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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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must be practical in this matter. If I were tobuild a roof garden Id first consult the architect orthe builder who put up the house itself. A gardenon a roof with yards of soil, a ton of gravel, heavyboxes, pots of all kinds, and plants of many types,means lots of extra weight. Not to mention thepeople who will be invited to enjoy it from time totime, and who will be walking around on the flooring and sitting in the furniture. The architectcould investigate also the drainage problems, asit would be a great convenience to wash the flooroff once in a while, and of course that rain watermust leave no puddles on the roof. The architectcan help also in the selection of a good floor to beput over the roof; to be sure this is a detail, but doneright, especially on the almost level roof, the floor-ing adds strength to the design and provides com-fort for walking and using the roof garden, and willhelp to keep things dry and keep everyone healthy. ROOF GARDEN BOXES in seriesbanked against wall
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16 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER . . . RDDF GARDEIVS There are various ways of making the roof waterproof and putting the floor above it. Gravel and taris the most commonly used. A grating of wood isneeded here because it is definitely not wise toestablish a garden on a roof of gravel and tar.The wood grates can be painted slate color to keepdown reflection; and the pieces spaced wide forbetter circulation of air. And in this detail also themore space between the roof and the floor thebetter. Then tile or slate make excellent floor cov-erings in a roof garden, and with these no woodengrates are required. Along with the flooring the problem of safe-guards at the edge of the roof must be given atten-tion. Railings or parapets two or three feet highserve very well especially for protection and pri-vacy. Of course where the parapet is not possiblethen the use of boxes of heavy plants will help. Where is this roof garden to be: will the windcome from the north or west; will the sun shineupon it a

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