Unusual house made of bottles in the Zaporozhye region (10 photos). A South Ural resident built a house from champagne bottles Bottle House by Alexey Pietsukh

It took a Ukrainian 8,000 bottles of champagne and 20 years of his life to build a dacha!
Many people believe that a house made of bottles can only be found in a science fiction story. In fact, however, some enthusiasts have long been promoting glass bottles as a building material.

And some craftsmen, including the main character of our article, have been living in a “bottle house” they built with their own hands for many years. Vladimir Sysa, a resident of a holiday village near Zaporozhye, nurtured this idea for two decades, but finally fulfilled his old dream!


The first house made of glass bottles was built in the USA at the beginning of the last century. According to legend, William Peck, its creator, was very fond of beer. Therefore, the man chose containers from his favorite drink as building material for his home.
Peck's house, by the way, stood for a very long time and was demolished only in 1980. And some time ago, the famous brewing company Heineken even produced special bottles in the shape of bricks!

In the 80s of the last century, Vladimir Kirillovich Sysa, the main character of our article, learned about the existence of unusual houses from a German magazine. Since then, the man was literally fired up with the idea of ​​​​building such housing for himself and his family.
Sysa began construction when he acquired a plot of land in the late 80s. By that time, four thousand champagne bottles were already stored in Vladimir’s family’s apartment!


The man spent a long time collecting building materials. Among the sources, he names parks and glass container collection points. In addition, Sysa’s friends gave her a decent number of bottles.
For every feast, Vladimir’s acquaintances bought champagne for him, knowing what a man needed. Having learned what the neighbor was doing, other summer residents also began to bring glass containers to him under the gate.


Of course, it wasn't just bottles. In his free time, Sysa worked a lot on his project, drew hundreds of sketches, and developed construction technology. Later, I purchased other building materials.
In addition, not every glass container was suitable for building a house. For example, modern champagne bottles have begun to be made thinner than Soviet ones. That is why Vladimir did not mix them during construction, erecting one wall entirely from old glass containers, and the other from new ones.


Sysa’s main assistant in working on the unusual project was his wife Lyudmila. She, her daughter-in-law and granddaughter washed the bottles and checked them for chips and cracks. And later, directly during the construction of the house, the wife did all the auxiliary work for her husband - the man did not let her near the main one.
Lyudmila can rightfully be called Vladimir’s main muse. In the end, when the work was finished, her husband gave her a long-term construction for her golden wedding!


Today the couple cannot get enough of the miracle home. Bottles rolled into concrete are as strong as bricks and will not break even if you hit them with a hammer. This building material creates a special air cushion, thanks to which the house is warm in winter and cool in summer.
In addition, Lyudmila really praises the “bottle” tower: flowers and cucumbers grow well there, they say. In the future, the woman plans to equip a full-fledged greenhouse upstairs.


The Sys spouses were offered fabulous sums for their unusual housing, but Vladimir and Lyudmila flatly refuse to sell the magical house. In addition to the main building, a sauna has been built on five acres and a swimming pool is being built. And on the territory of the site, the man built an alley, the building material for which is also bottles!


Vladimir spent twenty years of hard work, tons of cement and about eight thousand bottles to turn his old dream into reality. Nevertheless, the man believes that the result is definitely worth all the effort.


But initially, colleagues at the plant only made fun of our hero, thinking that he was doing stupid things. But now the miracle house of Vladimir Sysa is known throughout the world!

It took Vladimir Sysa almost 20 years to build a bizarre-looking house in a holiday village in the suburbs of Zaporozhye.

Even before the construction of the dacha was completed, neighbors dubbed it an architectural masterpiece. And no wonder, because to realize his dream the pensioner used a very unusual material - champagne bottles!

DIY bottle house

Vladimir began dreaming of building his own house back in the eighties. One day in one of the German magazines he saw a photo of a small houses made from colorful bottles. The idea sank into the man’s soul so much that he promised himself to build such a dacha as soon as he was given a plot of land.

The site was given only a few years later, but by that time about 4 thousand bottles had already accumulated in Vladimir Kirillovich’s apartment. Construction had to be postponed, since the ordinary plant worker simply did not have the money for this matter.

But the man did not waste his time: he drew projects, developed technology, devoting every free minute to his dream. Colleagues in the workshop made fun of Vladimir’s idea, but he did not lose heart and with great zeal rushed to search for building material.

Bottles for building a house he was found in parks, restaurants, glass collection points and simply in trash cans... Friends, when they came to visit, knew that Vladimir would be happy not only with the contents of the bottle. Needless to say, even the neighbors in the holiday village got involved!

The pensioner is confident in the correct choice of building material, because bottles rolled into concrete cannot be broken even with a hammer. Vladimir says: “Inside such a house it is very warm in winter and cool in summer, as a special air cushion is created, and besides, there is always a good aura here - it takes away fatigue.”

Vladimir's wife, Lyudmila Sysa, is especially pleased with the additional building - the oval bottle tower. He says that flowers grow beautifully in this place and dreams there arrange a greenhouse.

Lyudmila is Vladimir’s main assistant and his muse, because it is in golden wedding gift for wife the craftsman was in a hurry to finish building the dacha!

In addition to the amazing house and bottle tower, on a plot of 5 acres there is a sauna, an alley of bottles, and a swimming pool is being built in full swing...

It took 8 thousand bottles, several tons and 20 years of life to make the dream come true, but, you must agree, Vladimir’s work deserves respect. If only there were more such enthusiastic people!

High prices for already rebuilt housing, as well as the labor intensity and cost of construction itself, force many to look for cheaper and simpler alternatives to acquire their own home. One of them is building a house from ordinary plastic bottles.

This raw material is usually thrown into a landfill. Only in some, quite rare cases, bottles end up in recycling. Usually, plastic simply pollutes the environment, while it can be used in many sectors of the economy. Recently, plastic bottles have also begun to be used for construction. This idea is simply brilliant in its simplicity and versatility.

Why you should build a house from plastic bottles with your own hands

The first argument in favor of building with plastic bottles concerns its cost. Walls erected using this recyclable material will cost the owner mere pennies. You will only have to purchase sand, cement and chain-link mesh. You can simply collect bottles on the street. No other construction can be compared with “plastic” in terms of efficiency.
Plastic in nature takes at least 200 years to decompose, in a humid environment and in the open air. It also withstands physical activity very well. A plastered house built from plastic bottles will last at least 300-400 years. Enough for both children and grandchildren. You can learn about other advantages of such buildings from the video. The only drawback of such construction can be considered the length of time. Collecting and preparing containers will take up a significant part of the entire process.

Pouring the foundation with video

The most painstaking stage of the entire construction is actually filling the bottles with sand. Only dry sand is suitable for this purpose (watch the video), so it is better to plan all work for a dry and hot summer. Each bottle must be filled to the top with sand and closed with a lid. Using a funnel will help make the task as simple as possible.
A building made from plastic bottles is quite heavy, so you will have to start from the foundation. It can also be built using the same plastic container. First, you will have to dig a ditch 50-60 cm deep. A sand and gravel cushion must be added to the bottom (the sand must be spilled with water so that it is better distributed and lies more densely).

Then the first layer of solution is poured onto the bottom, into which bottles of sand are placed. You can see how this is done in the video. A chain-link mesh with a 10x10 cm cell should be laid on top of the first layer of bottles. Then the whole process is repeated (watch the video). The second layer of bottles is laid on top of the first according to the honeycomb principle. This way the whole structure will lie smoother and be more stable.

Walls made of plastic bottles with photos

The walls of the house, made of plastic bottles filled with sand (photo 1), are very warm. They can be compared with the wall of a brick dwelling, the thickness of which is 0.5 m. Moreover, such walls are much lighter than brick ones, which means they create less load on the foundation. Another advantage of such non-standard building material is that it allows you to easily create structures of any configuration.

You can build square, round and even wavy walls from plastic, sand and cement (photo 2).

It is easy to create columns from them by laying bottles in the form of petals around one axis (photo 3). In a word, this building material gives enormous freedom of action. You don't need to be a great architect to build the most intricate building out of it.

Calculation of materials can be done according to this example: per 1 sq. a meter of wall will require approximately 200 old plastic bottles and 110-115 liters of solution. The thickness of the seam between the bottles will be 10 mm. If the thickness of the seam is greater (for example, 20 mm), then much less plastic will be needed for construction.

Typically, construction from plastic containers is very similar to brickwork, with the only difference being that instead of bricks, larger “blocks” of sand and plastic are used. Building walls from plastic bottles is not as painstaking as building walls from bricks. And the building material itself is not so fragile and practically lifeless.

Important points of construction with photos

One of the most important points is that at the end of the construction of the walls, before plastering, the so-called dressing is necessarily performed (photo 4). To perform this simple operation, you will need a regular synthetic rope, which you need to wrap around the necks of the bottles, as shown in the photo.

Instead of rope, you can use a chain-link mesh, which should be put on the necks in cells. At this stage of construction, you need to take care of laying communications (water supply, electricity, etc.). Thanks to the mesh strapping, it will be easier to plaster the walls, and it will stick much better.

Plastering is carried out in several stages so that all voids are well filled. First comes rough plaster, then medium-finish and finally finishing. At the end, putty is applied. Finished walls can be painted or tiled (for example, in the bathroom or kitchen).

Roofing and other points

In all other respects, the construction of a building from plastic containers is no different from the most ordinary construction. Openings for doors and windows are very simple. Their width is quite easy to adjust and calculate literally “bottle by bottle”. Windows and doors can be installed plastic or wooden (photo 5) at the request of the home owner. They are installed in the same way as in a brick or block building.
If there is a desire to further insulate the walls, sheathing is attached to them and insulation is placed in the space between the slats. On the outside of the wall, hit nails into bottles. All fastenings must be made in areas filled with mortar.

In all other respects, external finishing work is no different from that for a brick building. The roof can be made of wood, covered with regular or flexible tiles or any other material you like.

Recently, such environmentally friendly and low-cost construction has become very popular. Not only residential buildings are built from plastic bottles, but also their fences, bathhouses, all kinds of outbuildings and even greenhouses.

Considering that almost 80% of used plastic bottles end up in landfills, this technology is not only a profitable and smart allocation of resources, but also a significant help for the planet. One building made of plastic building materials costs 4-5 times less than traditional brick, wood or block. Yes, and it is very simple to build. Even a novice builder can build a house from plastic containers.

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 hole.
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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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.