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Steps and Copings

Explore our premium range of steps and copings, adding practicality and dynamic style to your landscaping projects.

Designed for durability and aesthetic appeal, our steps and copings offer a seamless transition between different levels of your outdoor space. Whether you’re creating a grand entrance or defining a raised entertainment area, our products provide the perfect finishing touch.

From our porcelain and Indian stone steps to our sandstone wall copings, you’ll find everything you need at RF Paving to bring your design visions to life.

Elevate your outdoor space with our exquisite collection and create inviting spaces that reflect your home’s unique style.

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What Are Coping Stones?

Coping stones are flat stones used to cap a wall. This weatherproofs the wall, giving it greater longevity and preventing moisture from getting into the pores of the stone as easily. 

How to Lay Natural Stone Copings for Walls

Add copings to your garden wall by following our easy process:

  1. Measure your wall width to ensure correct stone sizing.
  2. Clean your wall of any debris, such as loose mortar, with a wire brush.
  3. Add a sand and cement mortar mix to your wall at 1-2cm thickness.
  4. Place your stones on the wall, starting at one end and working across. 
  5. Tap your stones into place with a rubber mallet, ensuring that they are level. 
  6. Fill the joints between the coping stones.
  7. Once the jointing mix has dried, add sealant for additional water resistance.

For more detail, plus guidance on coping different types of walls, see our wall coping guide.

How to Build Steps in a Garden

Building steps in your garden can be a tricky process, but the convenience and style that our bullnose steps add to your garden make the task well worth it.

  1. Measure the total height of the area requiring steps by placing markers at the bottom and a peg at the top, then hold a long measuring device from the top peg to the markers at the base.
  2. Calculate your step tread and rise. Tread is the horizontal distance between one step and another, usually 300-450mm. Rise is the vertical distance between one step and another, usually 150-200mm.
  3. Work out the number of steps you need by dividing the total height of the area by the rise of your steps.
  4. Use the tread and span of the steps to work out the horizontal distance your steps will cover.
  5. Use pegs to mark the back of each tread and create the rough shape of the steps in the earth. 
  6. Dig a trench for your first footing.
  7. Place pegs at the height of each step.
  8. Concrete the footing of the first step and ensure the surface is level.
  9. Build the first brick-and-mortar riser, adding a hardcore infill such as crushed rocks or gravel into the area behind your riser.
  10. Ensure the riser’s surface is flat using a spirit level.
  11. Lay your step – there should be a slight overhang.
  12. Fill the step joints with mortar to secure them.
  13. Repeat.

See our guide to building bullnose steps for more details.

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Unable to chat with our team and view our coping stones in person? No problem – our experts can provide a consultation over video call from our showroom. See our products up close and get advice and insights on the best choice for your project.

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