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Hebel panels have superior insulation qualities compared to other masonry products, this means that it keeps your home warmer in winter and cooler in summer with less of a reliance on heaters and air-conditioning and saving you in energy costs.

Hebel panels contain anti-corrosion steel reinforcement, making them strong, solid and a reliable choice for building your home. Tests have shown that Hebel PowerPanel and traditional brick have a similar impact resistance.

Hebel is a highly versatile building product, available in blocks or panels, and suitable for use in a range of applications. These include external walls, internal walls, flooring, decking, load bearing and non-load bearing walls and DIY projects such as BBQs, letter boxes and fences.

Hebel is a strong, solid building product, with a similar impact resistance to traditional brick. To prevent or minimise cracking, ensure that you use an recommended acrylic render system, applied by an experienced renderer.

Hebel is a strong building product made from autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC). AAC was developed in Scandinavia over 70 years ago and is now used widely across the world.

CSR Hebel is Australia’s only manufacturer of AAC with over 30 years of experience in designing and developing AAC systems for Australian buildings.

No, Hebel is a building product made from autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) and contains steel mesh, coated with an anti-corrosion protection layer for maximum strength and durability. Hebel boasts great environmental benefits, is a non-combustible product and has high fire resistance, not to mention it reduces noise and is great for keeping your house warm in winter and cool in summer.

Installing one Hebel panel is the equivalent to laying 75 bricks, which means a 150m2 home can be go up as quickly as 3 days when installed by experienced Hebel installers. Building with Hebel means faster construction without sacrificing on quality.

Hebel PowerFloor is a great choice of flooring solution with it’s high-performing acoustic and thermal benefits. This means less noise between floors and none of the squeak or bounce associated with particleboard flooring. Hebel PowerFloor can be easily installed by onsite tradesman such as carpenters and sits well beneath any floor covering of your choice such as tiles, carpets or strip timber flooring.

Yes! However Hebel does not offer any standard solutions or designs, you will need to consult with your own qualified engineer to design a solution so that it can account for things such as waterproofing, drainage and soil & surcharge loading, which can be site specific.

Hebel walls should be washed down as a minimum once a year with clean water. This process removes any dirt or other build-up that has gathered on the coating. Hebel recommends you follow the care and maintenance instructions from your render supplier.

Click here for the Dulux Care & Maintenance Guide for some useful information provided by Dulux AcraTex.

We are often asked about how to secure fittings to Hebel walls – items such as light fittings, taps, downpipes, clotheslines, hot water services and hose reels.

It’s important to seek advice on your individual home from your builder or designer before drilling holes or securing any loads onto Hebel walls.

Using the right fitting for the relevant fixture will help avoid damage occurring to the wall.

Holes can be drilled in Hebel walls using a masonry drill bit fitted to a standard (not rotary hammer) drill. Once the penetration has been filled with the required cables or the like, the gap around the penetration should be filled with a reputable flexible sealant such as Sikaflex polyurethane sealant.

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Fixing heavy and/or vibrating loads
Heavy or items such as gates, decks, pergolas, clothes lines, carports and basketball hoops can cause vibrations or excessive loads on Hebel walls.
The solution is fixing them to posts that are independent of the wall will ensure the load isn’t directly transferred to the Hebel panels or blocks.

Surface knocks and scratches can be touched up with the same surface coating finish that was applied at construction, like any masonry wall. In the event you are unsure, contact your builder for advice.

If the damage extends beyond the coating system and into the Hebel wall, professional advice should be sought to ensure the damage has not compromised the integrity of the wall.