How to lay wall copings

How to lay concrete wall copings on top of a wall. In this video I will demonstrate how to do all the processes to lay wall copings including laying out a bed, putting primer on the copings, laying the coping, pointing the coping and cutting the coping. Concrete copings are used to decorate the top of a brick or block wall but also provide weather protection by shedding water from the top of the wall.

[@mitchellainsworth568]

Thanks a lot, pal. Good stuff!

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Glad it helped! 😃

[@MrCobbsalad]

Wish I'd seen this video a year ago when building a small garden wall (diy'er) Learned more in this 6 mins than all the others put together.
Cheers Sam 👍

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Thanks and I’m glad the video was a help 😃😃

[@lukedavies-cooke1029]

I've always wanted to learn how to do this but haven't found a decent tutorial. This video is great. Really helpful. Hopefully I'll be able to do this myself now!

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Thanks, glad the video could help!

[@Hysteria98]

Pretty solid tutorial- good job, thanks.

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Thanks :)

[@georgeomalley6066]

Nice simple Tip's, Good educational vid 👍

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Thanks George!

[@brickbybric]

Nice job Sam . In the last while iv started to slurry the backs of wall copings as well much better job. I noticed there was no throating on the underside of them .

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Definitely worth slurrying them as they come off so easily if you don’t! By throating do you mean a drip groove?

[@brickbybric]

@@SamDaviesBuilder yes Sam a drip groove .

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

@@brickbybric ah yea, they don’t seem to make any round here with them on, they should though

[@andy_k8930]

Hi I'm gonna replace all the capping on my outside wall I'm not a builder but hey what can go wrong 😮 great advice👍

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

You’ll be fine just take your time 😀

[@stevenprince9907]

Hi Sam what a great tutorial. Step by step instead of 100mph videos. Please can I ask a question. I can't seem to see the ready mixed mortar sealant at screwfix or Toolstation. My wall is only 11 coping stones 600 x 240. Do l really need it?

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Hi Steven, thanks for the kind comment! You definitely need a primer for the copings as with them being so smooth and on the back and not very heavy they won’t bond to the mortar properly. You’ll find some in somewhere like Topps tiles maybe or Wickes. It’s definitely worth spending the £20 ish for the bay as they’ll just come off over time otherwise

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

www.wickes.co.uk/Ultra-Scape-Pro-Prime-Slurry-Porcelain-Paving-Primer-Grey---20kg/p/252253?gclid=CjwKCAjw5P2aBhAlEiwAAdY7dCwePt_SwZwoYUoyMTnDr3vx2cRSKVfDzewRkWgAMaIZHhUKJpxrCBoCXWwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[@daveeveritt3305]

Hi Sam. I've a Cotswold stone wall I've just reduced the height of and need to refit the stone coping. Managed to clean the old mortar off ... What was the ready mix primer you mentioned, you just touched on it at the start. Thanks.

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Hi Dave, I used this stuff last time and it worked well. I didn’t buy it from the place in the link but this is the product:
www.protilertools.co.uk/product/ultra-scape-pro-prime-polymer-modified-slurry-primer-20kg?gclid=Cj0KCQjw37iTBhCWARIsACBt1IzQd3SUgB3VIIcrXxyGd5V32FVaFET9xni-UjDYGB48J46d_CRwgzgaAgYeEALw_wcB

[@mikeburrow3707]

Hi Sam brilliant vid.had a block wall built ready for render need some copping stones wheres best to buy them from?cheers

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Hi Mike,
Not sure where you are but Jewsons or any independent builders merchants are good

[@mikeburrow3707]

@@SamDaviesBuilder cheers mate based in cheltenham just wouldn't mind looking at a few first 👍 thanks for your help

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

@@mikeburrow3707 you’ll definitely have a Jewsons or Travis Perkins near to you

[@mattdoran679]

Hi Sam, thanks for the video.
I’m assuming it’s a soft(building) sand in the 4:1 cement mix, rather than a sharp sand?

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Hi Matt, yes its a building sand I generally use, not too coarse but not too fine either!

[@mattdoran8513]

@@SamDaviesBuilder Cheers. Top vid BTW!!

[@samnewman5129]

Can you tell me mate how much roughly to cement one grey concrete flat concrete Coping Stone back on as it came lose for cement and the primer you mention and labour cost ? Size is roughly same size as yours in vid but flat and it is an older Wall not new and first Stone on Wall as you go in Drive Way and a small wall 2 brick thick brick thick and 2 feet high ? Thanks

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

Hi, I can’t really tell you how much but I can tell you how long I’d allow:
Allow an hour to do the work. Shouldn’t take you that long but you need a minimum charge of an hour to cover travelling etc.
A small bag of sand (those handy bag 25kg ones) you won’t use it all but that’s the smallest you can get.
You can buy ready mix mortar in bags which may save you getting sand and cement.
The primer only comes in 10 kg bags smallest size but you won’t need that much. SBR and cement you can mix together to make a primer, you could put this on the wall before you put your bed down and then underneath the slab before you put it on the wall then it will be stuck good.
Hope this helps!

[@summerjake9642]

​@@SamDaviesBuilderbrilliant thanks for that

[@mentalluke9415]

👌👍

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

😃😃😃

[@Miah187]

Have you got a video for a curved wall ?

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

I haven’t got a tutorial but there is a video of me doing a bit of one on my channel

[@hgd7]

What sort of primar did you use?

[@SamDaviesBuilder]

This is a good primer www.wickes.co.uk/Ultra-Scape-Pro-Prime-Slurry-Porcelain-Paving-Primer-Grey---20kg/p/252253?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8oX51IGX_QIVB7rtCh396gCGEAQYAiABEgKWlvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds