Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
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Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
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Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#2If 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."
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#3If 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."
The 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.
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#4If 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."
So wavy walls use more bricks than straight walls
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#5If 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."
In 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
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#6If 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."
True, 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?
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#7If 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."
Came here to mention just that.
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#8looks infuriating to mow around
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#9If 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."
So wavy walls use more bricks than straight walls
No, because they are stronger and can therefore be thinner. But the why is important.
Re: Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
#10If 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."
So wavy walls use more bricks than straight walls
Well, 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