starting college monday

[Aston]

hi suave
floor screeding doesnt take long to pick up, you'll be a competant in no time mate ...
if you want some extra practice, go to you builders merchants and buy a few bags of sharp sand..

1.practice forming/laying out a screed, about 6ft long and about 2ft wide and anything from 40-100mm deep
2. get a straight edge to tamp it down , and then run it towards you in a sawing action, flattening as you go
3. fill in any voids and then go over the area again, till flat and level...use a plastic devil float to rub up smooth for practice .

you will be doing them free hand in no time, no need for battens as guides. the sand will rub up fine, so dont add cement in..
in effect, you will be simply forming a nice, flat smooth length of screed at 6ft...if you can do 6ft perfectly after a couple of weeks practice, you can do 600ft, same principle, just more dots to work between

any queries, just shout out on here as norm ;0)
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[tfs]

mate, the screeding is good to learn but you will be sick of it after one week. I did a good few weeks of this also, I thought it was just down to the tutor lacking enuthusiasm but, perhaps its the norm to spend so long on that part. They will probs cover screeding to a fall too, that was a handy thing.