Make a Mini House in Your Backyard

You've been living in your parents' house for a while now, it might be time to move out. Not off the property, just into a different building. Specifically, a house you build in your backyard. This article shows you how to make a wood house or a brick house, or a recycled house.

Steps

  1. For either house, there are a few steps that you need to follow
    • Plan! A good plan should include how big your house will be, where it will be, what it will be made of, etc.
    • Get supplies. You need to get the material that you will use to make the house (boards of wood or bricks).
    • Read all instructions before beginning.

Wood House

  1. Dig a square hole in the perimeter of your house. The hole should not be very wide, but should be a foot or 2 deep.
  2. Put a board in the hole, put boards in all parts of the hole except one place (this one place will be the door). This will be the walls of your house.
  3. Fill up holes, make sure that the boards don't wobble much by filling up the holes.
  4. Screw the boards of wood that are your wall together. Do this by putting a small piece of wood on 2 pieces of wall and screwing the ends of the little piece of wood to the pieces of wall. Do this for all parts of the wall.
  5. Seal up the screws. You need to cover the pointy ends of the screws.
  6. Put in a roof. You probably don't want to get rained on, so you will have to add a roof to your house. For this part, you get a long board of wood, one so long that it can go from one end of your house to the other. Put this board on top of the wall, one end on top of North Wall, the other end on top of the South Wall. (it doesn't have to be North and South, just as long as you use opposite directions. Then, screw the roof board to the wall that is under it. Then continue putting on roof boards.
  7. Make a door (optional). If you want a door, you can put a board on the hole if you want a simple door, but for a more complex door, you should attach hinges to a wall near the door, and attach a board of wood to the other end of the hinge.
  8. Make windows (optional). To make windows, cut out a square in a board before you put it in the hole.

Brick House

  1. Place bricks where you planned for the perimeter of the house to be, leaving a little hole for the entrance
  2. Put some strong adhesive, like cement, on top of bricks when you start a new layer
  3. Stack bricks on top of each other, putting the adhesive on all layers.
  4. For a roof, it would be good to use a wood roof (see above)or a recycled roof (see below), But don't screw it, the adhesive should have it stick, or the duct tape, depending on which roof you pick.
  5. Leave a hole for the entrance
  6. Make skylight (optional). If you want a skylight, you can cut a hole in the ceiling and put plastic over it.

Recycled House

  1. Fill up many plastic bottles with sand, take this sand from where the perimeter of the house will be, this will make them heavier and they will have more inertia so that they don't move.
  2. Put bottles where you took the sand from
  3. Stack bottles on bottles
  4. Tape the bottles together. Duct tape should keep them together.
  5. Tape some panes of plastic together and tape it to the top of the wall



Tips

  • Get a grown up to help you.
  • Make sure to wear safety gear so you don't get hurt. Ask for permission from your parent before you build your own house.
  • If you're young do this and in any of the houses you chose build make sure you have an extension cord so you can use electricity instead of buying and installing cables and wires.

Warnings

  • If you don't cover screws, someone can get hurt.
  • For some steps, it is highly recommended that you have a grown up do it, or you might hurt yourself.
  • Depending on city codes and laws you may need to get the proper permits.

Things You'll Need

  • All
  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • A lot of Time
  • Wood House
  • Wood
  • Screws
  • Hinge (optional)
  • Saw for Windows (optional)
  • Brick House
  • Bricks
  • Adhesive
  • Wood or Plastic for Roof
  • Recycled House
  • Plastic Bottles
  • Sand
  • Panes of Plastic
  • Tape

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