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• Concrete Coping Stones: Safe, customized and attractive

  Posted on October 13, 2011 by charlie in great

  When enhancing a landscape or particularly an outdoor water feature such as a pond or pool concrete coping stones can be the difference between an amateur attempt and a professional result. Coping is the material that is used to cap the protective shell either at the top of walls or around a pool. While coping material can be found in a number of forms only concrete offers the most customizable and sturdy option one sure to make the difference in a do-it-yourself project and one that can easily prevent costly repairs or damage down the road. Concrete coping stones can lend themselves to the overall design of an outdoor space either providing a clean finish to the top of a stone or brick wall or simply by extending the smooth contours of a water feature and leading the eye into the surrounding landscape. The point where land meets the water in an outdoor environment can be enhanced and softened by having the coping or protective surround in line with the water surface so that there are no visual breaks. Poured concrete coping stones are created when the concrete is custom mixed poured and smoothed into place independent for an individual project and giving the most secure and effective method of not just completing a finish but also of providing quality safety to an outdoor area. This method uses custom casting of the concrete in segments and is often used by professionals charging high dollar amounts for their landscape and home Read more »

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