High Rise External Walls

Hebel is a lightweight steel-reinforced Autoclave Aerated Concrete (AAC) that has been used in Europe for over 70 years and here in Australia for over 20 years.

Hebel reduces your total cost to build

The unique Hebel System is a high performance masonry product that makes good business sense because it is fast to construct and easy to install.

The unique Hebel system does away with the need for costly and sometimes unreliable bricklayers and requires fewer skilled trades-people on site.

Desired by homeowners for its design and sustainability

Hebel PowerClad provides an attractive, modern exterior that can be completed in individual finishes and colours to provide a wide range of contemporary and aspirational looks that appeal to many new homebuyers.

Hebel is also highly fire resistant, boasts high acoustic absorbing properties and, because Hebel is a masonry product with in-built insulation, it assists in improving energy ratings (and reducing costly energy bills for cooling and heating).

Hebel has attained endorsement for using 61% and 64% less embodied energy than comparative products Concrete and Brick and 64% and 55% less Greenhouse gas emissions than the comparative products Concrete and Brick (GECA Report 2006).

Proven in the market and Australian made by CSR

Hebel is 100% manufactured in Australia by CSR Building Products Limited, so you can depend and rely on the product quality, technical expertise, warranty and stock supplies. With CSR you can trust that everything has been proven, tested and continually improved.

New Construction

Retrofit

Typical Fixing Detail - Plan view

Alternative Fixing Detail - Plan View

Typical Fixing Detail - Slide View

Layout Elevation for studs at 450 Centres

Layout Elevation for studs at 600 Centres

1800mm and 1350mm Panel Layout

Typical Minimum Panel Widths

Base Detail - Suspended Floor (Exposed Subfloor)

Base Detail – Suspended Floor (Hidden Subfloor)

Base Detail – Suspended Floor – Pier Connection

Footing Junction – Supported on a Base

Eave Details

Control Joints

The following information provides the necessary rules for Control Jointing when installing the Hebel® PowerClad System:

For Soil Classification A, S and M the following rules apply:

• Vertical Control Joints required at maximum 6m centres
• Vertical Control Joints required at external and internal corners
• Vertical Control Joints required above and below all doors, including sliding and garage doors
• Horizontal Control Joints Required at every horizontal floor junction
• Horizontal Control Joints required a maximum of 3.6m centres

For openings < 2450mm in width

• Control Joint not required if a Lintel / Stretcher bond Joint is utilised, however if a straight joint extends beyond the height of the window jamb, a control joint or a Glued and Meshed Joint is required.
  Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

For openings >= 2450mm and < 3600mm wide

• Control Joint required to at least one side of the opening (i.e. above and below the opening) while a Lintel / Stretcher Bond joint or Control Joints or Glued and Meshed Joint required to the opposite side of the opening. Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

For openings >= 3600mm in width

• Control Joint required to both sides of the opening (i.e. above and below the opening) Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

For Soil Classification H, E and P the following rules apply or as determined by project engineer dependent on slab/ support design:

• Vertical Control Joints required at maximum 4.2m centres
• Vertical Control Joints required at external and internal corners
• Vertical Control Joints required above and below all doors, including sliding and garage doors
• Horizontal Control Joints Required at every horizontal floor junction
• Horizontal Control Joints required a maximum of 3.0m centres

For openings < 1850mm in width

• Control Joint not required if a Lintel / Stretcher bond Joint is utilised, however if a straight joint extends beyond the height of the window jamb, a control joint or a Glued and Meshed Joint is required.
  Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

For openings >= 1850mm but < 2450

• Control Joint required to at least one side of the opening (i.e. above and below the opening) while a Lintel / Stretcher Bond joint or Control Joints or Glued and Meshed Joint required to the opposite side of the opening. Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

For openings >= 2450mm in width

• Control Joint required to both sides of the opening (i.e. above and below the opening) Note: The minimum Lintel panel height above windows is 270mm

External Corner

Internal Corner

Typical Vertical Control Joints

Control Joints at Door Openings

Control Joint at Window

Panel over Window (Option1)

PaneloverWindow(Option2)

Window Sill – Section

Window Head – Section

Window Jamb – Section