An idea with panels

[mullfitz]

Looking at the house below

https://picasaweb.google.com/mullfitz/House#slideshow/5669234136138431682

Does anyone see a problem with me putting on the below product

Hebel® Low Rise & Detached External Wall

Hebel : Wall Systems (http://www.hebelaustralia.com.au/oursystems/wallsystems.aspx)

I can pick up a heap of them cheap but there web site says they must be installed on concrete, not stumps dont know why they do weigh 70 Kg each

Ta all

[SilentButDeadly]

Does anyone see a problem with me putting on Hebel Powerclad

I can pick up a heap of them cheap but there web site says they must be installed on concrete, not stumps dont know why.....they do weigh 70 Kg each


Yes.

The final few words in your query pretty much says it all. Just because they're cheap doesn't mean they're appropriate. Besides they'd be better on the inside of the wall than the outside - better management of thermal mass.

[r3nov8or]

A unit development close by used PowerWall. All on concrete slabs. I reckon their tolerance for movement would be low, and so a slab, while not always 'perfect' would be better than on stumps - if I dared to use it on stumps I would leave a flexible movement gap between every panel rather than rendering over joins (which would be prone to cracking). Some residential architecture makes a feature of the gaps so it could look good. But of course Hebel's warranty would be void unless installed as they specify...

[Bloss]

hebel on slab - end of story really

[r3nov8or]

here's a Hebel document describing cladding over piers/stumps. Includes gap/control joint.
http://www.hebelaustralia.com.au/downloads/uploaded/125-003_ee1d.pdf