Building a Mud House Entirely from Trash

 

Priyashri Mani and Nishita Vasanth have been residing in a low cost, sustainable mud home that they built for themselves last year. They are extremely proud of their efforts – the result of extensive research and hard work.

Nishita and Priyashri mainly used recyclable materials for the construction of their dwelling; very few materials were sourced from outside the land on which the home is built. To begin with they collected old cement sacks made of polypropylene, a non-biodegradable plastic, which usually ends up choking landfills everywhere. These bags were filled with mud and stacked one on top of the other to make the walls of their home. Barbed wire was placed between the layers of bags to hold them together, without the use of any other binding material. Once stacked, these bags were plastered with mud or clay to reinforce and hold up the entire structure.

The mud house has withstood every weather condition, including the severe monsoon last year. This has made the two friends a lot more confident about promoting their kind of homes. They believe that mud structures are beautiful and a lot cheaper than most cement constructions. Materials like mud and cow dung are a lot easier to handle, giving the owners the opportunity to be part of the construction of their own homes.

Source: thebetterindia.com