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 32Mar 22, 2019 1:26 pm Hebel def has it's benefits - thermal and insulation properties as well as a better fire rating. A single storey home you could potentially finish in a couple of days negating the costs for extra labour and scaffolding if required. With Basix and BAL so prominent these days Hebel is a great alternative. To get a decent brick you will need to pay extra most standard range of bricks aren't attractive at all. The downside to Hebel is you can't affix heavy objects directly to it but there are ways around it.The finish is second to none in my opinion. Hope this helps... Re: Hebel Or Bricks 33Mar 25, 2019 7:22 am Thank you all for your replies. Since the house will be built on inclined land and my current plan to live in that house is for around 6 to 7 years. So, I have decided to go with hebel panel if nothing worse turn up. So far from my research hebel panels have positive feedbacks and turning to be good in the building industry. Saying that blocks are not forgotten too as they have always been around us and proven a good shelter for houses. But, keeping in mind the budget, cost and time hebel suits for my project. Supercharger, as you said downside to Hebel is you can't affix heavy object directly, so my plan is not to drill too much or hang those heavy objects on the outside wall of the house. Small nails and screws here and there will be usual. If someone still has any ideas please free to throw them here, so that I can share the same with another person like me who may require information about hebel vs bricks in the future for their houses. Re: Hebel Or Bricks 34Jun 02, 2019 2:11 pm We are also about to build on inclined land and have been analysing the cost of Hebel cladding. From what I can gather the cost of the recommended render may be $90 per sq metre and is by far the costliest part of a Hebel installation. Given a 2600x600x75mm panel may be $90-$100. Re: Hebel Or Bricks 35Jun 03, 2019 8:51 am DavJude We are also about to build on inclined land and have been analysing the cost of Hebel cladding. From what I can gather the cost of the recommended render may be $90 per sq metre and is by far the costliest part of a Hebel installation. Given a 2600x600x75mm panel may be $90-$100. Hi Dav, Thanks for replying to the post and giving the idea of putting hebel panels for inclined land. Just, wondering how big your house will be in sqs wise and how much total will be roughly at the end of the day just to put the Hebel panels? What have you decided at the end? I had discussed with my project manager and he said Hebel is good, cheap, easier and time saving to install them compare to bricks. Re: Hebel Or Bricks 36Jun 03, 2019 12:26 pm 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 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 rameshbhai Thank you all for your replies. Since the house will be built on inclined land and my current plan to live in that house is for around 6 to 7 years. So, I have decided to go with hebel panel if nothing worse turn up. So far from my research hebel panels have positive feedbacks and turning to be good in the building industry. Saying that blocks are not forgotten too as they have always been around us and proven a good shelter for houses. But, keeping in mind the budget, cost and time hebel suits for my project. Supercharger, as you said downside to Hebel is you can't affix heavy object directly, so my plan is not to drill too much or hang those heavy objects on the outside wall of the house. Small nails and screws here and there will be usual. If someone still has any ideas please free to throw them here, so that I can share the same with another person like me who may require information about hebel vs bricks in the future for their houses. The 75mm hebel panels are great. We use them on our apartments. The issue you have is finding a reputable installer Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Hebel Or Bricks 38Jun 03, 2019 12:40 pm SejaeD rameshbhai Thank you all for your replies. Since the house will be built on inclined land and my current plan to live in that house is for around 6 to 7 years. So, I have decided to go with hebel panel if nothing worse turn up. So far from my research hebel panels have positive feedbacks and turning to be good in the building industry. Saying that blocks are not forgotten too as they have always been around us and proven a good shelter for houses. But, keeping in mind the budget, cost and time hebel suits for my project. Supercharger, as you said downside to Hebel is you can't affix heavy object directly, so my plan is not to drill too much or hang those heavy objects on the outside wall of the house. Small nails and screws here and there will be usual. If someone still has any ideas please free to throw them here, so that I can share the same with another person like me who may require information about hebel vs bricks in the future for their houses. The 75mm hebel panels are great. We use them on our apartments. The issue you have is finding a reputable installer Hi Sejade, I agree you on this. And my concern will be the same when installing panels. Not sure how the regular builders install them though. Re: Hebel Or Bricks 39Jun 03, 2019 1:04 pm rameshbhai SejaeD rameshbhai Thank you all for your replies. Since the house will be built on inclined land and my current plan to live in that house is for around 6 to 7 years. So, I have decided to go with hebel panel if nothing worse turn up. So far from my research hebel panels have positive feedbacks and turning to be good in the building industry. Saying that blocks are not forgotten too as they have always been around us and proven a good shelter for houses. But, keeping in mind the budget, cost and time hebel suits for my project. Supercharger, as you said downside to Hebel is you can't affix heavy object directly, so my plan is not to drill too much or hang those heavy objects on the outside wall of the house. Small nails and screws here and there will be usual. If someone still has any ideas please free to throw them here, so that I can share the same with another person like me who may require information about hebel vs bricks in the future for their houses. The 75mm hebel panels are great. We use them on our apartments. The issue you have is finding a reputable installer Hi Sejade, I agree you on this. And my concern will be the same when installing panels. Not sure how the regular builders install them though. the issue is, that you dont need a licence to install panels so there are a lot of cowboys. Having said that I have a very good installer, so if you go down this road let me know and I can give you his details. I also know the management at CSR quite well and they are good at recommending approved installers 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 5906 1 6637 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 6211 |