Lightweight Coping Stones for Walls, Parapets and Gables

What Coping Stones Do

Coping forms the weather-shedding capping detail at the top of a parapet, wall head or gable. Taylormade coping profiles incorporate projecting drip details to help shed water clear of the wall face. Liquid membrane, cement board and fixings are supplied by Taylormade Facades where required, or by others as agreed.

Because the profile is lightweight rather than solid cast stone, it's significantly lighter to handle on site, while still being factory-finished with the approved polymer-modified coating system, ready for the specified decorative finish and coordinated with the adjoining wall or facing-brick construction.

Engineered to Your Wall Head Detail

Coping is developed from your GA drawings and section details, so the width, projection and drip detail match your actual wall build-up rather than a generic size. This applies whether the coping is running in a straight line or wrapping a corner, corner and junction pieces are coordinated before manufacture.

Supply or Full Installation

Coping stones are available supply-only for contractors installing with their own team, or with our full installation service. Get in touch with your wall head details and we'll confirm the right profile for your project.

Coping stones: a quick buyer's guide

What are coping stones? They are the capping along the top of a parapet, wall head or gable. Their job is to shed rainwater. A drip on the underside throws the water clear of the wall face, so it does not run down and stain the brickwork or render.

We make two standard types. Our parapet cappings have a projecting drip edge on each side. Our garden wall copings come with weathered, segmental, bullnose or half-round tops, with drip edges on both sides. Bespoke and radius work is made from your drawings. We can also match an existing coping from photos and dimensions.

The width is set from your wall build-up and drawings, not picked from a stock size. Lengths go up to 2400mm per piece. Most jobs use 800mm or 1200mm lengths, and other lengths are made to order. Corner and junction pieces are worked out before anything is made, so the run fits together on site. Tolerance is ±2mm on the nominal dimensions.

Coping stones are normally fixed on a 3-strip adhesive bed with Insta-Stik secondary fixing. Mechanical fixing is rarely needed. If the size of a coping calls for it, we look at that at design stage.

Ours are made from lightweight EPS (polystyrene), so they are much lighter than cast stone and many pieces can be handled by hand, subject to a site assessment. Our guide to EPS mouldings and cast stone goes into the differences.

Lead time is typically 2–3 weeks from drawing approval. We can supply only, or supply and install. We deliver across the UK, Ireland, Jersey and Guernsey.

Doing the corners too? Have a look at our quoin stones.

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