Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 3May 08, 2018 11:37 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 5May 08, 2018 12:37 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 7May 09, 2018 10:20 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 10May 11, 2018 10:46 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 11May 12, 2018 10:13 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 12May 12, 2018 5:19 pm StructuralBIMGuy alexp79 When not rendered properly, cracks are probable. Render has no Structural capacity whatsoever, nor is it considered in any of the structural code calculations. It can crack when Hebel joints under the render expand or contract as there is no mortar used to connect Hebel panels together. Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 13Jul 07, 2020 8:54 am CustomHome42 Hi, Like you, we concidered every option, pros and cons for both hebel and brick. Whilst both are similar, if your after the modern look, hebel has it all over bricks. As render is an applied product, it’s important to concider what it’s being applied to. Bricks require bricklayers, and when bricklayers lay commons suitable for render, the mindset is it will be covered, therefore the laying lacks skill and the bricks are slapped into place knowing render will cover them. Hebel, is installed by professionals, knowing the importance of straight and plumb walls, suitable for render. After months of deciding, we used the steel frame, hebel walls, and render, and honesty it looks great. We used the Stoddarts system. Here’s a video so you can see how good it goes together. (Not our house being built, our builder is slow, however using Stoddarts we achieved the quality and the look we where after). https://vimeo.com/126077254 Cheers hi, hope your built has been good, for hebel build people say the skill of installation helps avoid cracks later on, would you mind sharing details of your hebel installer please, we are considering hebel...in sydney Building Standards; Getting It Right! Also an expansion joint. It will probably be better to silicon it? What I don't like is that joints between panels are not properly rendered and look ugly. 1 24725 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 4684 1 4708 |