Sandra Ellane wrote:Hi there,
I’ve been toying with ideas about bottle walls. There’s quite a few websites that have photos of various walls. (here’s a nice one: http://inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls.html )
I’ve tried to find sites that discuss the properties of these walls- insulative properties, thermal mass, strength, R-values, yada yada and etc. This site comes the closest: http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/QandA/recycle/bottles.htm.
I know this is a pretty broad topic and could go in many directions, but I’d like to start a thread so others can offer input, perhaps sharing any experimental info you’ve done on your walls.
A thought that comes to mind: Most of the walls I’ve seen are built with the bottles laid perpendicular to the wall and the open end of the bottle facing inside the structure. It seems like this would eliminate the possibility of using those bottles as thermal mass/storage. Wouldn’t it better to close them?
Also thinking of using them in conjunction with a rocket mass heater or woodstove, but then I started thinking about how much heat the bottles can withstand. It’d be terrible if they shattered.
Just some things to tuck in the back of mind for mulling. Thanks for any input!
Sandra
I'm so glad you posted this question thanks
it's exactly what I've been looking for. I don't want to be spending lots of time cutting bottles I want to match bottles up with jars.
I
think the finished result will be more more interesting and I like the idea of having a mix of bottles on their ends and on their sides.
lots to be reading tonight...
I'm making a window rather than a whole wall. it's set into a prefab
concrete wall section.
I'm building my window frame and constructing the bottles and
cob on a table first... then hoisting it into the wall afterwards...
... because it's winter and I need it for my living room so I want it ready to add, before I cut the hole in the wall.
which then made me think.. if it's successful, it might be a way of making a bit of money!
"ready-made bottle windows in frames"
we'll see how it looks if its good
enough!👣