Comments on: Building Cheap And Stable House Out Of Recycled Bottles

By: Kaitlyn Aliano

Kaitlyn Aliano — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:35:36 +0000

After seeing the first few pictures, I thought the house would end up looking tacky. I was pleasantly surprised to see the final product. This is amazing!

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:27:30 +0000

Good idea, but hardly new. Check this one for example:

http://www.rhyolitesite.com/bottle1.html

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_tUdGe9URGgE/SVEg39edJeI/AAAAAAAAOag/Ra54TPV6ydk/s800/100_0982.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tUdGe9URGgE/SVEg21IcsjI/AAAAAAAAOaY/nrkgGlYmZG0/s800/100_0979.JPG

There’s also a question of the amount of mortar necessary to fill the space between the round bottles (especially bottle necks)- my guess is that it’s considerably more than for brick building.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:21:54 +0000

This isn’t recycling, it’s downcycling or re-purposing. These bottles have been removed from the cycle of holding liquids. This is an important concept many people miss.

While this building is novel, plastic bottles weren’t meant to be used as building materials and this is by no means a structurally sound. Unfortunately this would make a better art installation rather than an actual abode.

By: Susquehanna

Susquehanna — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:50:21 +0000

As wonderful their innovation is, I can see lots of Negative Nancy comments about safety and “I know better than you” so fees can be charged for review and drawings and architects and engineers and review boards, planning officials, committee members, grafting from crooked building inspectors and licensed “contractors” (unemployable misfits) list of accepted Union contractors so that 1/2 of them can’t show up on the job site – or – if at all, so that the project is completely over-budget, late and underfunded. Shall we get into the banker’s loans and other criminals that could also get in line on this endeavour?

By: unlikely pessimist

unlikely pessimist — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:02:16 +0000

This isn’t recycling, it’s downcycling or re-purposing. These bottles have been removed from the cycle of holding liquids. This is an important concept many people miss.

By: Steve McKenney

Steve McKenney — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:08 +0000

Been there…done that. Actually, done in 1941 in Kaleva, Michigan. With glass, or course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Makinen_Bottle_House

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:08:45 +0000

Wow, what a fabulous innovation! And I love the way the fact that it was built from two liter bottles wasn’t hidden. Then interior finishing with the flower petal appearance from the bottom of the two liter bottles was a wonderful touch. I’m speechless!

By: Irene Flesticle

Irene Flesticle — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:03 +0000

I am drinking wine as fast as I can to try to keep up with my husband’s work on the walls of our new house. we’ve only got about a foot of walls up so far because a) we haven’t drunk enough wine to get enough botles and b) we’ve been so drunk that we can’t work most days. What do do? I feel so ecological, tho.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:06:03 +0000

I think it’s great that people are being conscientious of being “green” but that house is pretty damn ugly just my opinion…but it’s cool anyways. I see it as more of a concept than anything else, I think if something incorporating recycled bottles were to be put into use in construction it would not be like this.

By: nepal travel

nepal travel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:22:42 +0000

wow great job.you are doing 2 thing here. one is making good home another is you are saving environment by recycled the bottle. thank you very much