Reinforced concrete or wooden beam ceiling

For the house with 2 full floors, what kind of ceiling do you have? Reinforced concrete or wooden beam ceiling? My concern is to trap as much heat as possible in the summer so that it does not enter the house. What would you recommend?

As the top ceiling? Concrete can store more heat, otherwise it mainly depends on ensuring that the additional insulation material (which is needed anyway for "cold" insulation) is also suitable for thermal insulation. I think the roof and insulation are more decisive than the ceiling material. For the ceiling, it mainly depends on the usage (attic?) and the statics (a wooden ceiling is definitely lighter). Possible solar panels on the roof could provide shading.

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Yes, as the top ceiling. The architect actually planned with a wooden beam ceiling, but the building services engineer has now thrown the reinforced concrete ceiling into the mix. The structural engineer is still calculating. The attic is intended to serve as a storage room. It will be a house with 2 full floors and a roof with a 20-30 degree pitch. What special considerations are there regarding thermal insulation for the roof besides the possible solar system?

Our architect is building a concrete ceiling with us - also 2 full floors. He says that especially in summer less heat enters the living spaces through the roof surfaces and in winter, of course, less heat is lost.

I am now also facing this choice.

Pure gut feeling advises me to go with a concrete ceiling, after all, I grew up in the East in a prefabricated slab building.
Besides, I am not a fan of wood. Wood can be infested by animals, catch fire, creak, etc.
With a concrete ceiling, however, there is the problem of floor insulation between stories.
The attic is expected to be used only as storage space, so it still needs to be walkable. What costs should be expected for this? Which material is suitable for this?
How did you decide???


Best regards
Judyyy

Why don't you simply wait and see what the structural engineer recommends in conjunction with the soil conditions/earthquake zone? If it is not structurally necessary, *to me* a concrete ceiling - purely for peace of mind - would not be worth the money. Especially if the space under the roof is used exclusively as storage.