Colorado Man Builds House of Tires

by 09/30/08 2 Comments

Jon Hager of Grand County, Colo., is putting the finishing touches on his new home.  The 2,000 square foot home took two years to build and is completely made of tires.

17,000 tires, which were headed for the landfill, were used to create over 170, 5-foot wide bales that were stacked like bricks to make the home’s frame.  Combined with the solar-passive windows that comprise the south wall of the home, Hager stands to save a great deal of money on heating this winter, because the rubber in the tires holds heat during the day.

“Our neighbors around here spend $400, $500, $600 a month on heating bills. We’re hoping to be $50 to $100 dollars a month,” he said.

Hager aims for the inside of the home to be finished by October, so that students from the Colorado School of Mines can study the home’s energy efficiency during the winter months ahead.

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Jennifer Berry

Jennifer Berry

Jennifer Berry is the Social Media Editor and Sr. PR Director for Earth911.com. You can follow her on Twitter @jenn_berry.


  1. Eva Green

    posted on April 7th, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    be great to offer a photo.
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  1. osama al-shamali

    posted on March 30th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    I am a researcher at kuwait institute for scientefic research and i am interesting in scrap tire to resuse it as building material specially in replacing gravels and sand in concrete mix. so, please if you have more information about any technical reports and any research dealing with this subject can you help me to have it with million thanks to you.

    sciencerlly yours

    Eng. osama al-shamali
    KISR, Kuwait
    mobile: 00965-99360670

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