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No they don't > [Wavy walls] use more bricks than a straight wall of the same thickness However they "resist horizontal forces, like wind, more than straight
by cantSpellSober 3y ago
No they don't
> [Wavy walls] use more bricks than a straight wall of the same thickness
However they "resist horizontal forces, like wind, more than straight wall would."
> So if the alternative to a crinkle crankle wall one-brick thick is a straight wall two or more bricks thick, the former saves material
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- surfpel 3y agoIf a one brick thick straight wall can't stand, then you don't have a wall you have a pile of bricks. It's pointless to consider the impractical case.
- cantSpellSober 3y agoMost will stand unless they need high wind resistance (or are buttressed). There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks, it's not an "impractical case."
- surfpel 3y ago> > If a one brick thick straight wall can't stand Caveat there is quite significant. > There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks Indeed the vast majority of cases yes.
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- cantSpellSober 3y ago> Caveat there is quite significant and missing from the title