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If crinkle crankle walls do indeed use fewer bricks than other brick arrangements over a given span, then wouldn't the method be used in all single leaf brick walls, especially given how attractive they are? After all, a good idea is a good idea. Instead, they seem to be a cultural curiosity peculiar
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I'm also unconvinced by the 'fewer bricks' explanation. I know that, in East Anglia, paths down towards the sea have crinkle-crankle walls specifically to prevent them becoming wind tunnels, as per local lore. The curves create vortices that slow the wind down. The reference given does not even
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I've gone ahead and removed the 'economy on bricks' claim, all the sources found in a web search were clearly derived from this page in one form or another. Still work to be done seeing if sources can be found for:
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If overall cost is the chief driver rather than quantity of materials, then then the amount of labour or skill level required to make the wavy shape should be relevant, but this isn't mentioned in the article.
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If crinkle crankle construction obviates the need for buttresses, then perhaps it would be better to not have a wall with a buttress (4:30 position from 30MPH sign) in the main photograph.
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Is there any source to show that crinkle crankle walls use fewer bricks than a periodically buttressed single leaf wall?
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support the assertion of fewer bricks, just the added strength compared to unbuttressed.
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Shielding plants in beds next to them from the worst of the wind
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Perhaps this is an application of Gauss's "Theorema Egregium"
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