ᐅ Concrete or beam construction for a double garage

Good evening,

We are planning to partially build a double garage (6 x 9 meters (20 x 30 feet)) ourselves for our new house. A wooden roof terrace will be constructed over half of the garage.

A friend of mine is a bricklayer and will be building the garage walls, so that should not be a problem.

Now to my question: wood or concrete ceiling?

It should be mentioned that I work in the timber industry and can get the material at a fairly good price.

A concrete ceiling will certainly last forever, but it is significantly more expensive than a wooden ceiling, right?

Suggestions are welcome.

Regards, Tobias

Are you seriously still asking? A wooden beam ceiling is fine...

A concrete ceiling is only slightly more expensive than wood – but if you want to insulate it, you’ll need to buy expensive insulation that has a slope.

I was facing the same decision and chose the beam ceiling. We built the masonry on Friday/Saturday with almost the same dimensions.

Hello Tobias,

scheffe schrieb:

We are planning to partially build a double garage (6x9m (20x30 ft)) ourselves for our new house.
On half of the garage, a wooden roof terrace is going to be built.

A friend of mine is a mason and will build the garage walls, so that shouldn’t be a problem.

I have two additional questions:

1. Who is responsible for the structural engineering?
2. Are you allowed to build a terrace on top of the garage? Not every development plan permits this—regardless of setback requirements.

Best regards, Bauexperte

1. A structural engineer has already been commissioned.

2. The double garage with a roof terrace has been approved.

Best regards, Tobi