S*** in bricks! Blocks of dried human faeces could be used as building materials...

Daily Mail ^ | January 28, 2019 | Joe Pinkstone

[Ciaphas Cain]

Scientists have found a way to transform leftover human waste into bricks.

Sewer sludge is currently thoroughly treated and dried out, but the remainder of the 'biosolid' remains are unused and sent to landfill.

A novel method has now been developed which combines clay with faeces to create a unique form of building material.

Scientists created bricks with 25 per cent faeces and the rest traditional clay and found the block still managed to pass stringent strength tests.

They are also more porous and better insulators.

[Ciaphas Cain]

Full title: "S*** in bricks! Blocks of dried human faeces could be used as building materials for houses of the future"

The building material being discussed:

[Cvengr]

Scientists created bricks with 25 per cent faeces and the rest traditional clay and found the block still managed to pass stringent strength tests.

IMHO, it doesn’t pass the smell test.

[duckman]

Built like a brick sh$t house comes to mind.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Coming to San Francisco, asap!

[2banana]

She’s a brick...house...

[vette6387]

Gives “new meaning” to the term “living in a $hit house!”

[Ciaphas Cain]

Coming to San Francisco, asap!

There's a new skyscraper there that's tilting to one side. The city could pick up the crap off the sidewalks and use it to reinforce the foundation.

[KavMan]

Does it pass the smell test??!!

[a little elbow grease]

A perfect building material for some of those "sh*thole" countries, eh?

*******

ps -- What about the effect of prolonged moisture at the foundation level?

[timestax]

There's a new skyscraper there that's tilting to one side. The city could pick up the crap off the sidewalks and use it to reinforce the foundation.

[null and void]

Built like a sh!t brick house...

[null and void]

as you say...

[null and void]

and as you say...

[a little elbow grease]

Used to use a lot of this:

It's dehydrated sewer sludge yet it still had a "fragrance" when it got moist. But it's a great fertilizer for the lawn and nitrogen loving plants.

[Ciaphas Cain]

I grew up on a dairy farm. We made our own “organic fertilizer”. Hey it was recycled grass too: perfect solution for the environazis!

[EinNYC]

Use it to build The Wall.

[Doogle]

Great for shi**y SF.....

[meadsjn]

Scientists have found a way to transform leftover human waste into bricks.

What? They've been watching YouTube videos of primitive living construction.

There are thousands of videos showing the use of manure, clay, sand, and straw being used to make bricks, wattle & daub, and other adobe-type construction.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I’ll pass. I wouldn’t want the house to smell every time the heat came on.

DANG!

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Blocks of dried human faeces could be used as building materials for houses of the future””

OR, you could just use regular bricks like a normal person.