Installing a green roof. If you watched Mike’s Ultimate Garage, you’ll remember that I installed a green roof on my garage.🌱 Before the plants go up, a structural engineer should check to ensure that the roof can support the weight of the engineered growing medium and plants. The plants arrived in trays, so that any tray can be removed from the roof for maintenance without disturbing the others. The extra layers of a green roof also serve as insulation. 👍🪴🌱 | Mike Holmes

I loved the character and history of my old tin roof. My house is nearly 100 years old and that roof had served it well… it even got through a cyclone unscathed! When I bought my house, my builder Uncle… who’s more like my big brother… told me the first rule of renovating an old house was to start on the outside and make sure it was weather tight. He was pretty adamant I should replace the roof but I argued back, like all little sisters… because it didn’t leak. We’ve been having that same conver