Shire Intensive Substrate
Substrate Description
Lightweight substrate made from recycled brick, composted bark and medium clay soil.
Substrate Application
General purpose green roof growing media for intensive roofs
- Intensive Green roofs, including roof gardens
- Small domestic green roofs
- Localised areas on biodiversity roofs to change vegetation.
| Technical Information (Typical) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | Sieve Size (mm) | % passing |  |
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| 13 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pH value: | 7-8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organic Content: | 20% composted bark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water content wet: | 34% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Intensive Substrate used with planted shrubs
"Shire provided me with authoritative advice on soil weights, depths and constituents for both my extensive and intensive roofs. They were able to provide local materials from the south east and they were able to deliver the 20 tonnes of soil on an articulated lorry with its own forklift. Everything from the first enquiry to the final delivery was carried out in a very professional way."
Justin Bere
Director
bere:architects
24 Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4SX
United Kingdom