How to lay wall copings 

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

@@SamDaviesBuilder yes Sam a drip groove .

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

You’ll be fine just take your time 😀

Thanks George!

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

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

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

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!

​@@SamDaviesBuilderbrilliant thanks for that

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

@@SamDaviesBuilder Cheers. Top vid BTW!!

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

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

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

Hi, thanks for watching! Personally I would never use waterproof mortar on the joints as I don’t think it would make much difference but it wouldn’t do any harm if you did. Have you damp proofed behind the retaining wall? Liquid dpm on the back of the wall, land drain in the bottom with an exit for it then clean stone on top. That’s what will keep the water from seeping through

Hi Sam, thanks for your reply. Appreciate your advice on the pointing great stuff that!! I have done all the things you mentioned behind the retaining wall...drain at the bottom, liquid Dpm and a Dpm membrane, ground membrane and clean stone. Am going to fit new copings that are wider than the wall with drip channel in them, was unsure whether the joints needed waterproofing you see. Original copings were not enough overhang and joints not pointed. That along with lack of Dpm, drainage stone and drain contributed to render blowing. I've found your videos and info really useful...thanks for helping out us Novices, it's very good of you.

@@davidglynn112 sounds like you’ve done a very thorough job! People build retaining walls but don’t do the drainage part properly a lot of the time. That drip channel will help massively too. Thanks, glad you’ve found the videos useful!

This stuff: www.protilertools.co.uk/product/ultra-scape-pro-prime-bonding-mortar-slurry-primer-20kg?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD5wbSdOowpRuCtRX1ww2UehNcgZX&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItqjWhc75hwMV6KNQBh07hynqEAQYByABEgKnmfD_BwE You might find it cheaper elsewhere though

@@SamDaviesBuilder pro prime slurry prime grey bag in wickes says porcelain but I guess OK for any stone

@@davegill7614 yeah, it will be suitable for anything. The main thing is that you get the slab primed and onto the bed before the primer starts drying on the back

@SamDaviesBuilder thanks Sam I really appreciate your advice....First time for everything...let's hope it goes well...I'm even going to cut my first stone 😀

@@davegill7614 no problem at all, I hope your project goes well!

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

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

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