Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 3May 08, 2018 10:37 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 5May 08, 2018 11:37 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 7May 09, 2018 9:20 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 10May 11, 2018 9:46 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 11May 12, 2018 9:13 am 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. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Vs. Bricks for new house in Sydney 12May 12, 2018 4:19 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 7:54 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 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 6804 Since you are in the design stage then I would direct your questions, in writing of course, to your designer. Depending on the trust you have in the competence of your… 4 6008 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 15319 |