Finishing Poured Concrete Surfaces

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Finishing Poured Concrete Surfaces
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Finishing Concrete

• A. Consolidating concrete in order to give the
  uniform plastic mass desired.
• Tools used in consolidating concrete.
•        Straight edge
•        Tampers
•        Roller screeds
•        Jitterbugs
•        Vibrator

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Finishing Concrete

• B. Striking-off
• A leveling operation that takes the humps and
  valleys out of the surface of the concrete and
  gives it a true even surface.

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Finishing Concrete

• C. Floating
•        It helps depress the coarser aggregate
  and brings mortar to the surface.
•        Tools used for floating concrete.
• - Darby
• - Bull float
• - Wood float

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Finishing Concrete

• D. Types of finishes
•        Broom finish
• - Used for feeding floors, ramps for livestock,
  driveways and walkways.
• - The rough texture can be made with a stiff
  floor broom pulled, crossways to the direction
  of travel.
• The degree of coarseness can be determined by
  the types of broom and the amount of pressure
  applied to it.
•        Belt finish
• - Used on driveways, pavements, and livestock
  ramps. - Six inch wide strips of burlap, canvas,
  or rubber belt can be moved back and forth just
  after the wood float process is finished.

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• A. SCREED

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• B. BULL FLOAT

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• C. WOOD FLOAT

FOR BROOM FINISH
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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• D. STEEL TROWEL

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• E. POWER TROWEL

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR ROUGH CONCRETE SURFACE

• F. BROOM

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• A. SCREED

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• B. BULL FLOAT

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• C. WOOD FLOAT

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• D. STEEL TROWEL

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• E. MAGNESIUM
• HAND FLOAT

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TOOL SEQUENCE FOR SMOOTH CONCRETE SURFACES

• F. POWER TROWEL