[Greenbuilding] living wall

[Clarke Olsen]

Galvanized gutter comes in 10' lengths, and you can get end caps for it.

Clarke Olsen
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at fairpoint.net




On Feb 6, 2011, at 3:41 PM, JOHN SALMEN wrote:

> I'm confused
> Are you talking about a vertical garden with a lot of soil pockets for
> deeper rooted plants or an intensive type?
>
> Structure is structure. Soil weight adds up so you need a base - most
> vertical elements are strong in vertical alignment but then you  
> need to
> ensure they stay that way and not fall on someones head - if you  
> use the
> wall to anchor to you will be adding significant loading to the  
> wall (easily
> equivalent to another floors dead load on the wall - at least 8lbs/ 
> ft for 3"
> soil).
>
> Job for an engineer to ensure safety. I like the concept for  
> reducing heat
> loads in urban places but we have for a while been moving gardens  
> away from
> walls to minimize moisture and creating a fire source next to a  
> firewall
> seems a bit counterintuitive. They do look great.
>
> A grid network of 3 or 4" abs/pvc drainage type pipes 2 deep could  
> be self
> supporting up to maybe 10' depending how it was anchored.  
> Perforated pipe
> with top and side holes enlarged for planting could work - smaller  
> holes
> allowing for drainage and some aeration. If the pipes were soil  
> filled or
> progressively topped up it could allow for both shallow and some deep
> rooted. Threaded rod anchored in a footing could help stablize by
> compression.
>
>
>
> JOHN SALMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
> 4465 UPHILL RD,. DUNCAN, B.C.  CANADA, V9L 6M7
> PH 250 748 7672 FAX 250 748 7612 CELL 250 246 8541
> terrain at shaw.ca
>
>
>
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