This was built by using as many recycled items as possible. The bottles are just the most visible.
The
Bottle Cottage was build using as many recycled products as possible
and still keeping the building aesthetically pleasing; let’s face it,
there is no way one can recycle tyres and make them pretty, so,………. no
tyres!
Here is what was used:
Bottles obviously, but some were used whole, some were broken into large chunks, some into a fine grain.
Off cut and discarded glass panes.
Polystyrene
An ancient large doorframe
Two broken wooden doors.
Jam jars and lids.
Palet
Concrete bricks.
Discarded IBR.
Riversand taken from the runoff of the road.
Rocks cleared from the camping sites on the property.
Two rear windows from Bakkies that were discarded.
There are a few other items but I will not bore you with them all here.
The
Bottle Cottage is completely self supporting and not on the grid at
all. Water is from a sweet tasting borehole, light and phone charges are
from solar energy and cooking is done inside by gas or outside by wood
fire. The other things that makes the Bottle Cottage unique is that NO
outside labour was used in its construction; the materials were all
collected in a 1983 Datsun 4×4 Bakkie.
Poly-xylene
was my "invention" and is how the broken glass is attached to the
windows glass sheets. It is a wonderful way to get rid of polystyrene
waste.
Please feel free to contact me for the formula on how to make it.
wvbisset@gmail.com
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