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Wooden fences tend to be only a plank thick, so there's no savings like there are with brick walls where the savings come from getting to build a single layer t
by sn9 3y ago
Wooden fences tend to be only a plank thick, so there's no savings like there are with brick walls where the savings come from getting to build a single layer thick.
- helb 3y agoYeah exactly… I guess there might be some waviness/height/length ratio where the extra length and the absence of posts evens out.
- sn9 3y agoJohn Cook actually goes into the math of that here: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/11/19/crinkle-crankle-calculus/ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/11/19/crinkle-crankle-ca...
- Maxion 3y agoRaw lumber is much cheaper than sawn lumber, though. It's OK to use more, as long as the volume increase and price decrease works out favorably.