Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Hebel Or Bricks 28Mar 22, 2019 9:06 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 36Jun 03, 2019 12:26 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Hebel Or Bricks 37Jun 03, 2019 12:28 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Hebel Or Bricks 39Jun 03, 2019 1:04 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Hebel Or Bricks 40Jun 03, 2019 4:17 pm SejaeD Bebbsy alexp79 Depends on your personal preference. In my opinion, brick houses look outdated and "cheapish". Check out all those contemporary looking luxury builds at Bel Air or Beverly Hills - almost 99% of them are rendered. Don't worry about brick longevity, newly built brick veneer Australian homes are not designed or built to last longer than 20-25 years anyway and you will have much more issues to deal with rather than your interior looks thereafter. Render will require a bit maintenance then bricks as the house will be settling and minor cracking will be appearing here and there. High quality renders are designed to last 25-40 years those days, though. Make sure you use "breathable" render though. Insulation and acoustic benefits of AAC will be quite noticeable too, as it prevents thermal bridging of your timber frame (although I would also prefer to use AAC for thermal mass too). House walls in Sydney are recommended to have at least R=2.8 but rarely achieve even R=2 due to thermal bridging in the frames. Hope it helps. What the? Brick veneer Australian Homes are built to only last 20 -25 years? So you’re saying a mortgage on the construction of a new house may outlast the actual house itself? I’m interested in the evidence you have to support this claim. he sits in his mothers basement and sprouts crap What a Richard this Sej bloke is with his constant "I'm so right" comments and his ongoing insulting of others. Gor Blimey, no wonder folk have buggered off from this H1 site due to posters like him being around! 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 5896 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 |