Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 14, 2013 10:28 am Hi all, Does anybody have recent experience with a Hebel build? We're about to start on a Porter Davis Queenstown 33 and are quite attracted to the Hebel option but there seems to be very little information out there about it. Some of the questions we haven't been able to find answers for include: - Can a clothesline be mounted on it? (presumably the mount would need to go through to internal structure, but is this even possible given the thickness of the material?) - What are the longer-term maintenance requirements (cleaning, touchup, etc) - Does it perform as promised in terms of insulation (particularly sound) - What does the inside of the garage end up looking like (two walls are typically raw brick in the design, perhaps these end up plastered?) But overall I'm really interested in hearing feedback from people who have it. Are they happy, would they use it again? Re: Hebel construction feedback 2Jan 14, 2013 1:29 pm Lurgen Hi all, Does anybody have recent experience with a Hebel build? We're about to start on a Porter Davis Queenstown 33 and are quite attracted to the Hebel option but there seems to be very little information out there about it. Some of the questions we haven't been able to find answers for include: - Can a clothesline be mounted on it? (presumably the mount would need to go through to internal structure, but is this even possible given the thickness of the material?) - What are the longer-term maintenance requirements (cleaning, touchup, etc) - Does it perform as promised in terms of insulation (particularly sound) - What does the inside of the garage end up looking like (two walls are typically raw brick in the design, perhaps these end up plastered?) But overall I'm really interested in hearing feedback from people who have it. Are they happy, would they use it again? sorry can't really help you on your questions although does look interesting. The only downside for me with this option is that like render I assume you will be forced to paint the outside at least every 10 years or so and as I get later on in my years I know that I would want to avoid that. Otherwise looks like a good option would rather this as apposed to render. Re: Hebel construction feedback 3Jan 14, 2013 2:13 pm I know very little about it too, but stellabella has hebel on her house, here is her thread: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376&start=220 Settlement: 10.02.13 Slab: 06.03.13 Frame: 08.03.13 Lock-up: 05.04.13 Handover: 03.06.13 Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59555 Brisbane Photography Re: Hebel construction feedback 5Jan 14, 2013 2:24 pm hi, we built with hebel a few years back with M etricon: Some of the questions we haven't been able to find answers for include: [i]- Can a clothesline be mounted on it? (presumably the mount would need to go through to internal structure, but is this even possible given the thickness of the material?)[/i] Yes but it will most likely 'give' after a period of time as hebel is not strong as brick/concrete. Depending on the fixing you use it will start too loosen up... I gave up and put some steel posts in concrete in the ground for the clothes line. - What are the longer-term maintenance requirements (cleaning, touchup, etc) Ours was finished with Dulux Acratex ?sp? it stained easily , I had to use high pressure spray to clean it.... When working in the garden I accident hit the wall with a spade, a chunk of it came off.... its very 'soft'. Its kinda like a 'aero chocolate bar'. - Does it perform as promised in terms of insulation (particularly sound) Contrary to what I was told 'cooler in summer, warmer in winter'... our home was very hot in summer , we had re-fridge cooling. - What does the inside of the garage end up looking like (two walls are typically raw brick in the design, perhaps these end up plastered?) Ours was plastered, so no different to other walls in the house. For our next house, i went with Brick. Re: Hebel construction feedback 6Jan 14, 2013 3:18 pm ch0p hi, we built with hebel a few years back with M etricon: Some of the questions we haven't been able to find answers for include: [i]- Can a clothesline be mounted on it? (presumably the mount would need to go through to internal structure, but is this even possible given the thickness of the material?)[/i] Yes but it will most likely 'give' after a period of time as hebel is not strong as brick/concrete. Depending on the fixing you use it will start too loosen up... I gave up and put some steel posts in concrete in the ground for the clothes line. - What are the longer-term maintenance requirements (cleaning, touchup, etc) Ours was finished with Dulux Acratex ?sp? it stained easily , I had to use high pressure spray to clean it.... When working in the garden I accident hit the wall with a spade, a chunk of it came off.... its very 'soft'. Its kinda like a 'aero chocolate bar'. - Does it perform as promised in terms of insulation (particularly sound) Contrary to what I was told 'cooler in summer, warmer in winter'... our home was very hot in summer , we had re-fridge cooling. - What does the inside of the garage end up looking like (two walls are typically raw brick in the design, perhaps these end up plastered?) Ours was plastered, so no different to other walls in the house. For our next house, i went with Brick. ohh based on that from what you say I'd avoid it, if it was me brick all the way, no render and hence no need to worry to repaint later on. Re: Hebel construction feedback 7Jan 14, 2013 8:17 pm Hi! It's my thread that MV posted above we are currently building a Hebel house, and living in my parents' house, which is also Hebel. The insulation is amazing, cool in summer and warm in winter - sorry to disagree ch0p! We moved here from a brick rendered house and I've definitely noticed a difference (even though the temperatures here are higher than our old town). Mum and Dad live out of town so there's not much noise here to insulate from With regard to the clothesline, there is something special you have to do, some kind of reinforcement - I'm not sure what, as we are having a rotary clothesline so I didn't find out any more info yet. Your builder should be able to tell you. I'm not sure on the maintenance either, as this house is only 13 months old and hasn't required any maintenance yet. Mum and Dad only have a carport and our garage walls will be plastered. We wanted render anyway so it was just a bonus for us, especially since the Hebel went up in a day, so you cut a few days off your build time! Our house hasn't been rendered yet, hopefully this week or next week. I don't think I've been overly helpful but if you can think of any other questions, let me know 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 I was looking at different options for a fence for my build and Hebel PowerFence seemed like a good option (one of the criteria was a solid wall look). However, I don't… 0 5900 1 6629 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6191 |