It was like Woodruff, or something that sounds like 'woodroof'. It was a composite wood product that was 'formed' into a wood shingle look but each on was maybe 2 ft by 2 ft or something like that, so I think part of it was they installed really quick. They really did look fine, in theory. I really only saw them on my house and never anywhere else. I think where they were in the shade and had a lot of water, they sort of fell apart.