I noticed some deterioration on our parapet wall, and am trying to figure out what we need to do to fix it. In some spots, the brick face seems to have popped off. My guess is that some water is ...

Parapet walls are a crucial element in a house, depending on the climate. January 28, ... which can be avoided by placing two steel rods inside the top coping mortar, turning it into a RCC beam.

“If a wall extends up from the cornice, it would be a parapet, but the historic-building codes exempted you from having a parapet if you had a cornice, so most brownstones will not,” says Shamash.

LISTED building consent has been submitted to a planning authority for repair work to a bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. Consent is required to take down the existing stone parapet walls and coping ...