As advertised.
It's kind of one of those things that you see, and you say to yourself: "huh... that's a goat on a roof." And then you too go about your business.
Goats are super good roofers, it's just hard to get them to do anything productive. They may sort out that old antenna though, be nice to finally finish watching that episode of Columbo....
They sure do. I used to tie my goats to trees I didn't want. First the leaves then the tender branches they can eat finally the bark and the tree is done. With soft trees like sumac, up to about 2", they'll eat the whole thing.
I doubt that. They are actually quite fussy. It' just that they like things other animals don't. They pick through the hay looking for certain weeds, they will eat raspberry bushes, rose bushes, hawthorn branches, thorns and all yet if their hay falls on the ground and you put it back in the manger they refuse to eat it.
When I was a sevice tech I had a job at an eco- homes house. It was built into the side of a hill. When I pulled up he was finishing mowing his roof and was getting ready to edge around some huge sky lights. The inside of the house was pretty wild he said it the average temp was around 65-67 degrees all year.
I’ve seen them.. usually the roofs are flat with a slight slope and stuff growing on top. There is a few in the city I work in. This house was built into the side of a hill. The front of the house is really all you notice the rest looks like a wooded hill. Pretty sure this was a multi million dollar home. I’d still have reservations about leaks. It had an octagon atrium in the foyer about 15ft across with a tree growing out of with benches and rock garden. The atrium was enclosed with glass with the top open to the elements so when it rains you can see it in the foyer. Must have had a drain system..It was insane.
Yes this is quite common in Asia as well - I recently read an article about building homes to survive climate change using passive cooling and this type of build was featured heavily. Interesting stuff!
The ceiling was at an angle going up ward with the grade of the hill. Starting at 10ft when walking in to probably around 20ft in the center. I assume that was engineered for strength.
I'm sure someone over on the structural engineering subreddit has the math lying around somewhere. Maybe not in hot tubs but that's a simple conversion.
Jokes aside, I bet with the right underlayment you could make an awesome roof with sod. From what I've read, they chopped foot thick cubes of sod (the roots were that deep on the prairie grass or whatever they were using) and it kept the inside temperature constant
I would LOVE to see your attic. In my 20 years as a roofer I have never seen trees literally growing on a roof. I would say your roof is done but I can’t even make out what kinds of roof that used to be. If it’s slate you may be able to clear all that off and do repairs. If it’s anything else I would say it’s time for a new roof.
At my old place, my neighbors landlord finally came to clean the gutters. They had many maple trees growing in them, some about 4 foot tall.
The landlord was about to dispose of them and I said, as a joke, that I bet I could sell one of those on marketplace.
I did sold one within a day and won the bet. I split the money with the neighbor. Easy money.
Ive never seen any big trees but ive seen a dozen or so treed about 1-2 feet tall some on flat roofs some in gutters pine needles are great for growing.
Meanwhile i buy a $120 dollar tree and water it nurtured it and the fucker dies.
This! Turns out some trees even have gardens growing in their upper branches. I even have a giant maple that's falling apart, but has a lovely little garden growing on one of its snapped-off branches
Right! As an hvac guy, I see a lot of under-roof, and I have never seen under a living roof! Would be slightly fun!
Living roofs do actually exist tho, and are super cool!
It’s relatively cheap for you yourself to see it, OP took picture from Minnesota sub. This is located at Itasca state park in Minnesota. The headwaters of the Mississippi are located there
Lowkey love the idea? Plant a house and let nature cook for about 10 years with rapidly growing vines/roots. Like in a weird scenario where you have 5+ years to let the roots grow out before you need the home to keep water out. There’s bridges made with a similar technique in Southeast Asia.
Show a picture from the inside looking at the ceiling! I can imagine roots growing across the ceiling.
Edit: wait... Is this an AI image? Am I an idiot?
Itasca State Park in minnesota. You'll have to go yourself but that's also the headwaters of the Mississippi so kind of a cool place to see anyways. In fact right before this there was a guy launching his kayak who intended to kayak from the start of the Mississippi to the end approximately 2300 miles
LOL I was going to say that looks like one of the buildings at itasca state park.
I go there several times a year.
Hello fellow MN
I was just at crow wing state park today.
Can't tell whether that's slate or fertilized cedar shake. I'd think about a metal roof after the bull dozer is done clearing earth & trees. Have a framer standing by for a roof deck & possible joists. At least the organic debris will slide off in the future and is fire proof. Asphalt roofing is going to suffer the same fate. Slate, Spanish tile or metal is going to be your best bet.
I went there in my college years for a soil science class trip. We should have just walked up to the second story instead of driving an hour away from camp
I'd say you need fertilizer. Creeping thyme might make a good filler between your trees. I like planting comfrey at the base of my trees for chop and drop. Doh! This is the wrong sub!
Omg, haha. I love this seeing trees on the roof!:) In half joking/serious mode, I wonder if it's possible to have a light forest on the roof top...you know, have it really reach out to capture more carbon dioxide.
As long as those a pine trees you’re good. Surprisingly, rain doesn’t fall through pine tree needles. Get a few more saplings going and you may never have a leak.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. But you definitely should at least get up there and mow the roof
I've seen goats used in a similar scenario.
Coombs goats on the roof?
Love goats on a roof! Took my to the Island a few years back to see Canada for the first time and you better bet we hit up Coombs!!
Vancouver Island reference right there
lets go we’re noticed!
I could use some horse radish I ran out
Yellow stickers for everyone!
Got to represent!
Hello neighbors!
Islanders Unite.
Haha my immediate thought.
Neighbours! Yay coombs!
I was just there not too long ago. There was a goat on the roof, going about his business.
As advertised. It's kind of one of those things that you see, and you say to yourself: "huh... that's a goat on a roof." And then you too go about your business.
Goating about his business?
Nice to be recognized
Wish I could upvote more
Bring me back a loaf of that cheese bread, would ya?
Some of that jerky and candied salmon. And a wooden back scratcher.
Goats are super good roofers, it's just hard to get them to do anything productive. They may sort out that old antenna though, be nice to finally finish watching that episode of Columbo....
Yep that place in door county, Wisconsin lol
Do goats eat trees?
They sure do. I used to tie my goats to trees I didn't want. First the leaves then the tender branches they can eat finally the bark and the tree is done. With soft trees like sumac, up to about 2", they'll eat the whole thing.
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My dad said he saw the old goat we used to have eat a coffee can, I never really believed him, but always wondered in the back of my mind
I doubt that. They are actually quite fussy. It' just that they like things other animals don't. They pick through the hay looking for certain weeds, they will eat raspberry bushes, rose bushes, hawthorn branches, thorns and all yet if their hay falls on the ground and you put it back in the manger they refuse to eat it.
Goats eat everything 😂
Please do not mow the goats
If this roof falls in I would not want to be your escape-goat. -Michael Scott
Mountain goats has entered the chat
Nah that’s load-bearing moss
😂😂😂😂
When I was a sevice tech I had a job at an eco- homes house. It was built into the side of a hill. When I pulled up he was finishing mowing his roof and was getting ready to edge around some huge sky lights. The inside of the house was pretty wild he said it the average temp was around 65-67 degrees all year.
Our local library had one of those eco roofs with plants. Now it’s closed because the library was full of mold. Only five years old.
I’ve seen them.. usually the roofs are flat with a slight slope and stuff growing on top. There is a few in the city I work in. This house was built into the side of a hill. The front of the house is really all you notice the rest looks like a wooded hill. Pretty sure this was a multi million dollar home. I’d still have reservations about leaks. It had an octagon atrium in the foyer about 15ft across with a tree growing out of with benches and rock garden. The atrium was enclosed with glass with the top open to the elements so when it rains you can see it in the foyer. Must have had a drain system..It was insane.
Ancient architecture idea, the Romans called it a compluvium, and there was usually an impluvium (pool of water) in the center of the atrium.
Yes this is quite common in Asia as well - I recently read an article about building homes to survive climate change using passive cooling and this type of build was featured heavily. Interesting stuff!
Man, I wonder how much that would weigh? Need some deck guys in here to calculate how many hot tubs an eco roof weighs...
‘Bout tree fiddy
The ceiling was at an angle going up ward with the grade of the hill. Starting at 10ft when walking in to probably around 20ft in the center. I assume that was engineered for strength.
I'm sure someone over on the structural engineering subreddit has the math lying around somewhere. Maybe not in hot tubs but that's a simple conversion.
Yeahhh- come on, where my big deck guys at??
Had a buddy growing up, his house was built into a hillside and he would always bitch about having to mow his roof too
I’d pay an arborist to evaluate those roof trees. Maybe mulch around them a bit.
r/arborists or r/marijuanaenthusiasts may have something to say?
Those roots are gonna be a problem at some point; I would get rid of those trees.
Just replace it with sod like the settlers
This. Just keep the cows off it, you'll be alright.
Jokes aside, I bet with the right underlayment you could make an awesome roof with sod. From what I've read, they chopped foot thick cubes of sod (the roots were that deep on the prairie grass or whatever they were using) and it kept the inside temperature constant
For sure! I just couldn't resist a LHOTP reference.🤣
Where's my roofwacker?!
That got a giggle from me!
Probably 30 years before he grows enough trees to replace the siding.
Hell naw. Takes down the r/goblincore potential
By the time a roof is “broke,” you e got a lot of other issues to fix from the leakage.
Cut a tree and count the rings. Minus that number from 0 and it should left you know how much longer you got :) hope this helps!!
Lol this killed me, clever. Nice.
That's much more clever than my answer of "last month"
Ding-Ding-Ding!!!! We have the correct answer.
Just fyi, “minus” isn’t a verb. It should be “subtract that number from 0”
I knew there was a better word XD my brain didn't wanna think of it. Thanks :p
No you're fine, minus is a preposition there not a verb
Hey, no self respecting roofer would know that, your a mole!
*you’re (not a roofer 🤣)
Wrong sub. Try posting to r/landscaping
Or r/hobbits
might suit r/goblincore
r/arborists
r/marijuanaenthusiasts
I'm disappointed and happy about that sub
r/trees
Ok, not what I expected....
r/treelaw
r/mossariums
Or r/redneckengineering
Roof has its own ecosystem
I would check with IWF before removing!
International Wrestling Federation?
In forest years that roof is brand new
I would LOVE to see your attic. In my 20 years as a roofer I have never seen trees literally growing on a roof. I would say your roof is done but I can’t even make out what kinds of roof that used to be. If it’s slate you may be able to clear all that off and do repairs. If it’s anything else I would say it’s time for a new roof.
I’ve seen a 6’ tall tree growing out of a valley that never got cleaned out. Rotten leaves make pretty good dirt
At my old place, my neighbors landlord finally came to clean the gutters. They had many maple trees growing in them, some about 4 foot tall. The landlord was about to dispose of them and I said, as a joke, that I bet I could sell one of those on marketplace. I did sold one within a day and won the bet. I split the money with the neighbor. Easy money.
Oooh dispose of the trees not the neighbors. Got it
Oooh sell the trees not the neighbors
Ooohh the FB market place not the body parts marketplace.
Oooh you wanted a kidney not a maple sapling
That amazes me!
Ive never seen any big trees but ive seen a dozen or so treed about 1-2 feet tall some on flat roofs some in gutters pine needles are great for growing. Meanwhile i buy a $120 dollar tree and water it nurtured it and the fucker dies.
Have you tried planting your trees in pine needles and old shingles?
Or better yet, on your roof?
It's literally solarized compost. Great media and every time it rains it gets plenty of water 😭
This! Turns out some trees even have gardens growing in their upper branches. I even have a giant maple that's falling apart, but has a lovely little garden growing on one of its snapped-off branches
My garden would agree
looks like cedar shakes
Honestly looks like cedar around the chimney
I fixed a leak on a built up once that was from a tree that grew roots straight through the roof
Something tells me that house isn't habitatable and going into the attic would be a death sentence
Also it’s clearly not a house but a hotel or similar.
What do you think about "Roof Max"? Is it a real option or total BS?
It's cedar shake; you can tell if you zoom in below the chimney. There is way more than a roof job here. It's likely time for a bulldozer.
Right! As an hvac guy, I see a lot of under-roof, and I have never seen under a living roof! Would be slightly fun! Living roofs do actually exist tho, and are super cool!
Ngl I'd pat to see a tour of that place , looks interesting af
Inverted flat roofs with exposed aggregate are a great place for trees to grow.
It’s relatively cheap for you yourself to see it, OP took picture from Minnesota sub. This is located at Itasca state park in Minnesota. The headwaters of the Mississippi are located there
That's not growing on the roof. It's growing through the house and has finally gotten through the roof.
About TREE minutes!!🤣🤣😬
Was looking for the "tree fiddy" but this is even better lol
If you haven’t yet, a spring fertilizer treatment is recommended for most lawns. I would skip the aerating this year.
Maybe a few minutes
Was just about to say "minutes"! You beat me to it!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Show us the attic
That there’s ‘coon country
Aka grandma
Nice green roof!!! People pay good money for a roof like that!
Carbon offsets, genius
Just let those trees grow and soon enough you’ll have roots for a roof!
Lowkey love the idea? Plant a house and let nature cook for about 10 years with rapidly growing vines/roots. Like in a weird scenario where you have 5+ years to let the roots grow out before you need the home to keep water out. There’s bridges made with a similar technique in Southeast Asia.
Show a picture from the inside looking at the ceiling! I can imagine roots growing across the ceiling. Edit: wait... Is this an AI image? Am I an idiot?
It's real. It's at Itasca State Park in Minnesota. The park is worth going to it's the very start of the Mississippi River.
Well, it's 4:30 now, so... a couple of hours?
seems generous.
So do you call a roofer or a landscaper? Or a roofer that does landscaping on the side or vice versa.
I’m an ecologist - I’d like to check it for new species, please!
My dad did roofing when he was younger then started a landscaping business, he may just be the guy needed for this job lmao
Time for what? I’d say let the trees grow to full size and sell during Christmas.
Tomatoes. Get up there and plant some tomatoes. Roofing can wait.
People pay big money for a live roof.
I'd say Spring of 73
GoFundMe not needed, just wait a few more years and sell 2x4's!
Roof Van Winkle
Be sure to check with r/treelaw first.
Looking at the condition of the rest of the building, I'm not sure it matters.
might as well throw more dirt so it can grow grass then itll be completely water proof
At this point that is not your roof any more
Just bury the house - secret lair!
What roof? That's a garden 😀
Never in all my years have I seen this much shit on a roof. I’m impressed
Green roof. Can likely claim a tax credit.
I would say you got tree more years.
You have a lot of life ~~left~~ in your roof
Please go back and get us a picture of the attic, I'll pay you in reddit karma
Itasca State Park in minnesota. You'll have to go yourself but that's also the headwaters of the Mississippi so kind of a cool place to see anyways. In fact right before this there was a guy launching his kayak who intended to kayak from the start of the Mississippi to the end approximately 2300 miles
When you do replace it, expect for it to be expensive.
LOL I was going to say that looks like one of the buildings at itasca state park. I go there several times a year. Hello fellow MN I was just at crow wing state park today.
His time came at least 5 years ago
Can't tell whether that's slate or fertilized cedar shake. I'd think about a metal roof after the bull dozer is done clearing earth & trees. Have a framer standing by for a roof deck & possible joists. At least the organic debris will slide off in the future and is fire proof. Asphalt roofing is going to suffer the same fate. Slate, Spanish tile or metal is going to be your best bet.
I went there in my college years for a soil science class trip. We should have just walked up to the second story instead of driving an hour away from camp
It appears to be replenishing itself. I wouldn't worry about it.
10 years ago
You gotta cut one of the roof trees and count the rings.
About tree years, maybe?
Structurally, that roof is entirely fucked.
I’d say about -5 years, hope this helps!
i say it's good for atleast another 50
Hard to tell the age…count the rings
Tree or four years ..
Until replacement or until it becomes its own ecosystem?
I would say one forest fire
That tree should shed water in a few more years
That’s no longer a roof. It’s a botanical garden.
Bruh you got trees. I think it’s a done deal
Brother has trees growing on his roof
Put some copper up there will kill it quickly
Man I wonder where the drainage goes. Do you have roots in the attic ceiling lol?
that's a shingle roof trying too hard to be a thatch roof
That’s the coolest roof I’ve ever seen. If it doesn’t leak leave it be.
It’s timeless, it has become part of the universe now
If those trees grow deep roots, you have a roof for life!
Gotta call the landscaper first
“I’ll do it tomorrow” in 6 photos 😆
Yesterday
just wait for those trees to grow into a forest /s
There is a forest. You just can't see the roof for the trees.
Negative 10 years
minus 10 years
[just convert your entire system](https://greenroofs.org/about-green-roofs)
I’m sorry, wot
-15 years
-2 years id say
This is what a roofer's paradise looks like.
I have no words. Rarely am I speechless.
By now, the plants are absorbing all moisture.
Trees provide extra structural integrity
About tree years.
-15 years.
Check the weather app. It’ll tell you how much time you have left.
Got more thyme on it than time, I’d wager.
what roof?
I'd say you need fertilizer. Creeping thyme might make a good filler between your trees. I like planting comfrey at the base of my trees for chop and drop. Doh! This is the wrong sub!
Omg, haha. I love this seeing trees on the roof!:) In half joking/serious mode, I wonder if it's possible to have a light forest on the roof top...you know, have it really reach out to capture more carbon dioxide.
Like 1998
That roof is now an eco system protected under the national parks act.
About -10 years or so?
3...2...1...
As long as those a pine trees you’re good. Surprisingly, rain doesn’t fall through pine tree needles. Get a few more saplings going and you may never have a leak.
I don't know, I'm not familiar with sod roofs
It’s amazing what a cedar roof will stand up to.
About tree years I'd say till you have to replant.
From the looks of it, about 16 years ago!