This is a step-by-step guide on how to fill and align concrete. To do this, you need several tools that you can buy or make yourself. Generally speaking, there are many finish options You can pour your concrete slab or foundation. But the easiest is to use a large formwork made of 2 × 4 boards.

Be sure to make sure that you finish the fill of the concrete slab or the foundation as soon as possible. Otherwise, the concrete can dry. And you will not have time to smooth his surface. The decoration of a large concrete base is a rather complex project. To do this, it makes sense to attract multiple friends to help you, and use several methods to make a job correctly.

What will need to pour the concrete site and align it

To finish concrete slabs, you need the following:

Materials

• concrete;
• formwork boards;
• 2 × 2 Boards for fastening forms.

Instruments

• protective gloves;
• protective glasses;
• roulette;
• mops brush for alignment of concrete slabs.

Advice

• before working, wear workwear and shoes so as not to get dirty in concrete;
• clean your tools thoroughly after completing the work.

Time

• from several hours before the light day, depending on the airflowing area.

How to pour concrete

In order to fill the slab of the desired level, you need to create a basic formwork. Formwork is usually made of boards. But you must make sure that the design made is durable and withstand the weight of concrete.

When building a formwork, you must make sure that it is done on the same level. It is important to make it at the same level from all sides. As in most cases, you must use ties (long straight pieces of wood or metal) to keep the concrete surfaces flat.

If your yard is large, then the machine with concrete can pour concrete directly into the formwork. However, it happens that the truck cannot reach a certain place. And you have to use 4 "hose. If so, make sure that you poured the concrete to the most evenly allone along the surface. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to align it.

Remember that in reality the concrete in the formwork from the hose is not as easy as it may seem at first glance. Moreover, a person who is engaged in this operation must have experience in such work. Otherwise, it can obtain a production injury during the fill process.

During the fill of the concrete slab, the hose will be very heavy. So you will not prevent the help of friends.

Do not forget to wear rubber boots and protective gloves, otherwise the concrete can cause irritation on the skin.

Smart Tip:make sure that you pour concrete to the most uniformly as possible, so as to facilitate the work on the finishing of concrete slabs. Usually, if the concrete has the correct mixture recipe, you will notice that it has a property to align in itself. Nevertheless, you still have to level the surface.

How to align concrete

You can make a simple tool to align the concrete from a long stick and a wooden board. Tip: The board must be a width of 1.2 - 1.5 m. But it should not be very heavy. In hot weather, you must hurry. Otherwise, the concrete can dry, and you will not be able to finish the work.

Smart Tip: To align concrete, you can use a shovel with a flat bottom or homemade tool. Just put it onto the concrete, keeping at an angle of 15º from the surface, start smoothly to pull yourself.

Continue to pull the concrete until you get a smooth, beautiful surface. As you noticed in the photo, you must wear rubber boots. This will allow you to move to any point of concrete surface.

Smart Tip:for final finishes, you can use a spatula or a large brush over the entire surface. Just do not press too much. Otherwise, you risk damage to concrete.

So, if you follow the tips outlined above, then you will certainly be able to perfectly cope with the intended business. But in any case, the help of friends will never be superfluous.

In order for the floor surface of the floors to allow any finishing work, it must be perfectly even and respond to all the necessary specifications.

The ironing is used to align, with the adjustment of the angle of smoothing.

All this is very often impossible to achieve without additional installation work. In order for the surface of the ceiling slab to become suitable for further work, it is necessary to make a screed over it and correctly dissolve it.

This requires specially made manually or ready to use the mixture that can be bought in construction stores. But, in order to achieve the desired one, these mixtures will not be enough - you also need special equipment, ironing.

Ironing device

Smoldering scraper is designed to remove excess water after vibration surface.

The so-called ironing for alignment with your own hands can be different. Such equipment is used to carry out a small flooring correction, using the adjustment of the angle of smoothing. Smoothing for private use is suitable for work in rooms up to seven meters long. This device is made of light and durable aluminum alloy, which is why it is very practical in operation.

The usual ironing has rounded edges, with which you can smoothly change the angle of inclination, and it allows you to leave the minimum number of roughness on the surface. The equipment has a long handle, which, if necessary, can change its length, remove and add additional sections, which makes it sociable and convenient to use.

Surface leveling is sometimes impossible without preliminary use of a special crying scraper or, as it is also called, a scraper ironing. It is it that allows you to remove excess water and concrete milk from the surface. Usually such scrapers with blades come in a set with ironing. And this double equipment allows, ultimately, with proper use to achieve the desired result and make the coating as smooth as possible. In addition, it is necessary to remove the extra liquid from the surface, it is very important to clean it from the residues and other construction trash.

Smoothing

Alignment scheme.

Align the concrete in various ways, even when the solution grabbed. But in this case, it will take much more strength and time than with a timely leveling of a non-frozen solution, when pouring it. It is for these cases that it is recommended to use manual compact equipment from lightweight material specifically for operation with fresh solid.

This equipment applies only after the vibration was carried out. The control rail will help remove and dissolve all the tubercles on another plastic surface. A corrective rail will help not only correct the deformation, but also to fill in the depression. This device is still at the stage of fresh concrete, will allow obtaining results that will very much to speed up the surface level alignment with special means.

The ironing for concrete is an aluminum profile of a length of one and a half or two meters with a handle attached to it, which, if necessary, extends to 12 meters. This profile has an inclination angle regulator relative to the surface. The angle of inclination varies depending on the direction of movement and the plasticity of the mixture.

Features of smoothing

Scheme of smoothing

Manual smooth iron moves over the surface at the required distance. To vibrate profile, the handle of the device is shaking short jerks. The speed of movement of this device and the intensity of vibration depends on the mobility of the mixture and on its composition. With high mobility, the mixture between the ironing and the surface occurs with a clutch. It increases, if the concrete is added fine silica, and in this case too large adhesion can lead to a launch of the concrete, which is unacceptable, as it can lead to a change in the installed coating height. To prevent this and to achieve the most smooth surface, the discharge is produced in two directions at right angles to each other.

Itemlocks can be used to align with your own hands with varying degrees of mobility, but in any case, it should be such that the smoothness in concrete is not immersed. Despite the small radius of action, they successfully handle the large area. When used in a mixture of plasticizers, we must not forget that the mobility of the mixture in this case quickly changes when they are terminated.

Sleepings on concrete can be operated on a gasoline or electric motor. The angle of inclination on such models is installed by turning the handle, and it is much easier to work with them, since the mechanized machine sets automatic vibration of stepless frequency adjustment. Cleaning and transferring such smooths after work is also easy enough. If necessary, ironing machines can be rolled, which will cost much cheaper of its purchases.

Concrete is a building material that is indispensable in modern construction.

Fill scheme.

It is a mixture made of cement (binder) and water (used as a solvent). It also add sand and various plasticizers, which are additional additives. The marking, cost, view, durability, as well as other indicators depends on them. Concrete, like any other material, will not do yourself. For this, there are special laying tools.

Before you start choosing, you need to spend all the necessary calculations. First, calculate the parameters of the constructed structure. If this is the foundation of the house, then the drawing of the whole building is required. Secondly, it is necessary to calculate the volume of the required building material. For example, and its components for filling the foundation. Only after that you can say with confidence which you come in handy. This will help avoid extra spending.

So, there will be special equipment for laying the mixture, we split it into two types.

• manual;
• electromechanical.

Consider each species separately.

Manual

Scheme of the fill of the solution: 1 - rule, 2 - rakes, 3 - vibration, I-V is a fill sequence.

The choice depends on the purpose of work. If you decide to make laying, various equipment is useful. The hand tool is designed and used for work that require certain evenly. It can be laying floors or pouring products of complex shape. The manual belongs to:

1. Leveling (rule).
2. Trolleys.
3. Stackers.

Consider the leveling tool for laying. These are the rules of different sizes. They have a different value, from 1000 rubles (1200 mm, weight - 3 kg) to 10,000 rubles. Manual include block separator, the average price of which is 7,500 rubles.

Trolleys are designed for the uniform distribution of the mixture over the object of work. For example, in order to distribute the dry mixture along the recently filled floor of large sizes. In this case, the cart is necessary for uniform application of mixtures and preventing stirring with the top layer of coating. The cost depends on the capacity and model manufacturer. The average price is 50,000 rubles. But on the market you can find the cart "used in use", which is no different from the new, except the price.

Stackers are used for the device of rubber cords on the seams in the floor. But this can be done manually, but the process will take longer. We need to lay seams with rubber cords! It will save you from problems that carry shrinkage, change in temperature and load on the stove. You will not have cracks in the floor.

Electromechanical

Scheme of a pneumatic supercharger of the mixture.

This construction equipment helps to reduce energy consumption and time during construction. There are many tools that work from the network or fuel.

The vibration is a beam with a length of 2 meters, which is equipped with a vibrator. It is aluminum, sliding, metal. The design is simple: two pipes bonded between themselves, and the vibrator attached to them (three-phase asynchronous electric motor). When smoothing the surface after the fill, they put a vibrore to align the mixture. This tool allows you to quickly cope with a large amount of work. The cost is approximately 40,000 rubles. The price depends on the manufacturer, the length of the beams and the power of vibrations.

Also used the vibrationboard. Its cost is slightly larger, since with the help of it you can align roads and large objects.

For the fill use distributor (tractor). This machine allows you to manually carry buckets with a mixture, but simply load it from a stirrer in the basket of the machine or with a concouter distribution a solution along the perimeter of the surface. The machine is moving along any surfaces (reinforcement, overlaps) to which you can put the mixture. The average carrying capacity is 400 kg.

Concrete mixer is an option, without which it is impossible to do. In order to stick a solution of cement and water, it is necessary to purchase this equipment. The solution should be uniform and well mixed. Otherwise, lumps are formed, which will not allow evenly distribute the mixture on the surface.

The smoothing machine is made for stripping and giving the surface evenness. It is applied after using vibrorets on large areas. Works tool from 380V network. It is a drive that runs from electrical equipment and is controlled by a handle. Refers to clutter grinding machines. Approximate cost of 100,000 rubles.

For large premises, heat generators are often used. They dry the crude surface. Thus, it is helped faster to move to the grout of the mixture.

If you have ready-made blocks or the dried dried floor of the concrete, then for further action you will need grinding machines, grogogs and drills. For this it will be necessary to buy special nozzles: Diamond and Bura discs. The disk is designed for cutting and selecting it depends on the model of the grinding machine. For the perforator, choose the boring, it is useful for drilling holes (reinforced concrete). For example, you need to make wiring in the panel house. For removal in the wall you need to cut the layer of the mixture with the help of a grinder.

There are not so many difficulties in the work tool. Everyone interested in it can understand this equipment.

The technical characteristics of concrete floors must meet the requirements of SNiP 2.03.13-88 and recommendations for the development of existing rules and norms. Unfortunately, not all builders perform their work qualitatively, during the flooring of the finish coating, it is necessary to deal with the correction of a marriage.

Concrete floors can be aligned with self-leveling solutions, ties from cement-sand solutions or glue for ceramic tiles. Under the linoleum and carpet alignment of concrete floors is considered a mandatory operation, a solution under the ceramic or stone tile, based on the actual state of the bearing base. All floors installed on the lags can be located without prior aligning concrete bases.

In the article, we will consider several examples of alignment using various materials, taking into account the actual state of the floors.

The composition of modern materials for alignment of concrete floors includes several components, simultaneously with high mechanical strength of the mixture, there is good spreadability, ease of use, low shrinkage, resistant to various chemical compounds, technological and relatively low cost.

Most of the existing brands meet the requirements of consumers, during the choice, the main attention should be paid to the following factors:

• what kind of floor should align. There are options for a monolithic concrete, an industrial reinforced concrete plate, a basic cement screed, a bulk sex, a system of warm floor, etc.;
• fill thickness. Depends on the maximum indicators of irregularities and the type of alignment. Alignment can be preliminary or finishing. There is no stringent surface horizontal requirements for the preliminary surfaces, it is used under the finish flooring along the lags. During installation, the position of the lag is controlled, if necessary, with the help of wedges or other linings, they are leveling;
• floor finishing type. The softer the flooring, the more accurate and the stronger should be alignment, the better the material should be purchased.

After answers were received on all questions, you can proceed to work on the alignment of concrete floor. To perform work, it will take suitable for this case of bulk sex, primer, a construction mixer for the preparation of the mixture, a container for a solution, a powerful (preferably industrial) vacuum cleaner, needle and laner rollers, a wide stainless steel spatula, a laser or water level, a dowel for lighthouses, Dampfer tape, roulette, ordinary bubble level or rule.

Step 1. Calculate the number of materials. To do this, first find out the maximum difference in the height of the concrete floor. During the test of its condition, you need to use a long level or rule. Apply tools around the perimeter of the room, in the center and diagonals, hold the level in the horizontal position. The lumen is determined to the eye or with the help of a roulette. The more lines will be checked, the more accurate the final results.

The minimum thickness of the leveling layer should be within 2-3 mm, add the maximum height of irregularities to this value. The thickness of the liquid screed must be 2-3 mm greater than the height of maximum irregularities.

Practical advice. In order to save expensive material, the highest protrusions are recommended. Pre-mechanical alignment saves 25-30% material.

Step 2. Preparation of the foundation. The vintage strength of the material for the leveling layer should not exceed the strength of the concrete base by more than 50 kg / m2. Check the strength of the base can be ordinary coin. We screw the coin on the concrete two perpendicular lines at an angle to the surface of about 30 °, if dashes are smooth and without chipping, then the base is sufficient for leveling strength. The presence of a deep furrow, the appearance of chipping lines in the place of intersection indicates that the strength of the base does not meet the current standards. In this case, it is impossible to align the concrete floor, it is necessary to pour another layer according to SNOP. If this does not allow the floor height, then the old layer will have to be completely deleted. It is very long and expensive.

Why is the meaning of the foundation? If the aligning layer is much stronger, then during shrinkage it will bloom a weak base, the fill will clean. There is an output - to do alignment with a weak solution. But it can only be used for solid finish coatings, it is impossible to use this option for soft.

The removal of an old screed is the best solution.

Step 3. Clean the concrete floor. You need to remove dust, dirt, all loose elements of concrete floor. Remember that the clearer base, the higher the adhesion of the leveling layer.

Step 4. During the day before the start of the alignment, we close the big gaps. Clean them from the remnants of the old material, remove the dust and wash a little. The slots can be embedded with the same solution that is used to align concrete. Scroll tightly, do not leave air pockets. You can align with a trowel or a small spatula.

Step 5. Sprouter surface. The primer must be only for concrete surfaces. At the expense of it, not only the adhesion of two materials is improved, but also improves the indicators of waterproofs, which is very important for floors in residential premises. It is necessary to primitive with a roller, in hard-to-reach places to use a painting tassel. If the primer is absorbed very quickly, the operation will have to be repeated. The second primer layer is applied only after complete drying of the first, time depends on the brand of material, temperature and humidity in the room.

Step 6. Sharpen around the perimeter of the walls, columns, interior partitions by damping tape from foamed polyethylene. It compensates for thermal expansion, prevents the appearance of swelling and cracking of the leveling layer.

Important. If the room has a large area, then shrinkage should be made. They are located at a distance of about three meters, the lines must be parallel, in the places of intersection angle only direct. Damping seams can be done in advance with the help of metal profiles or cut through the day after the fill of the solution. Remember that the second option is accompanied by a large noise and dust.

Step 7. Find the horizon level on the wall. It is much easier and faster to do it with a laser level if you don't have it, we use water. Install the laser level in the center of the room, output the horizontal beam. With the help of a roulette, apply labels at the desired height from the surface of the concrete floor.

Step 8. Screw the screws into the concrete floor to monitor the altitude of the leveling layer. The beacons must be in the corners and along the lines of the room, the step between the rows is about one meter. First, fix the dowels at the walls, the height is installed by tags. Then stretch the rope between the extreme opposites and install all the other dowels. If you do not have tight requirements for the horizontal fill, then the beacons can not be installed.

Step 9. Prepare the solution. The proportions are indicated by the manufacturer on the package, follow its recommendations. In the capacity, water is always first poured, and then a dry mixture is added. It is advisable to fall asleep the mixture with a mixer on, it will help minimize the number of lumps and allow constantly monitoring the consistency of the solution. Mix the material thoroughly and leave it for 5-10 minutes. For insteading. During this time, all the smallest lumps of cement are completely impregnated with water. At the same time, chemical hardening reactions are launched. After insistence, the mixture is once again a little.

Important. Do not allow water overdose, it significantly reduces strength indicators. One more thing. Precisely calculate the amount of solution with its performance, consider the recommended use time. Keep in mind that after the start of the process of frosting, it is impossible to stop it, and adding to the thickened mass of water only aggravates the situation. On average, the freshly prepared mixture should be used for half an hour.

Step 10. Be proceed to the pouring of the solution. Start the fill from the far wall of the room and move to the exit. Pour the solution from a height of 20-30 cm, do not allow large splashes. Bucket move zigzagochny, do not leave large over the skip area. The bandwidth is approximately 40 cm, you should easily align it with a spatula. Each subsequent portion of the material should go to the previous on about five centimeters. Constantly follow the labels on the wall and markers from the dowels, if necessary, increase the thickness of the mass or overclock the surplus area.

Step 11. As the flooded area expands, ride it with a needle roller. It removes air bubbles and improves weight adhesion performance with concrete base. The needles of the roller must have several millimeters to exceed the maximum solution of applying the solution. Keep this in mind during the acquisition of the instrument.

Practical advice. To increase the strength of the leveling layer, it is necessary to prevent penetration into the room of direct sunlight, close windows and doors to exclude drafts. If this is not done, then some sites will lose moisture much faster than it is necessary for the optimal conditions for the flow of chemical reactions. In these places, the strength of the layer becomes significantly lower than expected.

After complete frozen, the surface of the floor can be covered with any soft coatings or a ceramic tiles. But it should be borne in mind that alignment of bulk materials on the above-described technology will always have deviations from horizontal within ± 1.5-2 mm. Is it possible to align concrete floors with perfect accuracy? It is possible, but for this you should use a different technology for the production of work.

Prices for self-leveling mixtures for floors

self-leveling mixtures for floors

Alignment of concrete floor by lighthouses

This method takes a little longer, but guarantees the perfect horizontal surface. The most difficult thing is to create beacons. For this process and give detailed instructions. For work, only a laser level is needed, an ordinary water is not achieved.

From the tools you will need a great deal, wide and narrow spatulas, trowel and folding wooden meter. Roulette is not suitable, it is too soft.

Lighthouses can be made from any cement or gypsum mixtures, but we recommend using putty fugenfuller. It has high figures of physical strength, excellent adhesion with all mixtures made on the basis of cement with or without adding innovative fillers. In addition, the push time of the putty is about 30 minutes, which is quite enough for the manufacture of beacons at an average pace. After graduating from the preparation of the last lighthouse, you can already work.

Another advantage of the lighthouses we offer for alignment - they enable building materials. The height of metal profiles at least one centimeter, it means that the minimum fill thickness will be the same. The minimum height of our lighthouses is equal to the thickness of plastic crosses and is only a few millimeters. The difference in the volume of fillings due to the height for large premises is essential.

Step 1. Set the laser level, check the condition of the floor, decide on the minimum thickness of the leveling layer. Remove the construction garbage from the surface, spending it.

Step 2. Prepare putty. Follow the proportions specified by the manufacturer, do not experiment, they will not lead to anything good.

Step 3.. Start setting lighthouses at the wall, the rule will be used instead of roulette to measure distances between the beacons. Lay out at a distance of about 15-20 cm from the wall of the first pile of putty, a little crowd it.

Set the center of the plastic cross for ceramic tiles.

Put the meter on it and taking into account the location of the laser beam climb into the solution. Watch that the cross lay horizontally, check its position in several places.

Carefully remove excess putty. Near the cross can not be removed, it will then steal the spatula. If you touch the unknown putty, you can disrupt the position of the cross, you will have to redo it again.

Step 4. Put the rule on the floor, the distance between the beacons should be 15-20 cm shorter the length of the rule. In the same way, the width between the lighthouse lines will be determined. Install all beacons indoors.

Step 5. After the point lighthouses froze, clean the surface of the crosses from putty, pay attention to it to be smooth. On the two adjacent points on top, put the rule, put the spatula in the solution formed between it and the concrete floor of the slot. It is difficult to guess the thickness from the first time, a practical experience will appear in the future and work will go much faster.

Step 6. Rule carefully align the surface of the shaft made. If empty places remained, add a little putty in them and again align the surface. Excess the mass immediately remove into the container, periodically mix the mass.

Align the gender can only after full frosting of the beacons. It is allowed to use a liquid floor solution, a cement-sand mixture or adhesive for ceramic tiles. Decide what exactly, but there are general recommendations.

1. The cost is the cheapest cement-sandy solution. If you have large areas or a significant thickness of the floor leveling, it is better to use this material. Based on the cubomener of the solution, there is a significant cost savings.
2. In the first place of physical strength in the first place glue for tiles. But it is difficult to work with him, you need to have practical experience.
3. The bulk floors serve as an additional waterproofing, in some cases this property allows you to accelerate construction work.

As for the time, there is almost no difference. No need to believe that bulk materials make it possible to reducing the floor alignment time. An experienced builder will make exactly the same member and the help of lighthouses and rules.

Step 7. Pour the mass between the beacons, the rule align her. The tool must be pulled at itself and simultaneously perform small-left-right motion amplitude. There are skipping - add the solution and repeat the alignment.

Practical advice. In inexperienced builders, small waves can remain on the level of the floor on the floor surface. This is not a problem, you should not scrape the frozen mass. Much better, easier and faster repeat the alignment of the floor in perpendicular to the first direction. No lighthouses are not necessary. Just pour a thin layer of the solution to the floor and the rule is tightened to the surplus, make a little fat. She will fill all the waves and perfectly lines the floor.

Alignment of concrete floor glue for tile on a simplified scheme

This method is great for ceramic tiles, in terms of work time is significantly reduced, and in quality quite satisfy the tilers. Aligning the floor during the laying of the tile by changing the thickness of the glue is pretty hard, only high-professional tile tiles can do it. And then most of them prefer to align the concrete base on their own and put the tile on the finished surface, the more this is done if the height difference is 1 cm and more. Ultimately, it turns out to save time.

Step 1. Fall large bugs, remove the surface from the construction dust and garbage. If concrete is very dry, it is recommended to rush to rich in water. Water should not instantly stretch out of glue, it is necessary for the optimal flow of chemical reactions. The absence of the required amount of fluid critically reduces the strength of the aligning layer of glue.

Step 2. Prepare tiled glue. There is a nuance here, the glue should be a little juicy than the manufacturer recommends. With thick, it will be difficult to work, in addition, in places with a small water thickness, it is quickly absorbed by concrete, which becomes the reason for reducing the indicators of physical strength. We have already mentioned it. By consistency, the solution should resemble an ordinary sour cream or fat cream and spread out a bit on the surface.

Step 3. Puncturely pour glue to the floor surface and tighten the excess. Lighthouses are towering plots of concrete, glue fills only the depressions.

Important. Before starting work, you need to determine which way to pull the tool. This can be done after attentive inspection of the concrete floor. You should find lighthouses, as he fled. Then a bubble level or rule to know the location of the recesses.

Professional builders during such an alignment after the first screed make a few more additional diagonal or circular movements by the rule. The force of pressed at the same time, the minimum, the quality of equalization depends largely on practical experience.

If, after the first pass, the differences in height still have greater values, then run the rule in the perpendicular direction to the first passage. Once again, on the second pass, reduce the force of pressed. You do not need to achieve ideal indicators, drops at a height of ± 5 mm for laying tiles do not constitute problems.

In order to improve adhesion of glue with concrete, after pouring it is recommended to carefully launch it into the floor with a spatula or trowel. Discovered after stretching the deepening rule must be immediately throwing glue and re-smooth. Works do not take a lot of time, the only drawback - the tile can be put only the next day. But the professional builder does not disappear with a gift, there is always a small amount of previously pending or preparatory work.

Video - Alignment of concrete floor with bulk mixtures

Concreting base is a rather time consuming process. The quality of the final result is measured not only by the strength of the coating, but also the surface surface. To ensure this apply different tools. At the initial stage, the mixture is spilled by the rule. But after it can remain ridges. Therefore, at the final level of alignment, a smooth iron is used for concrete. This is simple, but the tool is extremely necessary in the work. It is quite possible to do it yourself. Before starting work, you must be inserted into this question.

General characteristic of the process

The process of filling concrete bases is not the same for different premises. If you want to create the floor in a large production workshop, the hand tool will be practically useless. In this case, equipment with various nozzles (rollers, discs, "skis", etc.) are used.

In a small room it is easier to level the level with other tools. First, wooden lighthouses are laid on the base surface. They will serve as guide for the rule. Between the beacons laid concrete. It is conducted by the rule, distributing a mixture with a flat layer in the direction of the guides. This is the initial stage of the fill.

Then spend more accurate smoothing of the mixture. Here it will take a smooth appliance for concrete. This is a special manual device that can be used both in the process of removing the mixture by the rule and after the arrangement of the entire base.

Varieties

The presented tool can be manual or have an electric or gasoline drive. For a small room, the first variety will fit perfectly. Aligning large areas, it is better to use mechanized devices. Most often an aluminum or magnetic ironing for concrete is used. Its length is more than 1 meter. For convenience, the profile is attached to a long handle. Because of this, the tool is reminded by the Mop.

There is a separation to channel and scraper ironing. The first variety is designed to align another plastic, not frozen concrete. At the same time, "cement milk" is formed on the surface. This is a mixture of cement, water and sand in small quantities. Scraper type of ironing is applicable to the already frozen solution. Such tools contribute to the removal of "cement milk" from concrete.

Itemlinks differ also in size. For a small room, a small-sized inventory with 13 cm wide and a length of 28-68 cm are suitable. The size increase step is 10 cm. The corners of the working plane must be rounded so as not to leave scratches.

Device and features

Manual ironing for concrete has a number of features in use. It moves along the frozen mixture back and forth, as well as from side to side. To preserve the original layer of concrete, you need to move to the tool in the directions perpendicular to each other. Otherwise, depressions will appear and bumps. The gladon can not be immersed in concrete. It only slides over the surface.

During movement, the angle of inclination of its profile surface changes. If you repel the crying from ourselves, will raise the far edge, and vice versa. For this movement corresponds to the gearbox. The plasticity of the mixture also affects the angle of lifting. It can reach almost 60 degrees. The instrument handle can be from 3 to 12 m long. Work planes must have a deflection stabilizers. The width of the grip is from 1 to 5 meters. The gearbox has a cable form. It connects the blade and handle.

Tool with your own hands

In the context of private construction or repair, it is quite applicable to the homemade tool. The ironing for is performed quite simple. If it is not expected to apply it more than 1-2 times, you should not spend money on the purchase of new equipment.

If there is a bit of free time, and there is also a skill to handle the wood, create a smooth handle with your own hands and align it the concrete will not be difficult. This will require prepare boards, hand tools and fasteners. Usually all the necessary funds for such a work are in the Arsenal of the Home Master. If they are not, the tool and material can always be received. For convenience, it is better to give preference to mild wood. Most often, such a tool is made from such materials.

Working surface manufacturing technique

Asking the question of how to make a blackhead for concrete, you should consider the advice of experienced builders. When preparing bars from soft wood, it is necessary to pay attention to their processing.

That side of the ironing, which will touch with concrete, should be perfect smooth. It is pre-grinding. Then the working surface is treated with a special moisture-repellent solution. This will keep the tool until the end of the processing of a concrete base. The smoothness of the slip will at the same time as easy. The standard dimensions of the bar for the work surface are selected depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe room. The width of this product should be about 30 cm, and the length can be from 1 to 2 m.

Manufacturing knob

The handle is an integral element of such a product as a smoothness for concrete. Telescopic handle applied in purchased tools. But for homemade varieties will have to make a long rail. For an infrequent or unite use of this will be quite enough. The handle must be seamless, respectively, the length of the room. Usually, this element of ironing ranges from 3 to 5 m. This option will even suit to work on burning the solution on the upper cut of beacons or between brick masonry.

With the help of a triangular spreader from wooden plates, the handle is rigidly attached to the working area. If the work surface seizure is large, the instrument with one handle is hard. Therefore, for the convenience of working, there are two holders at once in such cases.

Scraper ironing

A homemade ironing for concrete most often involves the alignment of a non-frozen concrete. There are special nozzles that make scraper from the channel tool. Although most often they are just included in the set of purchased gladies.

Scraper working surfaces, most likely, will not work independently. But if necessary, you can buy them. This tool will allow remove excess from the concrete surface. The blade is made of durable aluminum alloys. This will eliminate the tubercles and irregularities, fill the recesses on the surface of the base. This tool helps to finally align the surface.