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If you follow the link in the post explaining the math behind everything, it says: "They use more bricks than a straight wall of the same thickness but they do
by HideousKojima 3y ago
If you follow the link in the post explaining the math behind everything, it says:
"They use more bricks than a straight wall of the same thickness but they don’t have to be as thick."
- adamc 3y agoCame here to mention just that.
- judge2020 3y agoThe post also says this in the first paragraph: > Popularized in England, these wavy walls actually use less bricks than a straight wall because they can be made just one brick thin, while a straight wall—without buttresses—would easily topple over.
- gymbeaux 3y agoSo wavy walls use more bricks than straight walls
- adamc 3y agoNo, because they are stronger and can therefore be thinner. But the why is important.
- gymbeaux 3y agoWavy walls use more individual bricks, but less “brick”
- BowBun 3y agoWell, no. By length it's the same # of bricks if the wall is the same thickness. It requires less bricks to wall off an area using a single-layer wavy wall than it does with a double-layer straight wall
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- kgermino 3y agoFor the same function, wavy walls use fewer bricks
- hammock 3y agoIn other words, a serpentine wall is stronger per amount of material used than a straight one. They also allow use of a single-thickness of brick without other supports
- eimrine 3y agoI would say like it is less prone to tipping over per amount of material. It is not stronger in the meaning of holding bullets. Source: tried to build a brick construction once.
- 542458 3y agoTrue, but they use less bricks than a straight wall of the same strength, because the straight wall would have to be thicker or have buttresses. So it depends what you’re doing - does the wall have to withstand that kind of loads or not?
- bell-cot 3y ago> ...does the wall have to withstand that kind of loads or not? If you want the brick wall to last, and you aren't building it on either bedrock or a deep foundation ($$$) - then your three choices are (1) build it to withstand substantial horizontal loads, (2) pay more for regular maintenance, and (3) wall will topple due to forces from normal soil movement.
- Roark66 3y ago"Use, more bricks that the straight wall" misses a point a bit, because a straight wall like this would easily topple. A better description is "uses less bricks than a straight wall of equivalent resistance to horizontal forces"