Roof Coping Definition

Noun a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.

Roof coping definition. The covering piece on top of a wall which is exposed to the weather usually made of metal masonry or stone. Joints between individual bricks are filled with mortar or epoxy. Also when a garden needs more of a luxury feel our range of coping stones offer the answer by adding the finishing touch to your walling project. A coping may consist of stone capstone brick clay or terracotta concrete or cast stone tile slate wood thatch or various metals including aluminum copper stainless steel steel and zinc.

Wall coping as roof edge securement. There are a number of ways of protecting this surface with copper flashing alone or in combination with stone or precast concrete. A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction. Bricks are set in a bed of mortar or a layer of structural adhesive epoxy which bonds them to the top of the wall.

Coping stones perform an important role in preventing rainfall from penetrating the wall. In general copper flashing for copings comes in lengths of 8 or 10 feet. A coping system designed for single ply built up or modified bitumen roofing. The horizontal top surfaces of walls are the most vulnerable point for water to enter the wall.

An elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification. Single ply roofing membranes commonly run up the inside of the parapet wall and terminate underneath a metal coping. Any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony roof bridge or the like. Where the coping functions as roof edge securement the international building code requires that the coping comply with ansi spri fm 4435 es 1 wind design standard for edge systems used with low slope roofing systems commonly referred to as es 1.

It is preferably sloped to shed water back onto the roof. A piece of woodwork having its end shaped to fit together with a molding. Shadowline coping omg s shadowline is a metal coping with hold down cleats and metal drain chairs for capping most any parapet.