How To Pour and Screed Concrete Using a Power Screed | Raking Concrete and best Slump to use.

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We're pouring a 1400 Square Foot Concrete floor for a house. The easiest part of pouring and screeding this floor was using MBW's ScreeDemon power screed. If you pour using a water reducer in your concrete, a 7 slump is a great slump to use these vibratory screeds.
I show you how to rake the concrete behind a power screed to make the screeding go fast, level, and flat for the operator.
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[@MikeDayConcrete]

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[@FG-tg9uk]

Absolutely brilliant work.

[@syniister7055]

for the people that watch and say “i can do this in my sleep. having guys that see grade, understand elevation and with only a laser and no elevation guidestakes. its rare and exciting to see. great pour, bravo!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thank you!

[@rodfeher]

flawless

[@jandoinc]

Great job! you make it look easy

[@tonycamaj7243]

That was impressive. That’s an mvp team with those dudes.

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

mike i mentioned u a couple of times in my new video and at the very end of the video too of how u r supposed to teach me how to viberscreed soon. anytime after feb is good 4 me, grumpy old concrete guy wants to come too!! thanks

[@MikeDayConcrete]

We use it almost every day now. Let me know when you can come.

[@timbiggam2626]

An u r the best u an ur crew

[@salvadorsepulveda6415]

Great job guys 🎉 and Happy Father's day to all 🙏. Also let's give a hand of appreciation for those cement truck drivers ! Team work 💪 America at its best 👌

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Well said, thank you!

[@GrumpyAndCricket]

Great work boys! Happy Fathers Day to all you hard workin Dads out there!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks! You too!

[@jameshines6486]

Very nice. You guys are good.👍

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thank you!

[@terencemerritt]

Great job as always Mike. Happy Father’s Day

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks! You too!

[@michaelegan8703]

Very nice

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thanks

[@2point..0]

@Mike Day Concrete & Crew, Super nice job, I liked it #55 and so subscribed!!!

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Awesome, thank you!

[@trevordavis2760]

So in Germany. They stick their heat floor tube on top of their pour flour (dried). Then pour a 7 cm thin set on top. Reason, if something goes wrong they don't need to tear up their whole foundation to fix it. Have you thought about doing that instead of pour your floor on top of the tubing? There are other bonus by doing it on top of the foundation too.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

We've been pouring over radiant for more than 30 years now. I've never heard of someone having an issue. Not saying there haven't been any but I have never heard back from anyone. We do about 100 a year like this.

[@user-kn7yl6pu6g]

Happy Father's Day Mike day

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Thank you!

[@user-kn7yl6pu6g]

@@MikeDayConcrete can you please be my friend please

[@adamdouglas8786]

Hey Mike, is it possible to do a pour of one slab in two separate pours for the reason of having different heights so it could transition from vinyl plank to polish concrete so the finished level of both floors would be the same height with no transition strips. The slab would have rebar, tubing, insulation, and vapor barrier.. that's the part that makes it tough, I don't know how you'd form it.

[@liteautom]

hey mike, i have been watching a while now. pouring a slab for my self next week to put a gazebo on. I hear you talk about water reducers. which is best, mid range or high range? my understanding was high was done on the job and mid is done at the plant, do i have that correct? i like it when it is a 7 slump range, so which is correct. appreciate you , thanks

[@outfitr9703]

The key to that is a good mucker.

[@MrThrock09]

Mike day concrete, what type of laser transit are using? I need to buy one if you got a link.

[@jimmy2246]

Hi Mike can you tell me the exact mix you use on garage floors it looks really wet I don't like it too wet incase it weakings it I know you add stuff that rectifys that I'm in Ireland I don't think they use the same stuff I'd like to add it to make life easy thanks

[@MikeDayConcrete]

This is the kind of product we use: fritzpak.com/products/water-reducers-superplasticizers/ Our concrete plant adds it for us but you can buy it and add it yourself.

[@jimmy2246]

Thanks Mike for the reply all the best jim

[@brians7185]

What slump does this spec to after the water reducer wears off and how long before it turns?

[@joshuacatron2]

Great question, I'd like to know as well

[@MikeDayConcrete]

It would spec out to about a 3. It doesn't "turn" like the old stuff but you got about 20 to 30 minutes to work with it depending on how hot out the weather is and how far away the job is from the plant.

[@johnt9684]

Hey Mike when you pour an Alaskan slab do you use rough cut lumber or dimensional lumber.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

We use regular lumber. Usually 2x12's

[@johnt9684]

@@MikeDayConcrete Thank you for the reply much appreciated.

[@leemoroz2353]

How do you deal with entrapped air when you power trowel?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

It's not an issue with us unless they put too much air in the concrete. It's usually around 5%, just don't steel trowel it too early. The only time we run into issues is when the sub-base is really cold and the concrete is warm. The top sets faster than the bottom. The surface gets closed up and sometimes we get blisters. They can be hard to deal with, we try to cut them open with the trowel then smooth them right back over with the hand trowel.

[@timbiggam2626]

Mike this is tim from Ohio what is the smallest rock I can have in the concrete.

[@MikeDayConcrete]

Smallest we use is 3/8"

[@dwindi0406]

Do you ever use the power screed on a sloped surface like a driveway?

[@MikeDayConcrete]

You could, we usually screed a slope by hand though.

[@dwindi0406]

Thanks Mike. You're the man! And belated happy Father's day

[@geraldross9430]

Why do you use such a small bull float on such large floors?

[@andyh8239]

cold? Turn that heated floor on to aid curing 🤣

[@andyh8239]

That is some WET concete.

[@MrBill-ee4mr]

Pouring soup....

[@milesappelt1105]

These guys are Hacks .you can see the water in the mix separate from the agraget way to much water. Probably only a 5 sack mix. This is not the proper way to place concrete. Concrete should be no weter than a 5 slump. 😢

[@fritzpipkin792]

Better do your homework and understand how water reducer work unless you're pouring state projects and you can't add anything