Regional News of Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Source: www.mynigeria.com
Indeed necessity is the mother of all inventions! This saying was put into practice by a Nigerian engineer who built a house in Kaduna using 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottles of bricks.
Identified simply as Yahaya Ahmed, Premium Times reports that he is the Director of a non-governmental organization, Developmental Association of Renewable Energies in Nigeria (DARE).
Ahmed said the house was built by his organization to encourage the recycling of waste materials, create jobs, and ensure a safer environment in Nigeria, Legit said.
How the house was built
Explaining the process of building the house, Ahmed said workers filled the plastic bottles with sand and linked them at the neck by an intricate network of strings.
He said the building is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, adding that it is cheaper to build because the building materials are available on the streets and trash dump centers.
The house has three rooms, a toilet, and a kitchen.
In terms of strength and durability, Ahmed said the house is “20 times stronger than brick walls houses and can last for over 300 years if constructed properly and carefully."
According to him, the building is fireproof, bulletproof, earthquake-resistant and can adapt to all kinds of climate changes.
Ahmed said anyone with masonry skills can be used as labor in the construction of one building, adding that his organization has trained many youths.