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July 19, 2023

Growing Grass Turned Roof Into a Lawn, 1933

Covering a roof with growing grass might seem fantastic to most persons, but Louis Koefoed, an architect of East Rockaway, N.Y., has found it practical as well as decorative. Since he applied a roofing of sod over tar paper to his dwelling last fall he has experienced a welcome decline in his coal consumption. Moreover, he expected the heat-insulating covering to keep his home twenty degrees cooler next summer. Pipes along the peak of the roof spray the growing grass with water and keep the “lawn” roof green.

Sod laid on top of tar paper gives this Rockaway, N. Y. home an attractive appearance and also cuts the coal bill.

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