Front Cover of Volume 12
Volume 12
by R Greenhalgh (Ed)
Published by Pitman & Sons Ltd
19th March 1927
No ISBN number
The tops of all walls exposed to the weather have to be protected by some form of covering, to prevent the penetration of rainwater, which would otherwise soak down through the wall into the interior of the building
Some of the methods are shown below
Finishing the top of the wall with a course of bricks bedded on edge,
in cement mortar, with
a projecting course of bricks underneath
Some of the methods are shown below
Brick-on-Edge with Oversailing Course
Fig. 49a - Volume 12, page 547
Fig. 49a - Volume 12, page 547
in cement mortar, with
a projecting course of bricks underneath
Brick-on-Edge with Oversailing Course
Fig. 49b - Volume 12, page 547
Fig. 49b - Volume 12, page 547
Two courses of roofing tiles, half-bonded in cement mortar, laid underneath the bricks
The top edges of these tiles are finished with a splayed cement fillet
Saddle-back Copings
Fig. 49c - Volume 12, page 547
Fig. 49c - Volume 12, page 547
Another method is to use a saddle-back coping of cut bricks
Terra-cotta Copings, weathered & throated
Fig. 49d - Volume 12, page 547
Fig. 49d - Volume 12, page 547
Special impervious coping are manufactured for this purpose.
They have sloping or weathered surfaces for the top, and grooves or throats underneath, which form a drip to stop the water from running back
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