In case anyone is interested in my floor screeding job (SBR screed), I
finally got two 2.5 metre long aluminium poles from metal
supermarkets. Light, strong and straight. I set these up in big blobs
of mortar to give me screeding rails, and fill between the rails
slicing the screed off with a darby (long metal plate with handles) as
I go.
To do the next bay, I use a pole for one edge and the previous bay as
the other edge. I'm doing bays about 2.5m x 1.2 metres at a time,
which is about 5 belle mini-mix fulls, after which I am knackered.
Half the job is the mixing !
I've ended up using a stiff mortar mix rather than a "dry" mix.
I know a proper screeding team (one mixing, one laying) will do the
whole thing seamlessly with just a spirit level and trowel in a few
hours, but have you seen how much they charge ?
Simon.

On 31/08/2010 10:50, sm_jamieson wrote:
In case anyone is interested in my floor screeding job (SBR screed), I
finally got two 2.5 metre long aluminium poles from metal
supermarkets. Light, strong and straight. I set these up in big blobs
of mortar to give me screeding rails, and fill between the rails
slicing the screed off with a darby (long metal plate with handles) as
I go.
To do the next bay, I use a pole for one edge and the previous bay as
the other edge. I'm doing bays about 2.5m x 1.2 metres at a time,
which is about 5 belle mini-mix fulls, after which I am knackered.
Half the job is the mixing !
I've ended up using a stiff mortar mix rather than a "dry" mix.
I know a proper screeding team (one mixing, one laying) will do the
whole thing seamlessly with just a spirit level and trowel in a few
hours, but have you seen how much they charge ?
Simon.

It's a method I've seen used for block paving.

On 31 Aug, 10:50, sm_jamieson wrote:
In case anyone is interested in my floor screeding job (SBR screed), I
finally got two 2.5 metre long aluminium poles from metal
supermarkets. Light, strong and straight. I set these up in big blobs
of mortar to give me screeding rails, and fill between the rails
slicing the screed off with a darby (long metal plate with handles) as
I go.
To do the next bay, I use a pole for one edge and the previous bay as
the other edge. I'm doing bays about 2.5m x 1.2 metres at a time,
which is about 5 belle mini-mix fulls, after which I am knackered.
Half the job is the mixing !
I've ended up using a stiff mortar mix rather than a "dry" mix.
I know a proper screeding team (one mixing, one laying) will do the
whole thing seamlessly with just a spirit level and trowel in a few
hours, but have you seen how much they charge ?
Simon.

Square plastic downpipe is cheaper and does the job.

"harry" wrote in message
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On 31 Aug, 10:50, sm_jamieson wrote:
In case anyone is interested in my floor screeding job (SBR
screed), I
finally got two 2.5 metre long aluminium poles from metal
supermarkets. Light, strong and straight. I set these up in big
blobs
of mortar to give me screeding rails, and fill between the rails
slicing the screed off with a darby (long metal plate with
handles) as
I go.
To do the next bay, I use a pole for one edge and the previous bay
as
the other edge. I'm doing bays about 2.5m x 1.2 metres at a time,
which is about 5 belle mini-mix fulls, after which I am knackered.
Half the job is the mixing !
I've ended up using a stiff mortar mix rather than a "dry" mix.
I know a proper screeding team (one mixing, one laying) will do
the
whole thing seamlessly with just a spirit level and trowel in a
few
hours, but have you seen how much they charge ?
Simon.

Square plastic downpipe is cheaper and does the job.

Scaffold poles - far les flexing

AWEM

On 31 Aug, 18:48, "Andrew Mawson"
wrote:
"harry" wrote in message

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On 31 Aug, 10:50, sm_jamieson wrote:
In case anyone is interested in my floor screeding job (SBR
screed), I
finally got two 2.5 metre long aluminium poles from metal
supermarkets. Light, strong and straight. I set these up in big
blobs
of mortar to give me screeding rails, and fill between the rails
slicing the screed off with a darby (long metal plate with
handles) as
I go.
To do the next bay, I use a pole for one edge and the previous bay
as
the other edge. I'm doing bays about 2.5m x 1.2 metres at a time,
which is about 5 belle mini-mix fulls, after which I am knackered.
Half the job is the mixing !
I've ended up using a stiff mortar mix rather than a "dry" mix.
I know a proper screeding team (one mixing, one laying) will do
the
whole thing seamlessly with just a spirit level and trowel in a
few
hours, but have you seen how much they charge ?
Simon.

Square plastic downpipe is cheaper and does the job.

Scaffold poles - far les flexing


Yeh, scaff poles would be too large for my job - smallest level 40mm
from base, but certainly scaff poles for block paving I would think.
Simon.