Concreting tips.

[Headless chicken]

You can hire a vibrating tamping bar for about £150 a week I think in west wales

 

[all_arable]

Best place to buy new/good used beam screed? A fair amount of concrete to lay and hire machines are normally knackered/bent/dirty.

 

[Derky]

Most second hand beam screeds are beat up. What width you after?

 

[Pan mixer]

Best place to buy new/good used beam screed? A fair amount of concrete to lay and hire machines are normally knackered/bent/dirty.

Made my own, not difficult.

 

[Lincsman]

Best place to buy new/good used beam screed? A fair amount of concrete to lay and hire machines are normally knackered/bent/dirty.

Order it wet and it wont need screeding and I did say ORDER it wet.

 

[mx110]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SURFACE-...m=372559290601&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109
anyone use these? anygood?

 

[Derky]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SURFACE-FINISHING-SCREED-EASY-SCREED-PRO-FLOAT-incs-blade-incs-4-blades/372559290601?_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=1&asc=20170920101022&meid=d32400670ae4462e84610cd1a0336b9c&pid=100010&rk=4&rkt=12&sd=263689438811&itm=372559290601&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109
anyone use these? anygood?

Yes used it twice then upgraded to proper magic screed as it went bang. We use these prior to power floating.

 

[Yorkshire lad]

Had these lads in to lay some concrete for us
They used to like to pour 180 m3 a day with 3/4 men. The finish was with a ride on power float fitted with pans very impressed with the result
It seems to make the surface harder than a tamp or brush finish

 

[Lincsman]

Had these lads in to lay some concrete for us
They used to like to pour 180 m3 a day with 3/4 men. The finish was with a ride on power float fitted with pans very impressed with the result
It seems to make the surface harder than a tamp or brush finish

As I said, ORDER it wet and its a doddle.

 

[Hotbed]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/352431601938

 

[dannewhouse]

Ideally u will need a professional with the proper tools to do a proper job.
A powerfloat pan will pull cement via suction from the hardening concrete. This paste is then closed in with the blades over several runs to ensure a hard wearing impact resistant surface.

Concrete just closed in with a bull float will wear through fast exposing aggregates bellow and leaving a roughish surface prone to wear!

If you want grip a then pan the surface to suck up paste, then bull float to smooth top, let harden a while and a brush finish. will last far longer than a brush finish straight of the top of "green" concrete.

Also an aluminium edge that's broke in will leave a far nicer more uniform tamper finish than a gastly piece of timer.

Just my 2 cents worth...

I have a milk mans fridge base to concrete, he has suggested granite concrete as 1 fridge he has is done in that and hasn't gone aggregatey with milk crates being slid over it for years, we were thinking of power floating it, I assume your state ting this is a lot strong than just the "blue bird" float. any suggestions welcomed

 

[RWG Contracts]

A power floated floor is certainly a lot more resistant on the surface cause you’re rubbing the cement to the top

 

[Steevo]

Had these lads in to lay some concrete for us
They used to like to pour 180 m3 a day with 3/4 men. The finish was with a ride on power float fitted with pans very impressed with the result
It seems to make the surface harder than a tamp or brush finish

Good machines. Boom machines like the Ligchine are even better and more efficient still.

 

[all_arable]

Most second hand beam screeds are beat up. What width you after?

Around 5m

 

[Ditch clipper]

@dannewhouse iv never used granite concrete. But I'd still assume the paste that u bring to the top will be the same as normal concrete... Key would be to go for a high Newton mix where You don't want wear. Especially if u plan on adding water for ease of placement.

As RWG has said power floating is the best way to achieve this. getting the timing right will be crucial as you want to bring up plenty of the "fat" without the powerfloat gouging holes or making hollows... You can cut off high spots and fill in low spots if you time it right. Angling the blades to polish the top can be tricky without leaving waves...especially if the surface is already uneven.

Iv seen @RWG Contracts workmanship on Facebook and it's very impressive!

 

[upnortheast]

I have a milk mans fridge base to concrete, he has suggested granite concrete as 1 fridge he has is done in that and hasn't gone aggregatey with milk crates being slid over it for years, we were thinking of power floating it, I assume your state ting this is a lot strong than just the "blue bird" float. any suggestions welcomed

Our cold store floor was floated with one of those long handled floats.Think it was a C42 mix No wear after 9 years

 

[dannewhouse]

Our cold store floor was floated with one of those long handled floats.Think it was a C42 mix No wear after 9 years

what do you use it for?
is it like dragging milk crates 6 high day in day out though?

 

[upnortheast]

what do you use it for?
is it like dragging milk crates 6 high day in day out though?

Yep. Plastic crates. 10,000 litres a week

 

[Hotbed]

Pay the money and get it power floated, you won’t regret it.

 

[upnortheast]

I have a milk mans fridge base to concrete,

@dannewhouse Laid our cold store concrete over 100mm kingspan