bottlehouse.wmv

[@Barskor1]

Ah the cool things you can do when your friend owns a bar. Simply amazing.

[@MrChaskirk]

Very creative and impressive! Thanks for yet another iconoclastic view on construction and art.

[@Patypino]

I love this kind of building, beautiful work.

[@BOBTUNNELTON]

I WOULD SLEEP IN THAT ROOM FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER, I LOVE THE BOTTLES AND THE COLORS OF LIGHT THAT STREAM IN, WHAT DOE'S IT SOUND LIKE WHEN IT RAINS ? BEAUTIFUL.

[@SuzanBartels]

Love the glass bricks mixed in - so beautiful!

[@pearldunn6672]

What a great way to recycle while creating a thing of beauty!

[@hippieJOSH420]

Fill some of the bottles with a glow I'm the dark solution! I have seen this light before, thank you for sharing these dreams.

[@richardfleming9054]

Hi , absolutely beautiful!. Can you tell me ?how many bottles were used to create this

[@chasedbyfaun]

This looks absolutely stunning!

[@20gilbert20]

Just a wonderful, artistic creation. I can easily ignore the haters here, since this effect is so stunning! Well done.

[@krononomikon]

those protuding, opened bottles look like ideal areas for a pest nest

[@hantuinder]

nice wonder what happen went there is a lot of wind or storm they start to whistle

[@Ronnylama]

I will be adding a new video soon as the roof is done and it is Beautiful indeed

[@WombatHide]

how do you deal with nesting insects and water filling the bottles?

[@censusgary]

I love the look of the bottle house ... but I'm worried that the open bottles with their necks to the outside will collect water that will eventually breed mosquitoes. What were the "non-freezable concoctions" used to fill some of the bottles? Where in the world is this house?

[@bradkoski]

I bet the reflections from the inside are stunning!!

[@idefixgocho]

Hello, very nice home, how do you deal with rain in bottles?

[@TheArtloving]

what a genius idea, so beautiful !!!

[@99percent_freedom]

I noticed that most of the bottles are not capped. When the wind blows will it play music? If so is it a nice soft sound?

[@Glo7x]

I would like to hear the bottles in the wind. This is very pretty and I'd like to know more about this house. What are the liquid concoctions made of, how many bottles did they need to collect and how long did it take to build this work of art. It's lovely.

[@JulieVaughn]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Where is it? I would love to see it in person. Will you be posting any updates? Beautiful! Apparently, one man's junk is another man's building material and art supplies all rolled into one. :)

[@grammytina373]

Wow! I love this. I love old colored bottles anyway but to use them like this is so awesome! It's beautiful!

[@WadeRothermel]

It's about 30 or 40 miles from Seattle Wa.

[@adrianfdze3810]

Does anyone know if it is legal to build a house like this in Kansas

[@leratojames4673]

What are the ingredients for making mortar used in building bottle brick walls?

[@1too3fore]

what is the material between the wood framing and the mortared bottles?

[@Sevenspent]

Some are these bottles still have something inside? What happens when the bums come around with a hammer?

[@vilsan.r.9875]

no steel? how does it holds together?

[@sinapseal]

dengue?

[@catcook3324]

Where my bottle house is, there are extremely cold winters. The bottles that have no cork/top end up getting water inside them and since they are already cemented into the wall, the only way to extract the water would be difficult (siphon). I am waiting to see if the freezing ice expansion causes any glass cracking. I can't see leaving the bottles open to the elements on purpose as a positive thing, unless you have warm climate all year.

[@StriatedMuscle]

+Cat Cook Use a tampon. Seriously. I use em to extract water/moisture out of pipes...

[@MrTomladd]

+Comic Book Guy Thanks! That's a great idea that never occurred to me! I'll try that this spring.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

wouldn't a little bit of rubbing alcohol then seal them up work? the rubbing alcohol should prevent them from freezing

[@alindasue]

Where near Seattle? I live in Tacoma and would love to see this house in person.

[@TheBushdoctor68]

It looks gorgeous, but aren't those open bottles breeding spots for a gazillion mosquitoes and wasps, especially after rainwater got in? Also, doesn't the stagnant water start to smell after a while?

[@WadeRothermel]

No, it's in northern washington and everything is always just misty. Mostly cold. Of course it won't last forever but the last time I was there for an extended stay there were none of those issues. Surprisingly!

[@kittimcconnell2633]

Yes. These are likely to get broken easily. The bottle openings need to be covered and buried into the wall so that insects, spider, dust, water, et cetera don't get in. This appears to be an art project, so the value is to be pretty and probably not practical. Here are some practical bottle windows in homes: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2d/57/a1/2d57a191878f3f95e063ade610df368c.jpg flatrock.org.nz/static/frontpage/assets/photographs/window_bottles.jpg s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/15/e3/fd/15e3fd9411ff6278f3401035755ed7e1.jpg

[@kittimcconnell2633]

bcubed72 the entire length of the bottle is a window, look at the links, it is even better than having the end of the bottle sticking out at you

[@LoudValves]

Finally; my drinking problem has a positive...

[@lachattenoire27]

This is beautiful.

[@amishguy54]

great job ,very creative. I would be worried about the bugs and such getting into the bottles myself and with the wind I have I'm sure that music would be very loud hollowing

[@PNWGlinda]

What is the non-freeze-able liquid that was put in some of the bottles? Awesome video btw.

[@2blondegals]

Where is this structure located? Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@WadeRothermel]

It's near Seattle. It's especially beautiful at night from the outside with bright spots inside.

[@SuzanBartels]

Beautiful, but kind of frustrating . . .can't geet any feel for the overall house, or what's interior vs exterior . . .

[@Catgoyle09]

I'd think the darker colors of most of the bottles used would work as a block to the heat, not to mention the wall they are embedded in is cement, which won't let much light/heat in as plain glass. I'd be VERY interested to know how well it does work at retaining heat in the cool of winter and cool in the heat of summer... but nothing on this was mentioned. Which makes me sad. Think of all the bars who would be willing to supply a builder wanting to take their bottles away without charging 'em.

[@creagree]

how beautiful and creative!

[@artactical]

Beautiful !!!!!

[@arshikhur6773]

is this livable structure? is it possible to make a house with outside bottle to live in? I would like more detail information. thanks

[@kittimcconnell2633]

Bottles can be buried in walls but the bottle openings need to be covered and buried into the wall. Otherwise, insects, spider, dust, water, et cetera get in. Here are some bottle windows done in a lasting way: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/2d/57/a1/2d57a191878f3f95e063ade610df368c.jpg flatrock.org.nz/static/frontpage/assets/photographs/window_bottles.jpg s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/15/e3/fd/15e3fd9411ff6278f3401035755ed7e1.jpg

[@TheRebelmanone]

According to who? You can have fancy bottle walls in pretty much any design you can dream up but as long as the bearing wall supports are not compromised. There has to be a functional base structure established first, base frame can be real rock, real brick, block, cement with rebar, ect... but in between these supports walls that do not support the building can be as fancy as you can get em with no load depending on them, just need to be strong enough to support the wall itself and intruders, etc... I would build a wooden house inside of that huge house shell anyway. lol that huge bottle wall would be awesome buffer from the elements and help with temperatures being a shell inside a shell with a considerable air gap 10' all the way around the small wooden home inside, make a HUGE bottle house similar to this and it just be a shell for over the wooden insulated house inside the shell, like use it for a greenhouse that covers the wooden house. lol Have food growing between that huge structure and the house, it be like the entrance way, huge entrance way into the home, where the entrance

[@joshmacpherson6919]

what do you do when the end of one gets broken off.,?.,? ';'

[@lightman006]

This house would represent hours of plinking fun for some mischievous characters with .22 rimfire rifles or air-rifles.

[@TheRebelmanone]

Ok so go board up every window in your house, stained glass forget it they will shoot it out.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

Not if her gun was bigger....

[@ebertmadwoman]

I wonder what will happen to the glass if a hail storm should come.

[@tet1703]

ARTE, BELLEZA, PENSAMIENTO...

[@Ronnylama]

Nice comments...thanks...refraction makes sense...like the way animals listen to wind

[@samanthapaitakispp]

at 1:48 you can see a clear picture of a face in the bottle. pretty cool!!

[@vistigioful]

They probably have all the openings of the bottles on the inside of the house so that they can open them up and drink out of them.

[@yayefall1]

this house is amazing thank you fro sharing _love and light

[@samanthabaxley5820]

I love this!!!

[@cchastant8251]

Something I've been curious about is the r value of glass bottles used in this way. How well it keeps the heat in or out, depending. Regular glass blocks that you can buy (for about $20 USD per!) have an r value of between 1.75 and 1.95, with the lower the number being better. The Wikipedia article I found on this gave that rating, as well as .15 for wood and 50 for metal. Yeah, metal's not a very promising building material for insulating homes.

[@ThornSleeping]

C Chastant just use old bottles you find on the side of the road. talk to friends or family who have some laying around. salvage from recycle bins that are placed on the side of the road. thats the charm to this that each bottle has a story, not just to buy a whole lot of them and stick them on some cob. try this its free and i know u will like it

[@cchastant8251]

Zeke De la Cruz Finding the bottles is not an issue, Zeke; discovering the R value for them was my point. And so far I've not heard one word about how well it keeps the outside temperatures out, and the inside ones in, which is something I'd love to find out.

[@Ronnylama]

C Chastant Although I have not finished the insulation I do know that it stays comfortable in the heat. The cement in between the bottles is around 8 inches and once the roof insulation is complete (not shown in this video) I will get back with the question. Thanks for watching

[@cchastant8251]

Thank you very much!

[@cchastant8251]

RonnyLama Richardson Thank you very much! I've been very curious about it since seeing my first bottle house, and couldn't find ANY info on this. Glass bricks, yes. Not the bottles.

[@cemyatman]

we still waiting the new wonderful videos by nice music.....

[@DJstoopnig]

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[@WadeRothermel]

It's in Snohomish county. You'd need to talk to Ronny to visit. Just message him via youtube. He's very cool but he's also very private so I don't know that you'll be able to arrange a visit.

[@joshmacpherson6919]

I would hate to be in this house when a hailstorm hits.,., will look cool until then.,., ';'

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

It's beautiful indeed! One thing that I don't like (everyone has an opinion, don't we?), is the fact the labels were left on the bottles. I'm sure the builder has their reasons for doing so. I feel the labels take away the beauty of the glass. My 2 cents.

[@WadeRothermel]

All of the bottles were shared with or provided by friends of Ron's. It isn't an architectural/builder kind of thing: he's an artist. He chose everything. It's actually most beautiful at night from the outside, but this unique POV of the "house" was around noon.

[@cassowinski]

I want to hear it

[@Ronnylama]

There are many bottles with glow in the dark solution...and Black Light creative glow....must get the inside finished to move forwards

[@cemyatman]

wonderful art

[@Ronnylama]

this project does not piss me off in the slightest. The roof is done and now I must do the sophets underneath the "winged curve". Then I will paint a mural inside on the roof.......

[@avauinc]

Beautiful...

[@Ronnylama]

Have not had a problem with ANY insects roaming in the bottles. The Key to this idea is not a SHAME at all...IT MAKES WIND MUSIC

[@faustinahsantiago954]

Very cool.

[@jamesevins800]

At some point you may wish you had removed the labels and capped the bottles. Mosquitoes will have a breeding hay day with the water that collects in them and stagnation of that water will start to smell. But the idea was beautiful and so is the finished product.

[@MarcellaSmithVegan]

although it is nice, I was thinking the same thing, I would have wasps and hornets filling those bottles with nests! But it is a nice idea, perhaps if it did have sealed-up colored water with a little rubbing alcohol so that it wouldnt freeze, they may help with thermal mass

[@willwilson7362]

Okay mom

[@Elizabethmetevier]

Beautiful

[@swrennie]

When the wind blows from a certain direction, the collective sound they make must be amazing. I think the video could only be improved by being a little more ruthless in the length of your shots...I know its hard when its your own footage. I liked the fast panning scenes across the walls. Very 60's, early 70's. Reminded me of the acid trip scene in Easy Rider. Thanks!

[@WadeRothermel]

I'll get a better edit of this together for you soon Ronny! This is essentially raw footage as it stands.

[@Catgoyle09]

Not sure where you're from, but a lot of places in the USA do not actually recycle colored glass bottles, so while this isn't REcycling, per se, it is something called UPcycling, where one takes things that might otherwise end up in a landfill and giving it a new purpose. Seattle =is= better than most places about recycling, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with upcycling something rather than recycling it. So... why is this project pissing you off so bad? It's beautiful and different.

[@anapaulamaddalozzostoberl9767]

Adorável!

[@RutyBeauty]

Dios bendiga a el dueño de esta casa, yo tengo un hermoso sueño algún día tener una casa tan bella para mis hijos

[@313stratus]

that looks good but it's gotta be annoying when the wind blows

[@Ronnylama]

anytime....it is much better now

[@hughezee]

I built one and when it was windy it sounded like a ghost .. wooo wwooooooooo like when you blow down a bottle

[@DARIOTODESCO]

assalutamente meraviglioso

[@salmanmanda1600]

Nice

[@elliottgraham]

bet you would get alot of bugs.

[@mariakanyu4269]

😍

[@raihmelia]

(y)

[@313stratus]

that looks good but it's gotta be annoying when the wind blows