Concrete garage floor

[Dave5Cs]

Yep set your screed fence down the middle with the bottom of the staked 2x4 on edge where you want the top of concrete to be. Then take a 2x4 the length of the first area about 10 feet or less turn your screed on edge and nail or screw a stake on the top edge of it sticking out 6 inches or so. Now the stake will follow along your screed fence and the bottom of the screed will move the mud along at the proper height. If you drag it slowly and then go back and kind of tap it, it will level out unless you have a concrete vibrator ( you can rent them) or tap the forms as you move along with your hammer. Tap not pound and on the side not the top of the form. Then as it starts setting up use a Bull float with a long handle and when the water starts rising which it will use a Fresno to take off some of the water and take out the ridges. Let setup just enough that it can be troweled by hand from there with a steel trowel. If you have one with the rounded corners like a pool trowel they work better.  HTH
Dave5Cs

[MB LeMirage]

We usually use a power screed and ride on finisher to fantastic results, but you never know what might go wrong till you pour. Municipal inspection is today and pouring tomorrow. Pics to follow.
Ryan.

[MB LeMirage]

So the floor got poured and it came out great. we managed to put a 1 inch slope over 12 feet to the two floor drains. It rained a little, not much since then and water goes from all corners to the drains nicely. I will post some pics once i can get them resized. In the meantime we have been busy building the arches for the steel building that is going on top of the pad and let me say it sucks putting together galvanized steel panels in the beating sun with no wind. I feel like a solar panel! Still need to lift all the arches into place and then finish the new driveway, then I can park the bus inside finally.
Hopefully pics to follow.
Ryan.

[MB LeMirage]

Sorry to hijack your post. I will start a new one once I can figure out this picture thing.
Ryan.

[MB LeMirage]

I hope this works.
Ryan

[MB LeMirage]

Yahoo it worked.
Ryan.

[kyle4501]

Sorry to hijack your post. I will start a new one once I can figure out this picture thing.
Ryan.

I don't see it as hijacking - I see it as enhancing & adding great information!

Great job! Your building is going to be stout!
Glad to hear that concrete floors can be sloped in the desired direction. 

[Dave5Cs]

Ryan I used to do it Professionally too. And yes Power screeds and whirleybird are nice to have but I don't think your average home owner is going to rent or buy them at their cost. I was trying to give an easy lessen on how to do it simply and at a cheaper cost was all. Glad yours turned out well.
Dave5Cs

[brmax]

I can see one thing I would be scared of.

little kids with their hands on their hips looking real darn Mad if they have to move THEIR fort and swing.
by gosh I would be gone that day 


Floyd

ps: that mad should last about a gallon of ice cream, to chill out

[lvmci]

Thanks Dave for your advice & help on pouring the driveway ramp to the garage in Flagstaff,  tom...

[Dave5Cs]

  Tom looked like it came out nice.

[MB LeMirage]

As for renting the equipment it only cost $250 for the day and when you are already spending dough on a floor, that does'nt break the bank. We have hand screeded and troweled many a time in the past and it is never fun.
The kids you say! I had to cut a deal with them to move the playhouse and swings down by the lake front. If not there was surely a revolt in the plans. Now that they are all school age, I can let them down by the water more often, though still supervised. Kids that grow up around water seem to inherently understand the danger. Their land lubber friends, not so much.
Ryan.