Home owner installs Green Roof Paks, designed by Green Roof Blocks, on residential garage roof

June 28, 2011 - PRLog -- St. Louis, MO: Excitement was building early one recent Spring morning as home owners in a beautifully restored historic home on Park Avenue in Lafayette Square awaited the arrival of materials for a green roof for their newly built garage.  The garage, constructed of brick and designed to match the home, was specifically designed and constructed with a flat roof reinforced to bear the weight of Green Paks, provided by Green Roof Blocks of Lake St. Louis, MO.  The arrival of the green roof had been patiently anticipated for two years, after the home owner had secured the necessary construction approval from the Lafayette Square Home Owner’s Association and various City of St. Louis government departments.  

A special crane, provided by a local roofing supplier, Roofers Mart Inc., was carefully backed into the narrow alley at the back of the garage and the Green Paks, filled with growth medium, were hoisted onto the garage roof and placed on the special drainage mat, installed over the roof’s surface earlier that morning by Kelly Luckett, President of Green Roof Blocks, and his crew. The job required maneuvering the crane carefully around many electrical wires and poles but Roofer’s Mart’s crane operator and Kelly Luckett’s crew deftly hoisted and installed the Green Paks on the roof. Paving stones were installed to form a patio area and a walkway which would allow the home owner access to the rooftop where they wish to plant a vegetable garden in some of the Green Paks.  A ladder was secured into place, allowing the home owner convenient access to the rooftop vegetable garden.  The home owners plan to plant Sedum in the Green Roof Paks that are not dedicated to the vegetable garden.

According to Kelly Luckett, President, Green Roof Blocks, “This is the first green roof we placed in an urban environment, designed specifically for the home owner to plant a vegetable garden. In addition to the benefits that the green roof provides, such as absorbing heat from the sun and eliminating up to 50% of the storm water runoff, the home owner reclaimed otherwise unused space on their garage roof to grow food.”  
Typically, in urban areas, rain water slides off roofs into gutters and travels paths along streets, into sewer systems and ultimately filters back into drinking water. Water causes soil erosion, rust, and other environmental damage along the journey. It is contaminated by car emissions, asphalt, roof tar, and other pollutants that make their way into the waste system. Green roofs are designed to reduce storm water runoff at the source by returning over half of the runoff back to the atmosphere through the transpiration of the plants, rather than allowing it to simply flow from the roof’s surface.

The green roof system installed at the Park Avenue residence is composed of Green Roof Paks provided by Kelly Luckett, LEED, AP, GRP, President, Green Roof Blocks (website www.greenroofblocks.com ).The Green Roof Paks may be placed to accent a rooftop courtyard or fully cover a low slope roof after the weight bearing limit of the structure is analyzed. They are an ideal organic solution for low slope roofs of all kinds.

Green Roof Blocks, located in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, manufactures self contained, portable units that can be arranged and rearranged as the building owner sees fit. The Green Roof Blocks module is a 24" x 24" container fabricated of high grade anodized aluminum. The Green Paks module is a fabric planter system made from knitted high density polyethylene. Both systems are planted with durable and drought resistant sedums in four inches of proprietary growing medium custom blended to sustain plants for the life of the system.

Visit the company’s website at www.greenroofblocks.com or contact Kelly by phone at 314.220.2113, or email him at Kelly@greenroofblocks.com

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Green Roof Blocks, located in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, manufactures self contained, portable units that can be arranged and rearranged as the building owner sees fit. The Green Roof Blocks module is a 24" x 24" container fabricated of high grade anodized aluminum. The Green Paks module is a fabric planter system made from knitted high density polyethylene. Both systems are planted with durable and drought resistant sedums in four inches of proprietary growing medium custom blended to sustain plants for the life of the system.