diff --git a/fem/fe/fe_h1.cpp b/fem/fe/fe_h1.cpp
index bf1936de16..227551fcad 100644
--- a/fem/fe/fe_h1.cpp
+++ b/fem/fe/fe_h1.cpp
@@ -1243,12 +1243,12 @@ void H1_FuentesPyramidElement::calcBasis(const int p,
    int o = 0;
 
    // Vertices
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
       u[0] = u[1] = u[2] = u[3] = 0.25 * (1.0 - z);
       u[4] = z;
 
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ void H1_FuentesPyramidElement::calcGradBasis(const int p,
    int o = 0;
 
    // Vertices
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
       du(0,0) = -0.5; du(0,1) = -0.5; du(0,2) = -0.75;
       du(1,0) =  0.5; du(1,1) = -0.5; du(1,2) = -0.25;
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ void H1_FuentesPyramidElement::calcGradBasis(const int p,
       du(3,0) = -0.5; du(3,1) =  0.5; du(3,2) = -0.25;
       du(4,0) =  0.0; du(4,1) =  0.0; du(4,2) =  1.0;
 
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;
diff --git a/fem/fe/fe_nd.cpp b/fem/fe/fe_nd.cpp
index b1945ef652..116fdc3af9 100644
--- a/fem/fe/fe_nd.cpp
+++ b/fem/fe/fe_nd.cpp
@@ -1904,9 +1904,9 @@ void ND_FuentesPyramidElement::calcBasis(const int p,
    Vector xy({x,y}), dmu(3);
    real_t mu, mu2;
 
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;
@@ -2170,9 +2170,9 @@ void ND_FuentesPyramidElement::calcCurlBasis(const int p,
 
    real_t mu, mu2;
 
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;
diff --git a/fem/fe/fe_pyramid.hpp b/fem/fe/fe_pyramid.hpp
index 74156769b6..a4ed471804 100644
--- a/fem/fe/fe_pyramid.hpp
+++ b/fem/fe/fe_pyramid.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ private:
    mutable DenseMatrix V_R_mtmp;
 #endif
 
+protected:
+   const real_t apex_tol = 1e-8;
+
 public:
    FuentesPyramid() = default;
 
diff --git a/fem/fe/fe_rt.cpp b/fem/fe/fe_rt.cpp
index 4b7a2ffe5e..887bf97d2d 100644
--- a/fem/fe/fe_rt.cpp
+++ b/fem/fe/fe_rt.cpp
@@ -1521,9 +1521,9 @@ void RT_FuentesPyramidElement::calcBasis(const int p,
    Vector xy({x,y});
    real_t mu;
 
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;
@@ -1782,10 +1782,10 @@ void RT_FuentesPyramidElement::calcDivBasis(const int p,
    real_t mu;
 
    bool limz1 = false;
-   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < 1e-8)
+   if (std::fabs(1.0 - z) < apex_tol)
    {
       limz1 = true;
-      z = 1.0 - 1e-8;
+      z = 1.0 - apex_tol;
       y = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       x = 0.5 * (1.0 - z);
       xy(0) = x; xy(1) = y;