Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Hebel Or Bricks 4Jun 14, 2018 2:48 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 6Mar 20, 2019 9:00 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 9Mar 20, 2019 9:37 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 14Mar 20, 2019 10:34 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 16Mar 20, 2019 10:51 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hebel Or Bricks 19Mar 20, 2019 12:57 pm A carpenter can put up Hebel in a few days whereas bricking may take a month or more and requires brickies. You don’t actually do any maintenance to the actual Hebel, Hebel is reinforced aerated concrete panels, the maintenance comes because the Hebel is rendered and painted. Any painted surface will require ongoing maintenance especially surfaces facing West. The render can crack especially if the renderer is a cowboy type and doesn’t do it properly, but a read through this forum will show the issues with brickies doing horrible brick work jobs also. Bricks virtually zero maintenance but will always be the same unless you render over and paint. Hebel whilst requiring ongoing maintenance always give you the opportunity to completely change the look of your house. From my research Hebel also comes out better for its insulation properties and sound deadening compared to brick. Re: Hebel Or Bricks 20Mar 20, 2019 2:15 pm All else being equal, Hebel should mean better insulation & quicker installation & an ability to patch over the final finish, with face bricks once it's done it's done. Additionally, does Hebel require acid washing like bricks do? Because the builder is less likely to munt the finish on your aluminium windows if that acid washing isn't needed (I sadly speak from experience). We'd probably have gone with Hebel and put up with the 10-yearly need to re-render (or at least paint), if the builder had been set-up to use Hebel. They offered it, but because it was a rare exception for them, it was considerably more expensive so we went with the low-maintenance face-brick instead. In a way I was glad, because rendered houses look very 1997 to me, and Sydney probably doesn't "need" the extra insulation (ie. it'd have made little difference to me). But … if the Hebel doesn't need acid washing, then in conditional hindsight I wish we'd paid the extra for the Hebel! 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 5937 1 6694 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 6347 |