House made of champagne bottles. A South Ural resident built a house out of champagne bottles

People's imagination is limitless. And this is especially true in construction. Do you think that living in a house made of bottles is something out of the ordinary? But no! A bottle house is cheap, environmentally friendly, warm, and most importantly - quite real.

Every day a huge number of unnecessary bottles are thrown into the trash. But instead of throwing them away, they can be put to good use. You can build a house from both glass and plastic bottles. But the construction technology will be slightly different.

Let's first look at the advantages and disadvantages of building a bottle house.

Pros of bottle houses:

1. Durability of the material. Both glass and plastic are very durable materials that do not lose their properties for a very long time.
2. Low construction costs. The main building material is bottles, and you do not need to specifically purchase them. You can negotiate with several cafes or restaurants and they will give you used bottles for free, since they are thrown away anyway. True, the construction process may drag on.
3. The bottles are very durable and resistant to stress. If you think that such a house will not last long, then you are very mistaken. It will be able to “outlast” any brick house.
4. Creating a comfortable temperature regime. A bottle house will be cool in summer and very warm in winter.

Cons of bottle houses:

1. A lot of time is spent on construction if you decide to build a house on your own.
2. It may be difficult to obtain a huge number of bottles.

DIY glass bottle house

What you will need: any glass bottles, mortar (more on that later). Of course, you will need a lot of bottles. Depending on the size of the house, construction can take from 20 thousand bottles or more. If you are building a very small house (or gazebo), then perhaps a few thousand will be enough for you. The easiest ones to get are those bottles that do not accept glass containers, for example, champagne bottles. But you can take any at all. If you find bottles of some unusual or non-standard shape, the walls of your home will be very attractive. Although, the very fact of building a bottle house already speaks of creativity.

If you have ever taken part in the construction of a house or at least seen how it is done, then you roughly know how brick laying occurs during this process. If you take bottles instead of bricks, then the very essence of construction does not change radically. Bottles are laid out similarly to bricks. Bottles must be placed horizontally, that is, the height of the bottle will be equal to the thickness of the wall.

A reasonable question may arise here: will the mortar “stick” to smooth glass? Indeed, the adhesion of these two materials may not be very reliable. Therefore, you need to lay a polymer mesh between the bottles, for example, every 2-3 rows.

A house made of glass bottles will not collect dirt and dust on its walls, since they do not accumulate on smooth glass by definition. Imagine how beautiful it will be inside the house when the bottles let light from the street through their glass!

An important condition for building a house from glass bottles: the walls of the bottles should not touch each other and the solution should completely enclose each bottle on all sides. This is important, since the reliability of the structure will depend 100% on the correct distribution of the load on the building materials.

Don't experiment with the foundation. Still, a bottle is not a generally accepted building material. And if you start laying bottles right from the foundation, you can ruin the entire structure before you even build it. Make the foundation in the traditional way - from concrete or brick.
Starting from the first floor of the building, you can already use bottles.

There are several options for masonry mortar that can be used:

1. regular - cement and sand 1:3;
2. insulated - cement, sand, slag 1:1:2;
3. sawdust - cement, sawdust, sand 1:2:1.

During laying, gradually reduce the thickness of the mortar layer. If in the lower part of the wall it should be about 40-50 millimeters, then in the upper part it can already be limited to 20-30. This way you will strengthen the building from below and not overload it from above.

DIY house made from plastic bottles

Plastic can “live” for about 300 years. Therefore, there is no need to doubt the reliability and durability of a house in the construction of which plastic bottles were used.

Visually, a house made of plastic bottles will not be as beautiful as one made of glass. But plastic bottles are cheaper and it may be easier to collect large quantities of them. If we use glass bottles in the construction of a house empty and corked, then plastic bottles must first be filled with earth or sand. And they need to be filled very tightly. For greater reliability, it is recommended to wrap the neck of each bottle with mesh. In all other respects, construction with plastic bottles is similar to construction with glass bottles.

A house made of bottles is not scary at all, but on the contrary - very interesting and unusual! And living in such a house is quite possible. If you are fascinated by this idea, then using bottles as a building material, you can do many more interesting things. For example, a balcony, canopy or gazebo.

And here are the people who were able to build real houses out of bottles on their own:

Resident of Zaporozhye (Ukraine) Vladimir Sysa
South Urals resident Khamidulla Ilchibaev
Resident of Primorye Olga Koroleva

These bottle houses were built in Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia as part of a low-income housing project. Bolivian lawyer Ingrid Vaca Diez took an active part in the construction. And not only as a lawyer, but also as a building architect. She studied the experience of building such houses around the world and chose the simplest and most economical option. In the article you will see photos of the main stages of work.

When you see the walls of a residential building made from bottles instead of bricks, you involuntarily have doubts about their strength and durability. As for durability, I think everything is clear here; glass can last for thousands of years. The fragility of glass is known, but if bottles are placed in the wall, it is unlikely that they will accidentally break; targeted, tough actions are needed here.

The photo shows a finished house with walls made of bottles.

For the construction of the walls, 1 liter bottles were used, laid in one row. To strengthen the walls and prevent freezing in our climate, the walls can also be made from rows of bottles, much the same as walls made of two bricks.

The solutions here are chosen based on clay; in dry climates they are quite durable. Although I have encountered clay solutions here too. Once upon a time, a huge number of houses, barns, and outbuildings were built using adobe. The simplest option, which I also used, is 3 parts clay, 1 part sand, straw and water.

Of course, for such walls, just like for any others, you will need to make a foundation; in this case, a strip foundation for the entire wall will do. The foundation must be well reinforced; in addition, a grid of reinforcement is placed under the base of the wall. For walls, not only clay is used, but also ordinary sand-cement mortars. The standard thickness of the layer between bottles varies from one to two fingers, in any case not less than 2 centimeters.

You can think over the design and color scheme in advance, and select bottles by color like a mosaic. There is one more feature of this design: thin walls of one bottle can be made permeable to sunlight, which opens up wide possibilities for interior decor. By using bottles of different shapes, sizes and colors, you can create a rich interior color palette.

Brick pillars are laid under the load-bearing beams.

In addition to solving lighting issues, bottle walls can be used as heat accumulators. But in this option, the bottles are filled with water, which is unacceptable in our winter conditions; the walls will simply collapse. The only option is to use non-freezing mixtures, then the wall will heat up in the sun during the day and give off heat at night.

This photo shows a small, more like a guest house, although they also live in it.

Bottles were also used to arrange the site.

As for the amount of material, 36,000 bottles were required to build a large house, photo above. The total area of ​​the walls was 170 square meters. meters.

I myself had to use bottles to insulate the walls inside the house. There was a common case: to speed up construction and save money, the walls were built one brick thick. It is clear that in winter they began to freeze, and the owner decided to insulate the extension using bottles.

To do this, formwork was assembled inside the house along the walls, but not to the full height at once, but with the gradual addition of one board at a time. The distance to the wall was 120-150 mm. . A metal mesh was punched onto the wall, and then the bottles were gradually laid along the wall and bound with sandy clay mortar, but with some addition of cement. When the row was closed, the next board was placed and the process was repeated. This method of insulation was chosen only for economic reasons; there were a lot of empty bottles and clay and sand.

And this is an example of what designers can do using recycled materials for construction. A palace made from the same bottles.

Owning a home is the dream of every person who strives for comfort and stability. Unfortunately, building a house during an economic crisis is a long and expensive process. Is it possible to find a replacement for brick and foam concrete?

Every year, every resident of a large city throws away about 100 kg of plastic containers. At first glance, it may seem that used bottles of juice, beer or kvass are unsuitable. We invite you to find out in this article how to build a house from plastic bottles.

Features of plastic bottles

The advantage of plastic is that it decomposes under natural conditions only after 300 years, so not only you, but also your grandchildren can live in such a house. Bottles do not break, are not afraid of cold and moisture, so they are ideal for construction.

At the moment, bottles can be found with thick and thin walls, of different shapes and dimensions. In order to build a house, different bottles can be useful, for example, those with thin walls should be used in the upper layers of future walls, and with thick ones - in the lower ones.

How to build a house from plastic bottles

Before you start building a house from plastic bottles, just like before building a regular house, you need to make a project. After this, calculate the amount of materials needed. In addition to bottles, you will need sand, cement, alabaster, clay, and glue. It is best to work with one and a half liter bottles.

Dry the sand or regular soil and then fill the bottles completely. Compact well and close with a lid. These bottles will function as bricks, so there should be no moisture in them, and the more tightly you fill them with sand, the more reliable they will be.

Depending on the terrain and soil type, select the appropriate type of foundation and install it. After this, make a cement mortar in a 1:1 ratio and lay the first layer of bottles on it. In the future, you can use a 1:2 solution and do not forget to add Bustilat glue to increase strength (1 kg of glue per 50 kg of solution). The mixture is applied to the surface of the bottles and the next layer is laid out. It is not recommended to make more than 4 layers at a time, as they must have time to dry.

Every dog ​​in the South Ural village of Techenskoye knows Khamidulla Ilchibaev. Thanks to him, a landmark of its own has appeared here, which local residents proudly show to guests and visitors - a real residential building, built from glass containers from the foundation to the very roof.

Different-sized "bricks"

Ilchibaev’s “emerald tower” looks especially beautiful at sunset. The bottle glass begins to play with all shades of green, and the house takes on a playful camouflage color.

This is probably due to the refraction of light,” says Khamidulla Abdulovich, rubbing the concave bottoms of the bottles with his fingers. - When I started building, I didn’t even imagine that there were so many different types of champagne bottles. Moreover, they are different not only in color, but also in “caliber”. While collecting, I counted six different sizes. I even asked our craftsmen to cut me a special measurement from plexiglass so that each row of masonry would be the same size. Otherwise it wouldn’t be level under the roof. And then I got used to it - now I can determine the diameter of any bottle down to the millimeter by eye...

According to the rural architect, it took him 12 thousand bottles to build a house with an area of ​​99 square meters. His youngest son, who tragically died in 2007 when he was only 18 years old, came up with the idea to build a glass house. In memory of him, I decided to bring this project to life. I needed to keep myself busy with something. To take a break from dark thoughts... I just didn’t know where to get so much “building material”.

Unexpectedly, a neighbor came to the rescue by offering to take the beer bottles that had accumulated in his garage to the city and return them. “And we’ll free up some space, and we’ll have something to sit on and celebrate! Otherwise my wife is already eating, they’re disturbing her!” a fellow villager complained. And when they started taking the containers out of the bags, they counted five thousand bottles! Apparently, they have been saving for more than one five-year period.

So I suggested, give them to me, and you and I will have a good time,” Hamidullah recalls. That's when they shook hands!

True, beer bottles, as a building material, raised concerns - would they withstand the load? And then Hamidullah traveled with them to several points for collecting glass containers and agreed to exchange them for more durable ones - from champagne containers. The construction of the century began with them. He bought the missing seven thousand “bricks” as they arrived at the collection points - for a ruble apiece. Or I picked it up from restaurants after corporate events and banquets. They also said thank you...

How to build a house

A glass house may seem fragile and cold only at first glance. Having lived in the village all his life, Hamidullah, an agronomist by profession, approached construction thoroughly like a peasant. He dug a pit and laid the foundation, collecting for it more than a dozen boulders that were lying idle on the roads of the village. Then I built a frame from timber. Moreover, contrary to village traditions, he placed the beam vertically, leaving small gaps between it, which he filled with polyurethane foam. This is to prevent the tree from “walking around” and drying out. Then I lined the beam with insulation inside and outside, using foil material that is too tough for rodents. And only after that I started laying out the walls.

I left a finger-thick gap between the insulation and the neck of the bottle,” says the builder. - And then he poured the solution into it “in such a way” that it would tightly fasten the necks and pour into the bottles, displacing the air from them. As the solution hardens, it turns the bottle into something similar to a glass balloon. It keeps you warm and becomes stronger...

True, the neighboring boys, while the house was still under construction and was a curiosity, nevertheless fired stones at it, damaging four bottles in the masonry. But the enthusiast immediately replaced them with new ones, without any difficulty. To do this, according to him, it was only necessary to shorten the bottle a little by filing the neck. Then it’s a matter of technique.

Building a house from bottles cost at least five times less than usual. Taking into account the final interior decoration, gas supply and installation of the heating system, Khamidulla spent a little more than half a million rubles on it. And having completed it, he gave it to his eldest son as a wedding gift.

Daughter-in-law Oksana was very pleased with the gift:

An excellent house - spacious, warm, and the outside sparkles and shimmers. No one has this! We can't get enough of Eldar. Let’s arrange it a little bit, and you can think about the kids!

Fountain and well

The Ilchibaev family moved to the village of Techensky after the accident at the Mayak chemical plant - people who were caught in the contaminated zone were resettled here. Over the past decades, the village has become home, and the second and third generations have appeared in the family. And recently, 52-year-old Hamidullah had his first grandson - his daughter made him happy.

Today, father and son Ilchibaevs work at one of the metallurgical enterprises of Chelyabinsk. Jobs are tight in the village. Therefore, they go to the city together and work the same shift. Eldar was a foreman, and Hamidullah was a privateer under his command.

At home, men run their own farm, raising bulls, pigs, chickens and ducks. There is enough work. There is no time to lie on the sofa in front of the TV.

However, the usual chores are one thing, but Hamidullah is drawn to make life at least a little more beautiful. He let it slip that he wanted to add a similar fountain to the glass house. So that it would be like in the city, and the children could splash around in the heat.

He also found an abandoned well in a nearby, long-empty village and decided to clean it out and repair it. And for what, he himself doesn’t know. You just need to have a well with clean water. What if people come back?

Construction is an expensive process, so issues of reducing the cost of construction periodically come to the fore.

The idea of ​​using glass bottles in the construction of lightweight buildings is not new and, as practice shows, is an excellent solution that allows achieve significant savings.

Another positive aspect of using glass containers during construction work is the maximum benefit from recycling recyclable materials.

The physical properties of glass do not change over time.

A tightly sealed bottle is good thermal insulation material, therefore, the use of glass containers for the construction of building elements is completely justified.

It has been proven that a panel constructed from 1 row of bottles retains heat no worse than a brick wall about half a meter thick.

Structures made from glass containers have good light transmittance. Wall panels can be designed in any color scheme, imitating elements of various architectural styles.

To build houses from glass containers, 2 methods are used:

• frame;
• wall

The resulting design will compare favorably in cost - bottles you will get it for free or at a purely symbolic price, and the main cost item will be the components for preparing the solution.

We build the building with our own hands

Any building consists of several elements that are completed one after another. First comes the foundation, followed by the walls and floor. Let's start in order.

Foundation

Garages and summer kitchens, showers and baths can be “placed” on a foundation made of glass bottles without compromising the strength of the resulting foundation.

Despite the fragility of glass, the foundation will have excellent strength characteristics comparable to the properties of a stone base.

Advantages of a foundation made of glass containers:

• moisture resistance;
• excellent thermal insulation;
• no shrinkage of components;
• corrosion resistance;
• long service life.

Glass also has a drawback that will have to be mitigated during the construction process. To the bottles Binding materials do not adhere well Therefore, the requirements for the grade of concrete used here are high.

Main stages of construction:

1. Preparation, including clearing the area and marking it for excavation work.
2. Construction of a trench to a depth below the freezing point of the soil.
3. Formwork installation.
4. Laying a cushion under a foundation made of sand and crushed stone mixture.
5. Pouring the bottom layer of cement.
6. Laying the first row of glass bottles close to each other.
7. Filling with cement mixture followed by laying a layer of bottles.
8. Reinforcement with iron rods.

Rows of bottles, cement and reinforcement alternate with each other until the desired height of the structure is achieved. The last layer is made of a dense concrete mixture.

Self-construction of a glass base requires taking into account some subtleties:

1. Difficult hydrogeological conditions are the reason for abandoning the intention to build a “glass” foundation. High occurrence of groundwater, movement of heaving soil will lead to cracking of the base.
2. Strong soil freezing in winter - a factor influencing the appearance of cracks in the thickness of the foundation. For construction in northern latitudes, foundations of a different type are suitable.
3. Bottles can float in cement solution. Place them after the mixture becomes viscous enough to hold the glass container securely.

Walls

Bottles, an exotic, at first glance, material for building walls, are increasingly being used for the construction of gazebos and summer verandas.

There are cases where entire houses were built from bottles. The walls of such structures look very original, reminiscent of lace stained glass windows.

The construction of walls from bottles requires careful selection of material. Bottles must be same volume and diameter, the color scheme can be very diverse.

To build 1 m2 of wall you will need about 420 bottles.

Searching for material, as a rule, does not cause difficulties:

• self-collection on the streets;
• gathering from neighbors, acquaintances, relatives;
• organizing a bottle collection point.

Wall laying technology provides installation of support pillars, the thickness of which is equal to the height of the bottles used. The distance between supports should be no more than 2 meters.

You can choose any material for the pillars:

• brick,
• tree,
• metal.

Too much distance between the pillars and each other will affect the stability of the structure.

Bottles are stacked on the foundation in a horizontal position with coating each layer of glass with a binding solution. The bottom layer is laid bottoms out, subsequent layers can change direction or remain unidirectional. Each subsequent layer is laid after the previous one has completely dried.

When stacking bottles need to leave a small gap between them. This measure will allow the solution to more fully adhere to the glass.

Floor

In addition to its durability, the concrete floor in a garage or livestock barn is distinguished by its low temperature.

For insulation of concrete pavement you can use polystyrene foam and other expensive insulating materials, or you can use a supply of glass bottles.

It has been experimentally determined that 1 m 2 of floor will require about 145 half-liter bottles, into which vodka is usually poured.

Glass containers can be located either horizontally or vertically, depending on the total thickness of the future floor. It is enough to fill the bottle layer with concrete mortar to a level of 1 cm and a light heated floor will be ready.

Installation of a glass floor in a bathhouse

In order for the bath to bring pleasure and benefit, it is necessary to take care of the consistency of the temperature in the steam room.

The main “cold bridge” in a room is the floor. You can try to insulate it using empty glass containers.

There are common rules for preparing material for work:

1. The bottle must be tightly closed. Air exchange with the external environment will make your efforts to insulate the floor useless.
2. It is better to close bottles in dry, sunny weather. As the air cools inside the vessel, a rarefied space is created, and the heat-insulating properties of the bottle increase.

We build from scratch

For making glass floor besides bottles you will need:

• sand, crushed stone or gravel chips;
• metal mesh for reinforcement;
• concrete solution, for the preparation of which you can use a ready-made dry mixture;
• finishing coating - wood, tile.

Work order:

1. Removal of soil around the perimeter of the future building to a depth of more than 20 cm, followed by compaction of the bottom of the resulting pit.
2. Construction of a cushion of sand, crushed stone or gravel with its obligatory compaction.
3. Construction of a reinforcing layer.
4. Laying out the first row of bottles. The containers are located “back to back” to each other. To achieve maximum heat-saving effect, it is recommended to place the bottles vertically.
5. Laying the second layer of reinforcement.
6. Installation of concrete screed with a thickness of 50-70 mm.
7. Applying the finishing coating after the concrete has completely dried.

Insulation of the finished base

When planning work on insulating the floor in a bathhouse, estimate the ceiling height.

A layer of insulation from bottles significantly will raise the floor level, therefore, if the ceiling is low, then it is better to abandon this method of insulation.

Stages of work:

1. Covering the subfloor with roofing felt to create reliable waterproofing.
2. Arrangement of a dense layer of horizontally arranged bottles.
3. Filling bottles with sand to level the surface.
4. Installation of the second waterproofing layer.
5. Floor reinforcement.
6. Pouring concrete solution with a thickness of at least 3 cm.
7. Finishing the floor covering.

Take care of the drainage system before the start of work.

Building a fence

Bottle fence – original, easy to make fence option.

Advantages of bottle fencing:

• simple installation;
• strength and durability of the structure;
• excellent light conductivity;
• the ability to implement any architectural forms;
• exclusivity;
• savings on materials.

To make a screen fence you will need:

• empty bottles of any color and size;
• material for making racks - brick, blocks, metal, wood, plastic;
• frame corners and metal rods with a diameter smaller than the neck of bottles;
• decorative elements.

You will need to drill holes in the bottles. To drill glass, use diamond tipped drill bits. Work at minimum speed.

The work is performed in the following order:

• preparation of bottles - washing, drying, drilling holes in the bottom of containers;
• digging holes to a depth of 120 cm for installing support pillars;
• installation of supports with concreting of their base;
• forming the frame of a bottle fence using steel corners and rods;
• assembling the canvas by stringing glass onto rods with the addition of decorative elements.

The resulting structure is not particularly durable and not suitable for use as street fencing. A screen is an option for decorating a site, and not protecting it from the penetration of uninvited guests.

A permanent glass fence is created using a different technology.

You will need:

• bottles, preferably identical;
• components for preparing concrete mortar;
• spatula for spreading the mixture;
• level.

Draw sketch of the desired fence, carefully consider the placement of the bottles to create a specific ornament.

Stages of work:

1. Preparing glass - washing, drying, closing.
2. Construction of a foundation made of vertically placed bottles filled with cement mixture. The depth of the base is 35 cm.
3. Formation of the fence fabric.

To ensure the fence is stable, continue work only after the concrete has completely hardened.

Bottles stacked in 2 rows, with the narrow end inside the future structure. Each layer is coated with a binding solution and dried - failure to comply with this requirement will lead to cracking of the bottom row of bottles.

Transparent bottles can be painted in any color using a special tinting paste, which will allow you to put into practice any design idea, having only colorless glass available.

This video is a story about a resident of the Chelyabinsk region who built a bathhouse, and then a house from glass bottles:

Bottom line

Construction from glass bottles is a real way to create exclusive elements from seemingly useless raw materials. The use of glass containers in construction work reduces financial and labor costs.

Laying rows of bottles does not require much skill or effort, and the raw materials will cost you nothing.

Collecting bottles is not only a chance to get free building materials, but also a way to take care of the environment.

Give unwanted glass a second life!

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