. Our Green Roof division

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EPDM for Green Roofing

2025-08-15T12:49:04+00:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: Green Roofing, EPDM|Tags: , , |

Green roofing is one of the fastest-growing eco-friendly options for homeowners looking at sustainability when tackling home improvements. The UKs homeowners tend to consider the environment during the planning stages of any renovation project in today’s troubling times of climate change and endangered wildlife, and green roofs can offer great benefits that tick many boxes. What is green

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EPDM and the Environment

2022-01-12T14:25:06+00:00April 12th, 2019|Categories: EPDM, Green Roofing, Guides|Tags: , , |

With the growing concerns over global warming and the increasing awareness over pollutants, it is only natural that people start to look at all kinds of ways to help the environment, including their choice of roof materials. If you think about how big a roof is and how much material is involved in building it, as well as

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Green Roofs Around The Globe

2022-10-07T12:08:06+00:00March 22nd, 2019|Categories: Green Roofing, Roofing Industry|Tags: , , |

Green Roofs are growing in popularity for many reasons. From increasing biodiversity, to the more aesthetic benefits of installing a green roof, more of them are popping up all over the world, in places you might never have expected them to. We have found seven amazing examples of extravagant green roofs to share with you: Biesbosch Museum, the

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Green Roofing in the UK

2022-01-12T14:14:22+00:00February 8th, 2019|Categories: Green Roofing, EPDM, Roofing Industry|Tags: , |

Permaroof UK Ltd is committed to making the UK greener – one roof at a time. Green roofing is perhaps one of the most aesthetically pleasing roofing systems and in addition, offers homeowners the chance to participate in surface water management and provide a safe, natural habitat for bees and other wildlife in the UKs gardens. Planning for

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Green Roof Design Tips

2022-01-19T11:42:16+00:00January 24th, 2019|Categories: Green Roofing, Guides|Tags: , , |

Green Roof Design Tips The living roof is also known as a green roof, and as the name suggests, has a visible top layer that consists of plant medium. There are several ways a living roof can be crowned, depending on your taste, the purpose of the green roof and its weight-bearing capacity. Permaroof’s green roof division is

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Coalition for Greener Building

2025-07-09T11:45:50+00:00April 15th, 2017|Categories: Green Roofing, PermaRoof UK News|Tags: , , |

A European coalition of 300 organisations and businesses, including property developers, energy companies and trade associations, has called for Europe to address measures to cut emissions of greenhouse gases from its buildings (amounting to approximately 36% of Europe’s total GG emissions). The coalition believes that such measures would assist Europe in meeting Paris Agreement targets, and raise the call as a

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Organisms Improve Green Roofs

2025-07-03T08:06:14+00:00December 15th, 2016|Categories: Green Roofing, DIY Roofing|Tags: , |

Green roofing is on the rise in cities all over the world, making buildings more energy efficient, environmentally friendly and of course, more aesthetically pleasing. The results of new research by the University of Portsmouth has revealed that the use of bacteria, fungi or other living organisms can improve the biodiversity of the soil in green roofing, when used as an

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