If there is an open area around the garage you can opt for a wooden garage roof as well.
Roof made of wood.
For pitched roofs the truss the framework can be made of wood or metal and the outside can have wood or asphalt shingles clay or concrete tiles or metal sheeting.
Until the later 19th century such supporting frameworks were made of wooden beams sometimes in highly complicated systems.
The type of truss you build will be suited for different weights which may help you determine the exterior materials you use.
If you choose a sloping roof for the garage paint the walls white and the roof in a darker shade like chocolate brown blue or green.
Steel and reinforced concrete have for the most part replaced such heavy wooden support systems and such materials moreover have enabled the development of new and dramatic roof forms.
Being made of synthetic rubber or polymer they are flexible and elastic and can handle temperature changes and some impact types better than built up roofs.
Roof materials at the dawn of civilization it s easy to assume that early man slept out in the open under the stars or was protected from the elements inside a cave.
These roofs are installed as thin sheet materials 0 030 30 mils to 0 060 inches 60 mils thick and are applied to the roof in a single layer.
One of the most popular types of roofing for residential structures is shingles.
However archaeologists have found evidence of very early use of roofs made from a wide variety of substances including animal parts wood rocks and clay.