Crinkle crankle wall (also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinkle_crankle_wall

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FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 89d (2 replies)

It uses fewer bricks

It's not about cosmetics, it's just cheaper

snooggums@piefed.world · 16 pts · 89d

While originally designed for efficiency, it can be both.

Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 89d

Of note: Only applicable if you compare single brick thickness serpentine wall to a standard wall that uses double thickness (and therefore double the bricks)

kbal@fedia.io · 7 pts · 89d

Ah. I have seen that page before, via the "types of wall" category when I looked up ha-ha.

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 89d (4 replies)

That seems really dangerous next to a road. Any car that wanders off will have a hard collision against those folds instead of glancing off a flat wall.

BigTwerp@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 89d (1 reply)

The wall is older than the existence of cars.

itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 89d

Yeah have we considered that maybe the cars are the dangerous part of the equation?

ArcaneGadget@nord.pub · 16 pts · 89d

You are really overestimating the strength of an old single row brick wall, in relation to a car. The trees behind the wall are much more dangerous...

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 89d

fuck that car then.