This paper covers roof finish types for structures with a higher slope in basic description and with technical details. Paper presents development of roof structures and roof finish types. In first part development of roofs and roofings are shown throughout history historical (traditional) and contemporary covers (roofing/ roof finish types) are described. The idea of the paper was to show the types of materials and technical details for the installation of roof coverings with accompanying textual descriptions. All structures are described according to the material from which they are made. Roofing/ roof finish types/ covers are divided into: wooden covers, stone covers, reed and straw covers, baked clay covers, concrete covers, fiber-cement covers, metal covers, polycarbonate covers, glass covers and bituminous covers. For all those materials basic description and detail drawing are provided. It was important to show the frequency of individual roofing materials in modern construction, their advantages and disadvantages, in order to provide adequate information for selection of appropriate roofing type for certain slopes and roof structures. It is intention to provided basic data base to determine a cover suitable for roofs with a slight or significant slope.