Copings

What a vague term ! which may be unknown to lots of people except the architectural engineers and the workers in building and construction industry. Such term refers to any protective covering over the top part of the last wall of a building or the walls which is exposed directly to the sky i.e no other building exists over it. I can understand from it that it is like the shell of the turtle! Yes it is like a shield for any exposed top of a wall to the sung light and rain water.

Copings are made from many materials which should be strong . robust and resistant the effects of weathering. Since you will use copings as a protective cover for your walls then you choose good coping materials. Such materials may be stones . concrete , limestone , ceramics , wood , EPS polystyrene . bricks and terracotta. Also in A-shaped roof houses such coping system is used on the top of walls which is under the roof directly to prevent any seepage of water to the inside.

You can see coping system in the past as in nowadays. In the past they used coping of mud over the walls to make the top of walls more strong and not loose. Also they were using handrails from wood in the classic style of upstairs. These handrails are one of the coping systems. Nowadays it is used as a piece of decoration too to give more aesthetic value to the final look of the house facades.

What if no coping for the top of walls ? Sure the walls will be loose from above and the bricks will be easily subject to fall by the passing of time. Your walls will be filled with water which will make them weaker.

Izoyapi company is producing copings from EPS polystyrene in high density in different dimensions and different decorative design with a sloping surface to keep the water way from walls. You can have a look at them from that site www.izopiyer.com.tr . The outer part of such coping is a strong waterproof acrylic which is robust and resistant to different weather conditions.