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What is the least expensive roof for my garage?

Installing metal roofing over tar and gravel roof. What gauge of metal is required on a low slope? Say 12 to 1? What size of ribs on the metal is required for low slope roof? My house is 50 by 15.5 on each side. My garage has a flat roof. Should I build trusses, torched roof or what do you suggest? I do not want to spend too much. One of my neighbors paid $9200.00 for a torched on roof (1300 sq.feet approx.). Materials were only roughly $2000.00.

I would not install metal roofing on a roof with such low slope. Metal roofs on very low slopes or flat roofs must be completely waterproof (unlike metal roofing on a steeply pitched roof which act more like shingles). A 2-ply, torched down, modified bitumen roof is what I would recommend, however it requires a certain degree of expertise to install it. Therefore, is not inexpensive. If my main criteria was to spend very little money, I would be inclined to use roll roofing, cemented in place. It is essentially the same type of roof described above, using less expensive materials (and consequently far less durable) and a less expensive form of adhesion. To a certain degree, you get what you pay for. The modified bitumen roof will last two or three times as long as roll roofing.