Shire Extensive Substrate
Substrate Description
Lightweight substrate made from coarse recycled brick, composted bark and medium clay soil.
Substrate Application
General purpose green roof growing media for extensive roofs
- Substrate for sedum mat
- All types of extensive green roofs
- Biodiversity roofs
- Small domestic green roofs
| Technical Information (Typical) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | Sieve Size (mm) | % passing |  |
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| 13 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pH value: | 7-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organic Content: | 15% composted bark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water content wet: | 27% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Packaging: | Supplied tipper, in single trip 1 m3 Big bags or 25kg sacks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The above information is issued in good faith and without warranty and is intended as a guide only. The information comprises typical data and does not constitute a specification. Specification values are available separately upon request. |
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The Manufacturing Process
The manufacture of house bricks generates a significant percentage of bricks that do not meet the rigorous quality standards required for house building, for instance because of cracks or other damage and are scrapped. These cannot easily be reprocessed and they are set aside and crushed for use in other applications, e.g. as lightweight aggregates or for use as green roof growing media.
Green Compost
Where the Growing Media incorporates Compost it is derived from a sustainable source, normally 'pine bark' Compost.
Extensive Substrate used on with plug planted sedum