Coping stone

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Coping stone

The stone block that forms a coping to a wall.

coping stone, capstone, copestone

coping stone

A stone which forms a coping.

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Without a coping stone, rain will not run off and the wall becomes saturated.

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3) Coping Stones: Depending upon the type of coping stones, you should look for various things.

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Spokesman Keith Lumley said: ``They are pushing heavy coping stones from the bridge onto the railway tracks below in a deliberate attempt to derail a train.

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The simplest method is to use a dense concrete coping stone set on top of the wall with a damp proof course beneath it.

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uk/kirklees/rural CROSLAND HILL: Aug 20 - Yorkshire stone coping stone stole.

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ASunderland's Roker Pier has been closed since gale force winds and huge waves washed more than 100 metres of railings into the sea, along with the coping stones they were fixed to.

Pier reopens after repairs

Sunderland's Roker Pierhas been closed since gale force winds and huge waves washed more than 100 metres of railings into the sea, along with the coping stones they were fixed to.

Roker Pier reopens following major repair project and there's more to come; Roker Pier has been closed since gale force winds and high waves washed more than 100 metres of railing into the sea

I would re-do the top row and also fit coping stones if the wall gets a lot of rain and is north facing.

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I bet it has no damp-proof protection or coping stones.

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Each pot is actually made from three curved coping stones laid on their sides, forming a triangular planting space.

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The concrete cast coping stones on my boundary wall are crumbling.

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I use this tool a lot, especially for removing paint from coping stones and it has never let me down.