the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict
the top stone layer of a retaining wall, pier, abutment, wing wall, and so forth that projects beyond the surface of the masonry below The top surface is usually battered (washed) to prevent the accumulation of rain or other moisture
a course of stone laid with a projection beyond the general surface of the masonry below it and forming the topmost portion of a wall; a course of stone capping the curved or V shaped extremity of a pier, providing a transition to the pier head proper, when so used it is commonly termed the "starling coping," "nose coping," the "cutwater coping" or the "pier extension coping"
The cap or top lip on the pool or spa wall that provides a finished edge around the pool or spa It can be formed, cast in place or precast, or prefabricated of extruded aluminum or rigid vinyl It may also be part of the system that secures a vinyl liner to the top of the pool wall
the covering piece on top of a wall which is exposed to weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone Is preferably sloped to shed water back onto the roof
the material which "joins" the pool to the deck Made of concrete, aluminum, plastic, brick or wood Commonly concrete on concrete pools, aluminum on vinyl pools
1 The tile around the outer edge of a swimming pool at the water line 2 The flat portion at the top of a parapet wall rising above the roof line of a building
The materials or masonry units used to form a cap or a finish on top of a wall, pier or chimney to protect from water penetration Commonly extended beyond the wall face and incorporating a drip