(...) I believe the formula you should be using is h*(h-1) 2x4s plus 1 2x2 where h is the height of the pyramid in bricks so the answer for a 32 high is 992. (Huw: Please imagine this message is a postcard!) HTH, Phil in Yorkshire (still sorting) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
(...) h (...) Excellent, thanks Phil. I did what turns out to be a similar calculation, and got just over 1000, but I think yours is more mathematically correct. Huw (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)