Tiny House in a Landscape
Hap Mullenneaux sent me a link to this photo and suggested that it should be called “Little House is a Landscape.” This house is located in Norway where green turf roofs are very common.
For hundreds of years houses in Norway have been covered with turf. And they come in different varieties. Some are bright green and almost velvety. Others are golden and look like they’re growing wheat or oats. A number of turf roofs have flowers mixed in with the grass, and a few have small trees.
The advantages of turf roofs (also called sod roofs) are many. They are very heavy, so they help to stabilize the house; they provide good insulation; and they are long-lasting.
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shouldn’t that be landscape on a tiny house?
Absolutely! I’m having a big laugh in a tiny house!
I don’t think that’s a turf roof, I think it’s a shake or shingle roof that’s gone beyond needing repair. Take a good look at its construction. I wouldn’t be surprised if those trees were rooted in the ground and had poked through a roof that was already damaged. The house is buckling under it.
Shakes and shingles are really, really uncommon on Norwegian roofs, and – as far as I know – unheard of for houses of that vintage. On the other hand, for Norwegian houses of the same vintage (and social/financial standing) as the one in the picture, turf roofs are quite common – and for an untended turf roof, trees setting root in the sod is something that happens. If left long enough, the roots of the tree will start digging through the roof, destroying it.
Looks more like a neglected sod roof de-stabilising a house! Should have put some goats up there when those trees were tiny saplings.
Puts a whole new spin on “tree house”.
that’s a regular roof that hasn’t been cared for in 20+ years.
One tree to many on that roof…very pretty there though!
This roof looks as if it’s destabilizing the house. In fact, it looks like a roof ready to cave in at the slightest provocation.
I can’t imagine anyone is living in this structure at this point.
Very provocative! I can think of a dozen stories to set in this house and landscape!
I’m guessing the trees won’t grow much more than that due to limitations on their root structure.
It looks uninhabited. I think it is just about to collapse the roof. I imagine the tree roots go into the roof and into the house and possibly back down into the ground again through a crack in the floor. Tree roots can be quite advantageous.