Following the example of the British, the Ukrainian built a cheap house, spending five thousand hryvnias on building materials.
True, another 25-30 thousand hryvnias will have to be added to the consumption for material-straw-to equip the premises with modern heating systems, water supply. A little more for jewelry – and a wonderful environmentally friendly housing is ready.
“At first I built a stable from straw,” Vasily Soka from Irshava invites to the courtyard. – From the inside and outside it looks like ordinary, but warmer. I noticed that here, even in the 20-degree frost, water did not freeze. Collected money and now I am building a house from straw blocks. Continuous savings: poured the foundation, also saved on reinforcement. How they planted a garden, erected a wooden frame, blocked the roof, now I finish filling the walls with blocks.
So that natural material does not absorb moisture, to waterproof the inside and used the roofing material, the joints covered with bitumen. The best straw for construction is rye, even mice do not bite her. Wheat is also suitable. And to protect straw walls from fire and moisture, I cover them with a layer of clay with a thickness of three centimeters. In fire resistance, this straw house is no worse than brick, but in the preservation of heat, it wins three times!”
… Work boils in the yard. At a new building, under a canopy, I see pressed blocks that the owner acquired from the farmer. Brought them a whole trailer, immediately from the field. Each block 90 by 50 centimeters, 35 cm wide, cost only five hryvnias. On a stable man spent 50 blocks. On the house that builds with his brother, I bought more than 250 pcs. Both have extensive experience of builders – for more than ten years go to work.
Vasily becomes on the stairs, helps brother lay the wall around the perimeter. Blocks are attached evenly, for strength – fixed with wire.
“We live with parents in an old house, there is little space, the gas is getting more expensive, you won’t attack in the winter … to build housing from brick – expensive. Five years ago I was to work in England, for the first time I saw a house from straw. The rich know what to spend money on, and what to save on. The house made of straw is reliable, environmentally friendly and healthy: the walls breathe in it.
Since then, it has become a desire to build such a hut for myself. Kum on the Internet found the technology of building buildings from straw plates. One-story house will cost 20,000 hryvnias, two-story-more expensive by 25-30%. In a week I will undertake to plaster walls, clay – a grater, from his garden – the man points to a hole by the garden. – This is the best preservative for straw than cement. And in winter I will make heating and water supply “.
A wooden frame withstands heavy loads, and if the house has several floors, metal rods are mounted for the stiffness of the load -bearing walls in them.
“You think that the house made of straw is short -lived, as in a fairy tale about three piglets? – the owner smiles. – Dudks! My hut even without overhaul will stand for a hundred years. And if every 30 years to change straw blocks to new ones, more than one dynasty will live in a warm and comfortable house ”.