In May last year me and my brother started to build a Sandbag house, something that was new to both of us. My brother Niclas was proposing the idea to me after we acquired some land in Peru and explained it could be a well suited project for our housbuilding project in Peru. Before that we only knew we wanted to build some sort of summerhouse or simple cottage to be able to stay in while in Peru, as we, or at least me have been around here for a while, and like coming back. It turned out that this type of construction was exactly what we needed as we didn't have any large budget or time to build a more conventional house.
The sandbag house is both ecological and economic as it is built of almost only regular sand and the cost of building it is almost only the cost of labor. In the end we practically only invested our time as we did all the work ourselves.
The sandbag house is a sustainable choice of building that's not only ecological and economic but also durable and has very good thermal capacity, protecting against the cold when it's winter and keeps it fresh inside on hot summer days.
We worked on the project during 4 weeks in May-June 2014 before we had to go back to work and school again, during that time we've almost finished our first small prototype house we've made to get the hang of the technique. Still missing are the doors, windows and the roof. Until later we've put a temporary simple roof of thin metal sheet.
The plan is to build a larger, more sophisticated sandbag house when we've finished the prototype.
Check out the progress and follow us as we continue with this cool project!
